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In the year 1917
130 Notable deaths
Vasily Mate
Russian artist (1856-1917).
Born March 6th, 1856 in Virbalis. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1917 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer). [ref]
Duncan Mackinnon
British rower.
Born September 29th, 1887 in Paddington.
Died October 9th, 1917 at 30 years old in Ypres.
Oscar Blumenthal
German playwright.
Born March 13th, 1852 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1917 at 65 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Herbert von Petersdorff
German swimmer (1882-1917).
Born January 2nd, 1882 in Berlin.
Died January 16th, 1917 at 35 years old in Darmstadt.
Sarah Martha Baker
British botanist and phycologist (1887-1917).
Born June 4th, 1887 in London.
Died May 29th, 1917 at 29 years old
Isaac Bentham
British water polo player.
Born October 27th, 1886 in Wigan.
Died May 5th, 1917 at 30 years old in Arras.
Percy Courtman
British swimmer, olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder (1888-1917).
Born May 14th, 1888 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Died June 2nd, 1917 at 29 years old in Neuville-Bourjonval.
Gaston Alibert
Fencer.
Born February 22nd, 1878 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 39 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis).
Ludvig Drescher
Danish footballer (1881-1917).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Sønderborg.
Died July 14th, 1917 at 35 years old in Copenhagen (pneumonia).
Jakob Knudsen
Writer, clergyman.
Born September 14th, 1858 in Rødding. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1917 at 58 years old in Birkerød. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 130
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