Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 Edward b tylor: English anthropologist,  

Jan 06 Hendrik p g quack: Lawyer/economist (bank of neth),  

Jan 10 Buffalo bill cody: Buffalo bill cody  

Jan 16 George dewey: U.s. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician,  

Jan 25 Edwin tyler: Cricketer (slow-lefty played once for england 1896),  

Jan 29 Evelyn baring earl cromer: English consul-general in egypt,  

Feb 05 Paul rubens: Composer,  

Feb 06 Edouard a drumont: French anti-semite journalist,  

Feb 09 Francis allan: Cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 aust-eng test),  

Feb 10 Emile pessard: Composer,  

Feb 11 Oswaldo cruz: Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

Feb 13 Joel angel: Russian musicologist/composer,  

Feb 15 Charles a van ophuysen: Dutch orientalist,  

Feb 16 Octave mirbeau: French writer (b. 1848)  

Feb 17 Edmund bishop: English secretary of thomas carlyle,  

Feb 18 Charles e barber: Us chief engraver (1879-1917),  

Mar 06 Jules hpfx vandenpeereboom: Premier of belgium (1899),  

Mar 08 Ferdinand von zeppelin: Dutch count/air pioneer,  

Mar 18 William shalders: S afr cricket batsman (12 tests 1895-1907),  

Mar 25 Elizabeth storrs mead: American educator (b. 1832)  

Mar 29 Fran gerbic: Composer,  

Apr 01 Scott joplin: Ragtime composer (sting),  

Apr 07 Spyridon filiskos samaras: Composer,  

Apr 09 Edward thomas: Poet, killed in ww i  

Apr 14 Lew [lejzer l] zamenhof: Polish doc/linguist (esperanto),  

Apr 18 Moritz f freiherr von bissing: Gov-gen of belg (1914-17),  

Apr 24 Oskar blumenthal: Writer,  

May 01 Jose e rodo: Uruguayan writer (motivos de proteo),  

May 03 Norman callaway: Nsw bat, cricketer (207 in only fc innings),  

May 11 Otto adolf klauwell: Composer,  

May 17 Charles anthoni johnson brooke: Ruler of sarawak (b. 1829)  

May 20 Philipp von ferrary: Italian philatelist (b. 1850)  

May 25 Leon felix augustin joseph vasseur: Composer,  

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Jan 01 Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist  

Jan 01 Albert mol: Dutch actor  

Jan 02 Vera zorina: German dancer  

Jan 03 Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un  

Jan 03 Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher  

Jan 04 Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 Reginald smith brindle: Composer  

Jan 05 Wieland wagner: German opera director