Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06 In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10 In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17 In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.  

Feb 06 In the year 1917 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72  

Feb 09 In the year 1917 francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies  

Feb 10 On this day in history emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73  

Feb 11 On this day in history death of oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)  

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 in the year 1917.  

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Feb 16 In the year 1917 death of octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)  

Feb 17 Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 On this day in history charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died in the year 1917.  

Mar 29 Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I died in the year 1917.  

Apr 14 On this day in history lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57  

Apr 18 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 in the year 1917.  

Apr 24 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies in the year 1917.  

May 01 In the year 1917 jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies  

May 03 Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies on this day in history.  

May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died in the year 1917.  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died in the year 1917.  

May 25 On this day in history leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72  

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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  

Jan 03 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.