November 17th
216 Notable deaths
Oleg Gazenko
Soviet general and scientist.
Born December 12th, 1918.
Died November 17th, 2007 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Yıldız Kenter
Turkish actor and director (1928–2019).
Born October 11th, 1928 in Üsküdar.
Died November 17th, 2019 at 91 years old in American Hospital. [ref]
Valentine Baker
British soldier (1827–1887).
Born April 1st, 1827 in London.
Died November 17th, 1887 at 60 years old in Cairo.
Joachim Ringelnatz
German poet and artist (1883–1934).
Born August 7th, 1883 in Wurzen. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Greek politician (1876-1936).
Born July 8th, 1876 in Tripoli.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 60 years old in Athens.
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
Russian chess grandmaster (1947-2005).
Born January 8th, 1947 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 17th, 2005 at 58 years old in St. George (cancer).
Walt Davis
American basketball player (1931–2020).
Born January 5th, 1931 in Beaumont.
Died November 17th, 2020 at 89 years old in Port Arthur. [ref]
Eugène Minkowski
French psychiatrist (1885–1972).
Born April 17th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault
French psychiatrist (1872–1934).
Born July 2nd, 1872 in Bourges.
Died November 17th, 1934 at 62 years old in Malakoff (gunshot wound).
Sait Altınordu
Turkish association football player (1912–1978).
Born July 24th, 1912 in Üsküdar.
Died November 17th, 1978 at 66 years old in İzmir.
Aleksandr Gorshkov
Soviet figure skater, olympic champion (1946–2022).
Born October 8th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died November 17th, 2022 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Cheng Kaijia
Chinese physicist (1918-2018).
Born August 3rd, 1918 in Suzhou.
Died November 17th, 2018 at 100 years old in Beijing (disease). [ref]
Albert Bettannier
French painter (1851-1932).
Born August 12th, 1851 in Metz.
Died November 17th, 1932 at 81 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Haraprasad Shastri
Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931).
Born December 9th, 1853 in Khulna District.
Died November 17th, 1931 at 77 years old in Kolkata.
Đuro Daničić
Serbian linguist (1825–1882).
Born April 4th, 1825 in Novi Sad.
Died November 17th, 1882 at 57 years old in Zagreb.
Patriarch Grigorios VII of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople (1850-1924).
Born September 21st, 1850 in Sifnos.
Died November 17th, 1924 at 74 years old in Constantinople (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Ragulin
Russian ice hockey player (1941–2004).
Died November 17th, 2004 at 63 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lea Gottlieb
Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman (1918–2012).
Born September 17th, 1918 in Sajószentpéter.
Died November 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Tel Aviv.
Eugène Simon
French naturalist and arachnologist (1848–1924).
Born April 30th, 1848 in Paris.
Died November 17th, 1924 at 76 years old in Paris.
Leopold McClintock
Irish explorer in the british royal navy (1819-1907).
Born July 8th, 1819 in Dundalk.
Died November 17th, 1907 at 88 years old in Kensington.
Kurd Lasswitz
German author, scientist and philosopher (1848–1910).
Born April 20th, 1848 in Wrocław.
Died November 17th, 1910 at 62 years old in Gotha (appendicitis).
Joseph M. Terrell
American politician (1861-1912).
Born June 6th, 1861 in Greenville.
Died November 17th, 1912 at 51 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist (1882–1954).
Born February 13th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died November 17th, 1954 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Lu Yao
Chinese writer (1949-1992).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Qingjian County.
Died November 17th, 1992 at 42 years old in Xi'an (cancer).
Allan Svensson
Swedish actor (1951–2024).
Born February 16th, 1951 in Brännkyrka parish.
Died November 17th, 2024 at 73 years old in Stockholms Gustav Vasa (prostate cancer). [ref]
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau