Died On December 17th
Discover the most famous people who died on December 17. The list includes people like Kim Jong-il, Rumi, Leopold II of Belgium, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Jennifer Jones. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, physicists and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
RumiAfghan, Turkish
Great Poet
Kim Jong-ilNorth Korean
Former Supreme Leader of North Korea
Leopold II of BelgiumBelgian
Founder of Congo Free State
Jennifer JonesAmerican
Actress
Harold HoltAustralian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Dana AndrewsAmerican
Actor
Marie Louise, Duchess of ParmaAustrian
Dorothy L. SayersBritish
Writer
Kaspar HauserGerman
Elizabeth Garrett AndersonBritish
Mayor of Aldeburgh
Peter WarlockBritish
Composer
Lord KelvinBritish
Mathematician, Physicist
Simon BolivarVenezuelan
Revolutionary & Military Leader
Victor Francis HessAmerican
Discoverer of Cosmic Rays
Queen NzingaAngolan
17th Century Queen of Angola
Charles Greeley AbbotAmerican
Astrophysicist
Penny MarshallAmerican
Actress
Don DraperAmerican
Actor
Daniel InouyeAmerican
Politician
Captain BeefheartAmerican
Singer
Otto GrahamAmerican
American Football Player
Sammy BaughAmerican
Football player
Henry HeimlichAmerican
Physician, University teacher
Désirée ClarySwedish
Queen
Marguerite YourcenarBelgian, American
Novelist, Essayist
C. Vann WoodwardAmerican
Historian
Antoine-Augustin ParmentierFrench
Botanist, Pharmacist, Physician, Agronomist,
Don EllisAmerican
Composer, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz musician,
Adelaide of ItalyFrench
Holy Roman Empress
Joey SmallwoodCanadian
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Trade unionist
Mehmet ShehuAlbanian
Politician
Tom WesselmannAmerican
Painter
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Juan Vicente GómezVenezuelan
Venezuelan dictator
Leonid KoganUkrainian
Violinist
Francis BeaufortIrish
Hydrographer
Noble SissleAmerican
American composer
Alexander MeiklejohnAmerican
Philosopher
Lewis Henry MorganAmerican
Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai LamaChinese, Tibetan
Dalai Lama
Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron IsmayIndian, British
Military Officer
Cesária ÉvoraCape Verdean
Cape Verdean singer