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 George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1917.  

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

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

Feb 17 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

Mar 08 In the year 1917 ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78  

Mar 18 William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies in the year 1917.  

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 In the year 1917 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

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

Apr 09 In the year 1917 death of edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I  

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 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

May 03 On this day in history norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies  

May 11 On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66  

May 17 On this day in history death of charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)  

May 20 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.