Famous Deaths on August 17, Who Died on August 17
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1153 | Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130) |
| 1304 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
| 1324 | Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293) |
| 1338 | Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1510 | Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462) |
| 1547 | Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478) |
| 1673 | Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) |
| 1676 | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621) |
| 1720 | Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654) |
| 1723 | Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668) |
| 1768 | Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703) |
| 1785 | Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710) |
| 1786 | Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712) |
| 1809 | Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728) |
| 1814 | John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732) |
| 1834 | Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802) |
| 1838 | Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
| 1861 | Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806) |
| 1870 | Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 1897 | William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821) |
| 1901 | Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842) |
| 1903 | Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1908 | Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873) |
| 1909 | Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883) |
| 1918 | Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873) |
| 1920 | Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891) |
| 1924 | Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851) |
| 1925 | Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) |
| 1935 | Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872) |
| 1936 | José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) |
| 1940 | Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911) |
| 1945 | Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) |
| 1949 | Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) |
| 1958 | Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878) |
| 1966 | Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) |
| 1969 | Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1970 | Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908) |
| 1971 | Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914) |
| 1973 | Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889) |
| 1977 | Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904) |
| 1979 | John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) |
| 1983 | Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896) |
| 1987 | Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) |
| 1988 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924) |
| 1990 | Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918) |
| 1993 | Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) |
| 1994 | Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901) |
| 1995 | Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1998 | Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940) |
| 2000 | Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929) |
| 2004 | Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 2008 | Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) |
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 2012 | Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 2013 | Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) |
| 2015 | Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 754 | Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
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