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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.  

Jan 17 On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25 Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29 In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48  

Feb 15 In the year 1917 charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60  

Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) died in the year 1917.  

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

Feb 18 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies in the year 1917.  

Mar 06 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 in the year 1917.  

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

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

Mar 25 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 01 On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

Apr 07 On this day in history spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

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

Apr 14 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 in the year 1917.  

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

Apr 24 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

May 01 Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies on this day in history.  

May 03 Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies in the year 1917.  

May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1917.  

May 17 Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

May 20 On this day in history death of philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director