17 October Deaths

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October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

AD 33 – Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)
532 – Pope Boniface II
866 – Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
1271 – Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
1277 – Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
1346 – John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
1346 – Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
1456 – Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)
1485 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
1552 – Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
1575 – Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
1586 – Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
1616 – John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
1660 – Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
1673 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
1690 – Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
1757 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
1776 – Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
1780 – William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
1786 – Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
1806 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
1836 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
1837 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
1849 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
1868 – Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
1887 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
1889 – Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
1893 – Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
1910 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
1918 – Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
1928 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
1931 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
1937 – J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
1938 – Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
1948 – Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
1955 – Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
1956 – Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
1958 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
1958 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
1962 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
1963 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
1965 – Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
1966 – Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
1966 – Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
1967 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
1970 – Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
1970 – Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
1970 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
1972 – Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
1972 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
1973 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
1978 – George Clark, American racing driver (b. 1890)
1978 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
1979 – S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1979 – John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
1981 – Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
1981 – Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
1981 – Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
1983 – Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
1987 – Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
1992 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
1992 – Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1993 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
1996 – Chris Acland, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
1997 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
1998 – Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
1998 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
1999 – Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
2000 – Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
2000 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
2001 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2001 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
2001 – Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
2002 – Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
2004 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2006 – Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
2006 – Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)
2007 – Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
2007 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
2007 – Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
2008 – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
2008 – Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
2008 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
2009 – Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
2009 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
2011 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
2012 – Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
2012 – Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
2012 – Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 – Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
2012 – Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
2013 – Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 – Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
2013 – Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
2013 – Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
2014 – Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
2014 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
2014 – Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
2014 – Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
2015 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
2015 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
2015 – Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2015 – Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)

Source: wikipedia