Died On January 17th
Discover the most famous people who died on January 17. The list includes people like Bobby Fischer, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Patrice Lumumba, Barbara Jordan. Famous personalities featured on this list, include artists, political leaders, soldiers and novelists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Russia & Germany and many more countries.
Bobby FischerIcelander, American
Chess Grandmaster
Rutherford B. HayesAmerican
President of the U.S.A
Patrice LumumbaCongolese
Political leader
Zhao ZiyangChinese
Former Prime Minister of China
Theodosius ISpanish, Ancient Roman
Emperor
Olav V of NorwayNorwegian
Former King of Norway
SkanderbegAlbanian
Military Commander
Francis GaltonBritish
Polymath
Barbara JordanAmerican
Lawyer
Raoul WallenbergSwedish
Humanitarian
Derek FowldsBritish
Actor
Anthony the GreatEgyptian
Saint
Faten HamamaEgyptian
Actress
Louis Comfort TiffanyAmerican
Artist
John RayBritish
Naturalist
Camilo José CelaSpanish
Writer
Albert JackaAustralian
Victoria Cross Winner
Tarsila do AmaralBrazilian
Artist
Paulus PotterDutch
Painter
Richard LowerBritish
Physician
Suchitra SenIndian
Actress
Virginia MayoAmerican
Actress
Jyoti BasuIndian
Indian politician
Allan MelvinAmerican
Actor
Greg PlittAmerican
Model
Lola MontezIrish, British
Stage dancer
Windsor DaviesBritish
Actor
Walther von ReichenauGerman
Officer
Clyde TombaughAmerican
Astronomer, University teacher
T. H. WhiteBritish
Author
Tomaso AlbinoniItalian
Composer
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Juliette Gordon LowAmerican
Philanthropist
Ray StarkAmerican
Film Producer
Gregory CorsoAmerican
Poet, Novelist, Writer
Don HarronCanadian
Librettist, Actor, Screenwriter
Don KirshnerAmerican
Record producer, Songwriter, Composer
OrigaRussian
Singer-songwriter, Singer
Art BuchwaldAmerican
Humorist
Varlam ShalamovRussian
Writer
George BancroftAmerican
Diplomat, Historian of the modern age, Historian,
Gustavo Rojas PinillaColombian
President
Barney RossAmerican
Boxer
Horace VernetFrench
Painter
George B. SeldenAmerican
Dougal HastonBritish
Explorer
Yosa BusonJapanese
Poet
Albert HouraniBritish
Historian
Helen StephensAmerican
Athlete
Abdur Rahman ChughtaiPakistani
Painter
Frederic W. H. MyersBritish
Poet
Marie BracquemondFrench
Painter
Thierry, Count of FlandersFrench
Count of Flanders
Tom KilburnBritish
Computer scientist
Miguel TorgaPortuguese
Writer
Juan Crisóstomo ArriagaSpanish
Composer
Henry StommelAmerican
Oceanographer
Charles GoreBritish
Clergyman
Joaquim NabucoBrazilian
Writer
Carlo DolciItalian
Painter
Giacomo ManzùItalian
Sculptor
Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-DuperronFrench
Orientalist
Bezerra da SilvaBrazilian
Musician
Juan MontalvoEcuadorian
Author
Ernest BennBritish
Publisher
Agenor, duc de GramontFrench
Diplomat
Edward P. CostiganAmerican
Politician
William RushAmerican
Sculptor
Adolf von HildebrandGerman
Sculptor
Matthäus Daniel PöppelmannGerman
Architect
Agustín YáñezMexican
Writer
Clarence Erwin McClungAmerican
Zoologist
Maria Gertrudis BarcelóMexican
Businesswoman
Percy QobozaSouth African
Journalist
Salomon SulzerAustrian
Hazzan
Keith DaveyCanadian
Political figure
Gerrit AchterbergDutch
Poet
Édouard BourdetFrench
Dramatist
Seiichi HatanoJapanese
Philosopher
Quintin HoggBritish
Philanthropist
Richard BoleslavskyPolish
Theatre director
William Corless MillsAmerican
Museum curator
Jeannette Leonard GilderAmerican
Author
Louis DantinCanadian
Writer
Kaarlo BergbomFinnish, Russian
Theatre director
Alice LakwenaUgandan
Priestess and rebel leader
Carlo PiaggiaItalian
Explorer
Charlie BellAustralian
Executive
Chang BunkerThai, American
Showmen
Chung Il KwonSouth Korean, Russian
Politician
Henry InmanAmerican
Painter
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg KohlrauschGerman
Physicist
Friedrich Gottlob KoenigGerman
Thomas Raymond KellyAmerican
David KimbroughAmerican
Musician