Famous People Who Died In 2017
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2017. This list includes people like Charles Manson, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Bill Paxton, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, philosophers and directors who died in 2017. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & France and many more countries.
Charles Manson12 November 1934, American
Criminal and Murderer
Chris Cornell20 July 1964, American
Musician
Chester Bennington20 March 1976, American
Roger Moore14 October 1927, British
Actor
Bill Paxton17 May 1955, American
Tom Petty20 October 1950, American
Singer
Aaron Hernandez06 November 1989, American
American Football Player
Hugh Hefner09 April 1926, American
Founder of Playboy Magazine
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon07 March 1930, British
Photographer
Mary Tyler Moore29 December 1936, American
Actress
Charlie Murphy12 July 1959, American
Actor
Chuck Berry18 October 1926, American
Guitarist
Sam Shepard05 November 1943, American
Actor
John Hurt22 January 1940, British
Actor
Jerry Lewis16 March 1926, American
Comedian, Actor, Singer, Film Director
Miguel Ferrer07 February 1955, American
Actor
Gregg Allman08 December 1947, American
Singer, Guitarist
Glen Campbell22 April 1936, American
Singer
Powers Boothe01 June 1948, American
Actor, Voice Actor
Harry Dean Stanton14 July 1926, American
Aactor
Glenne Headly13 March 1955, American
Actress
Manuel Noriega11 February 1934, Panamanian
Former Panamanian Dictator
Barbara Hale18 April 1922, American
Actress
Martin Landau20 June 1928, American
Actor
Nelsan Ellis30 November 1977, American
Actor
David Rockefeller12 June 1915, American
Banker
Chuck Barris03 June 1929, American
Game Show Host
Della Reese06 July 1931, American
Singer, Actress
Bruce Forsyth22 February 1928, British
Television presenter, Actor, Comedian, Singer
Fats Domino26 February 1928, American
Pianist, Rock & Roll Musician
Zbigniew Brzezinski28 March 1928, Polish, American
Former Diplomat, Political Scientist
Adnan Khashoggi25 July 1935, Saudi Arabian
Businessman
Gauri Lankesh29 January 1962, Indian
Activist, Journalist
Liliane Bettencourt21 October 1922, French
Businesswoman, Socialite
Keith Chegwin17 January 1957, British
Television Presenter
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Helmut Kohl03 April 1930, German
Former Chancellor of Germany
Prodigy02 November 1974, American
Rapper
Dina Merrill29 December 1923, American
Actress, Socialite, Philanthropist
Emma Morano29 November 1899, Italian
Supercentenarian
Sonny Landham11 February 1941, American
Actor
Angry Grandpa16 October 1950, American
YouTuber
Sib Hashian17 August 1949, American
Musician
Darlanne Fluegel25 November 1953, American
Actress
Ann Wedgeworth21 January 1934, American
Actress
Lola Albright20 July 1924, American
Singer
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani25 August 1934, Iranian
Former President of Iran
Robert M. Pirsig06 September 1928, American
Writer, Philosopher
Kim Jong-hyun08 April 1990, South Korean
Singer-songwriter
Betty Cuthbert20 April 1938, Australian
Athlete
Nicolaas Bloembergen11 March 1920, American
Physicist
Hannah Stone13 November 2000, American
Singer, YouNow Star
Surin Pitsuwan28 October 1949, Thai
Politician
George A. Olah22 May 1927, Hungarian, American
Chemist
Lil Peep01 November 1996, American
American Singer
Shyla Stylez23 September 1982, Canadian
Actress
Erin Moran1960 AD, American
Television Actress
Stanislav Petrov07 September 1939, Russian
Military officer
Robert Osborne03 May 1932, American
Actor, Television actor, Biographer, Film actor,
Hal Moore13 February 1922, American
Writer
George A. Romero04 February 1940, Canadian, American
American-Canadian filmmaker
Jonathan Demme22 February 1944, American
American film director
Nana Sahib19 May 1824, Indian
Rebel
Al Jarreau12 March 1940, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician, Social
Mike Ilitch20 July 1929, American
Entrepreneur
Hans Rosling27 July 1948, Swedish
Physician, Statistician, Blogger, University
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi14 June 1856, Indian
Muhaddith, Translator, Author
Ali Abdullah Saleh21 March 1947, Yemeni
Former President of Yemen
Nicodemo Scarfo08 March 1929, American
Gangster
Donald Harvey15 April 1952, American
Serial killer
Eugene Cernan14 March 1934, American
Officer, Aviator, Astronaut, Fighter pilot,
Alan Colmes24 September 1950, American
Radio personality, Journalist
Eddie Long12 May 1953, American
Priest, Writer
Christine Kaufmann11 January 1945, German
Ballet dancer, Stage actor, Film actor, Television
Alois Brunner08 April 1912, Austrian
Military personnel, Torturer
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana17 December 1556, Indian
Poet
John Surtees11 February 1934, British
Formula One driver, Motorcycle racer, Manager
Bruce Lansbury12 January 1930, British
Television presenter, Screenwriter
Kishori Amonkar10 April 1931, Indian
singer
Sadhu Sundar Singh03 September 1889, Indian
Missionary
Omar Abdel-Rahman03 May 1938, Egyptian
Theologian
Derek Parfit11 December 1942, British
Philosopher
Raymond Kopa13 October 1931, French, Polish
Association football player
Joost van der Westhuizen20 February 1971, South African
Rugby union player
Jakob Ammann12 February 1644, Swiss
Tailor
Emmanuelle Riva24 February 1927, French
Actor, Photographer, Poet
James Rosenquist29 November 1933, American
Painter
Tzvetan Todorov01 March 1939, Bulgarian, French
Non-fiction writer, Historian, Semiologist,
Clyde Stubblefield18 April 1943, American
Drummer
Buchi Emecheta21 July 1944, Nigerian
Writer, Novelist, Sociologist, Playwright, Editor,
George Bass30 January 1771, Australian, British
Explorer, Surgeon
Thomas Starzl11 March 1926, American
Physician
Tom Regan28 November 1938, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Harold Garfinkel29 October 1917, American
Sociologist, Educationist, University teacher
Raymond Smullyan25 May 1919, American
Mathematician, Pianist, Philosopher, University
Roman Herzog05 April 1934, German
Jurist, Politician, University teacher, Judge
Albert Battel21 January 1891, German
Lawyer, Officer