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July 17th
264 Notable deaths
Mario Pisu
Italian actor (1910-1976).
Born May 21st, 1910 in Montecchio Emilia.
Died July 17th, 1976 at 66 years old in Velletri (cerebral hemorrhage).
Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
Archduchess of austria (1825-1915).
Born September 10th, 1825 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1915 at 89 years old in Baden. [ref]
Lamberto Gardelli
Italian conductor.
Born November 8th, 1915 in Venice.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 82 years old in Munich.
Stasys Girėnas
Lithuanian-american pilot.
Born October 4th, 1893 in Vytogala.
Died July 17th, 1933 at 39 years old in Myślibórz.
Chet Brandenburg
Film actor (1897-1974).
Born October 15th, 1897 in Kentucky.
Died July 17th, 1974 at 76 years old in Woodland Hills.
Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Libyan politician (1935-2009).
Born November 29th, 1935 in Haifa.
Died July 17th, 2009 at 73 years old in Damascus.
Sindo Garay
Cuban musician (1867–1968).
Born April 12th, 1867 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province.
Died July 17th, 1968 at 101 years old in Havana.
Alexander Bogoridi
Bulgarian politician (1822-1910).
Born April 5th, 1822 in Istanbul.
Died July 17th, 1910 at 88 years old in Paris.
Aleardo Aleardi
Italian poet and politician (1812-1878).
Born November 14th, 1812 in Verona.
Died July 17th, 1878 at 65 years old in Verona.
Daniel Salamanca Urey
President of bolivia (1863-1935).
Born July 8th, 1869 in Cochabamba.
Died July 17th, 1935 at 66 years old in Cochabamba (stomach cancer).
Giuseppe Veronese
Italian mathematician (1854-1917).
Born May 7th, 1854 in Chioggia.
Died July 17th, 1917 at 63 years old in Padua.
Jan van Rijckenborgh
Dutch mystic (1896-1968).
Born October 16th, 1896 in Haarlem.
Died July 17th, 1968 at 71 years old
Josef Hyrtl
Austrian anatomist (1810–1894).
Born December 7th, 1811 in Eisenstadt.
Died July 17th, 1894 at 82 years old in Perchtoldsdorf.
Gustaf Fjæstad
Swedish painter, road racing cyclist and speed skater (1868–1948).
Born December 22nd, 1868 in Stockholm.
Died July 17th, 1948 at 79 years old in Arvika.
Ottavio Cinquanta
Italian sports administrator (1938–2022).
Born August 15th, 1938 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2022 at 83 years old in Milan. [ref]
Stephen Roberts
American film director (1895–1936).
Born November 23rd, 1895 in Summersville.
Died July 17th, 1936 at 40 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Theodor Rosetti
Prime minister of romania (1837-1923).
Died July 17th, 1923 at 86 years old in Bucharest.
Francesco Rizzo
Italian footballer (1943–2022).
Born May 30th, 1943 in Rovito.
Died July 17th, 2022 at 79 years old in Pontedera. [ref]
Heinrich Dressel
German archaeologist (1845-1920).
Born June 16th, 1845 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1920 at 75 years old in Teisendorf. [ref]
Nikola Hajdin
Serbian engineer.
Born April 4th, 1923 in Vrbovsko.
Died July 17th, 2019 at 96 years old in Belgrade.
Annie Furuhjelm
Finnish politician and journalist, editor.
Born December 11th, 1859 in Sitka. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1937 at 77 years old in Hyvinkää.
Georg Wenker
German linguist, dialectologist, university librarian and academic teacher (1852-1911).
Born February 25th, 1852 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 17th, 1911 at 59 years old in Marburg.
Robert Budzynski
French footballer (1940–2023).
Born May 21st, 1940 in Calonne-Ricouart.
Died July 17th, 2023 at 83 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Lidiya Ginzburg
Soviet literary historian (1902–1990).
Born March 18th, 1902 in Odesa.
Died July 17th, 1990 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson