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August 17th
170 Notable deaths
Ludvík Kundera
Czech poet, playwright, translator and writer.
Born March 22nd, 1920 in Brno. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Boskovice. [ref]
Elek Benedek
Hungarian writer (1859-1929).
Born September 30th, 1859 in Bățanii Mici.
Died August 17th, 1929 at 69 years old in Bățanii Mici.
Raquel Rastenni
Danish singer.
Born August 21st, 1915 in Copenhagen.
Died August 17th, 1998 at 82 years old in Skodsborg.
Sergei Fomin
Soviet mathematician (1917–1975).
Born December 9th, 1917 in Moscow.
Died August 17th, 1975 at 57 years old in Vladivostok.
Rohana Kudus
Indonesian journalist (1884-1972).
Born December 20th, 1884 in Agam.
Died August 17th, 1972 at 87 years old in Jakarta.
Elsa Wagner
German actress (1881-1975).
Born January 24th, 1881 in Tallinn.
Died August 17th, 1975 at 94 years old in West Berlin.
Tadeusz Ślusarski
Polish pole vaulter.
Died August 17th, 1998 at 48 years old in Gmina Przybiernów (traffic collision).
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
German politician of the cdu and vice president of the union of european football associations (uefa) (1933-2015).
Born March 3rd, 1933 in Mannheim.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 82 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure). [ref]
Erich Borchmeyer
Athletics competitor (1905-2000).
Born January 23rd, 1905 in Münster.
Died August 17th, 2000 at 95 years old in Bielefeld.
Vano Muradeli
Soviet composer.
Born April 6th, 1908 in Gori. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1970 at 62 years old in Tomsk. [ref]
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