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.
Kim Jong-ilNorth Korean
Former Supreme Leader of North Korea
Leopold II of BelgiumBelgian
Founder of Congo Free State
RumiAfghan, Turkish
Great Poet
Dana AndrewsAmerican
Actor
Jennifer JonesAmerican
Actress
Harold HoltAustralian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
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
Charles Greeley AbbotAmerican
Astrophysicist
Queen NzingaAngolan
17th Century Queen of Angola
Penny MarshallAmerican
Actress
Don DraperAmerican
Actor
Captain BeefheartAmerican
Singer
Daniel InouyeAmerican
Politician
Amin al-HafizSyrian
Politician
Otto GrahamAmerican
American Football Player
Désirée ClarySwedish
Queen
Sammy BaughAmerican
Football player
Cesária ÉvoraCape Verdean
Cape Verdean singer
Marguerite YourcenarBelgian, American
Novelist, Essayist
Henry HeimlichAmerican
Physician, University teacher
Eleanor of ToledoSpanish
Noblewoman
Antoine-Augustin ParmentierFrench
Botanist, Pharmacist, Physician, Agronomist,
Adelaide of ItalyFrench
Holy Roman Empress
Don EllisAmerican
Composer, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz musician,
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Mehmet ShehuAlbanian
Politician
C. Vann WoodwardAmerican
Historian
Juan Vicente GómezVenezuelan
Venezuelan dictator
Francis BeaufortIrish
Hydrographer
Tom WesselmannAmerican
Painter
Joey SmallwoodCanadian
Politician
Noble SissleAmerican
American composer
Leonid KoganUkrainian
Violinist
François Leclerc du TremblayFrench
Capuchin Frair
William B. CushingAmerican
Naval officer
Janet RowleyAmerican
Geneticist
Johannes Nicolaus BrønstedDanish
Chemist
Albert Coady WedemeyerAmerican
General
Pope Gregory VIIIItalian
Pope
Saverio MercadanteItalian
Composer
Alexander MeiklejohnAmerican
Philosopher
Hank LuisettiAmerican
Basketball player
Isaac Israel HayesAmerican
Explorer
Arkady RaikinLatvian, Russian
Comedian
Lewis Henry MorganAmerican
Jürgen MoserAmerican
Mathematician
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of LiverpoolBritish
Statesman
Myrtilla MinerAmerican
Abolitionist
Louis HarrisAmerican
Journalist
Lizette Woodworth ReeseAmerican
Poet
Henry BoneBritish
Painter
George GillespieScottish
Theologian
Jack AndersonAmerican
Journalist
Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai LamaChinese, Tibetan
Dalai Lama
Philipp JarnachGerman
Composer
Wilhelm von GiesebrechtGerman
Historian
Saint John of MathaFrench
Saint
Omar Said TjokroaminotoIndonesian
Politicians
Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron IsmayIndian, British
Military Officer
Ibn an-NafīsSyrian
Polymath
Pasquale FioreItalian
Jurist