Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jan 02 In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

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

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 On this day in history 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 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 05 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 in the year 1917.  

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

Feb 10 Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1917.  

Feb 11 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) died in the year 1917.  

Feb 13 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 in the year 1917.  

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

Feb 17 On this day in history edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70  

Feb 18 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78  

Mar 18 In the year 1917 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies  

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

Mar 29 On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 01 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 in the year 1917.  

Apr 07 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Apr 09 On this day in history death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I  

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

Apr 18 On this day in history moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73  

Apr 24 In the year 1917 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 20 Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) died on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

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 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director