Famous Deaths on May 17, Who Died on May 17
Here is a list who died on May 17. Famous deaths for the 17th of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 17. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1299 | Daumantas of Pskov, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1240) |
| 1336 | Go-Fushimi, emperor of Japan (b. 1288) |
| 1365 | Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) |
| 1395 | Konstantin Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355) |
| 1464 | Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427) |
| 1510 | Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445) |
| 1521 | Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Welsh politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1478) |
| 1536 | George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English courtier and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1504) |
| 1546 | Philipp von Hutten, German explorer (b. 1511) |
| 1551 | Shin Saimdang, South Korean poet and calligraphist (b. 1504) |
| 1558 | Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (b. 1485) |
| 1575 | Matthew Parker, English archbishop and academic (b. 1504) |
| 1606 | False Dmitriy I, pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1582) |
| 1626 | Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570) |
| 1643 | Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571) |
| 1727 | Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684) |
| 1729 | Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675) |
| 1765 | Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713) |
| 1797 | Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719) |
| 1801 | William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710) |
| 1807 | John Gunby, American general (b. 1745) |
| 1809 | Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722) |
| 1822 | Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766) |
| 1829 | John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745) |
| 1838 | René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799) |
| 1839 | Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757) |
| 1868 | Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834) |
| 1875 | John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821) |
| 1879 | Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805) |
| 1880 | Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826) |
| 1886 | John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804) |
| 1888 | Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820) |
| 1911 | Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836) |
| 1916 | Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862) |
| 1917 | Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880) |
| 1919 | Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848) |
| 1921 | Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860) |
| 1922 | Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882) |
| 1927 | Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884) |
| 1934 | Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859) |
| 1935 | Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865) |
| 1936 | Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868) |
| 1938 | Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877) |
| 1943 | Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864) |
| 1947 | George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) |
| 1951 | William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865) |
| 1960 | Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884) |
| 1963 | John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888) |
| 1964 | Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) |
| 1974 | Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898) |
| 1977 | Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892) |
| 1980 | Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918) |
| 1985 | Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910) |
| 1987 | Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) |
| 1992 | Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903) |
| 1995 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912) |
| 1996 | Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966) |
| 1999 | Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949) |
| 2000 | Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909) |
| 2001 | Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928) |
| 2002 | László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927) |
| 2004 | Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920) |
| 2005 | Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 2006 | Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911) |
| 2007 | Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (b. 1924) |
| 2009 | Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (b. 1920) |
| 2010 | Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924) |
| 2011 | Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936) |
| 2012 | Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) |
| 2013 | Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973) |
| 2014 | Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Lionel Pickens, American rapper (b. 1983) |
| 2017 | Todor Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1930) |
| 2019 | Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915) |
| 2020 | Lucky Peterson, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (b. 1964) |
| 2022 | Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (b. 1943) |
| 528 | Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei |
| 896 | Liu Jianfeng, Chinese warlord |
| 924 | Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (b. 856) |
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