In the year 1917
138 Notable deaths
Isaac Bentham
British water polo player (1886–1917).
Born October 27th, 1886 in Wigan.
Died May 5th, 1917 at 30 years old in Arras.
Gaston Alibert
Fencer (1878–1917).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 26th, 1917 at 39 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis).
Waldemar Tietgens
German rower (1879-1917).
Born March 26th, 1879 in Hamburg.
Died July 28th, 1917 at 38 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle.
Sarah Martha Baker
British botanist and phycologist (1887-1917).
Born June 4th, 1887 in London.
Died May 29th, 1917 at 29 years old
Herbert von Petersdorff
German swimmer (1882-1917).
Born January 2nd, 1882 in Berlin.
Died January 16th, 1917 at 35 years old in Darmstadt.
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.
Vera Slutskaya
Russian revolutionary and bolshevik member of the duma (1874–1917).
Born September 17th, 1874 in Minsk.
Died November 12th, 1917 at 43 years old in Pushkin.
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 (1858–1917).
Born September 14th, 1858 in Rødding.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 58 years old in Birkerød. [ref]
Alfred John North
Australian ornithologist.
Born June 11th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died May 6th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sydney.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 138
Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood