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In the year 1917
130 Notable deaths
Nikolay Dukhonin
Russian general.
Born December 13th, 1876.
Died December 3rd, 1917 at 40 years old in Mogilev.
Fernand Labori
French lawyer and politician (1860-1917).
Born April 18th, 1860 in Reims. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1917 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Yevgeni Bauer
Russian film director.
Born January 22nd, 1865 in Moscow.
Died June 22nd, 1917 at 52 years old in Yalta (pneumonia). [ref]
Károly Ferenczy
Hungarian painter (1862-1917).
Born February 8th, 1862 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1917 at 55 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Ben Warren
English footballer (1879-1917).
Born May 7th, 1879 in Derbyshire.
Died January 15th, 1917 at 37 years old in Derbyshire (tuberculosis).
António Teixeira de Sousa
Prime minister of portugal (1857-1917).
Born May 5th, 1857 in Celeirós.
Died June 5th, 1917 at 60 years old in Porto.
Fred Mace
Actor (1878-1917).
Born August 22nd, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died February 21st, 1917 at 38 years old in New York City (stroke).
Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatov
Russian politician.
Born April 8th, 1864 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1917 at 52 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Vladimir Gaćinović
Bosnian serb writer and revolutionary (1890-1917).
Born May 25th, 1890 in Kačanj.
Died August 11th, 1917 at 27 years old in Fribourg (poisoning).
Alfred Einhorn
German chemist (1856-1917).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1917 at 60 years old in Munich.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 130
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