Died On October 17th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 17. The list includes people like Frédéric Chopin, Liaquat Ali Khan, Gustav Kirchhoff, Emily Murphy, John Reed. Famous personalities featured on this list, include journalists, poets, composers and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Canada and many more countries.
Frédéric ChopinPolish
Composer
PuyiChinese
Last Emperor of China
J. Bruce IsmayBritish
Businessman
Liaquat Ali KhanPakistani
First Prime Minister of Pakistan
Levi StubbsAmerican
Baritone Singer
Gustav KirchhoffGerman
Physicist
Eliza Hamilton HollyAmerican
Alexander Hamilton's Daughter
Yaa AsantewaaCental African, Ghanaian
Queens Mother
Alberta HunterAmerican
American singer
Emily MurphyCanadian
First Female Magistrate in Canada
Jacopo AmigoniItalian
Painter
John ReedAmerican
Journalist, Poet
Peyo YavorovBulgarian
Poet
KannadasanIndian
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Joey BishopAmerican
Entertainer
Masaru EmotoJapanese
Essayist, Writer
Joan HicksonBritish
Actress
Sylvia KristelDutch
Singer, Film actor, Film director, Actor, Model,
Tennessee Ernie FordAmerican
Singer, Television presenter, Actor, Songwriter
Philip SidneyBritish
Poet
Bill MacyAmerican
Actor
Laura SecordCanadian
Canadian loyalist
Karl KautskyCzech, German
Philosopher
Howard KendallBritish
Association football player, Association football
Carin GöringSwedish
LalonBangladeshi
poet
Pierre LaporteCanadian
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Julia Ward HoweAmerican
Songwriter, poet
Michael BalconBritish
Film producer
Johann Nepomuk HummelAustrian, German, Slovak
composer, conductor, pianist, concertmaster
Teresa BrewerAmerican
Singer
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Raymond AronFrench
Journalist, Philosopher, Writer, Political
Alicia AlonsoCuban
Dancer
Jacques HadamardFrench
Mathematician
Natalia GoncharovaFrench, Russian
painter, choreographer
Ben WeiderCanadian
Businessperson
Nikolay ChernyshevskyRussian
philosopher, novelist, writer, literary critic
Ingeborg BachmannAustrian
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Criss OlivaAmerican
Musician, Guitarist
Chris AclandBritish
Musician, Drummer
Jean AméryAustrian
Writer, Philosopher
S. J. PerelmanAmerican
Screenwriter, Writer
Pope Boniface IIItalian
Pope
Fyodor TolbukhinRussian
Military commander
Ba JinWriter, Translator, Esperantist, Autobiographer,
Cal HubbardAmerican
Football Player
Rama TirthaIndian
Teacher
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron HawkeBritish
Navy Admiral
Giovanni GronchiItalian
Italian Politician
Frank DickseeBritish
Painter, Illustrator
René Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurFrench
Entomologist
Kōji WakamatsuJapanese
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Danièle DelormeFrench
Film producer, Stage actor, Film actor
Theodor LippsGerman
Philosopher
Robert McClureIrish, British
Explorer
Stanford R. OvshinskyAmerican
Inventor
Ellsworth HuntingtonAmerican
Professor
Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of MagentaFrench
Brian DicksonCanadian
Lawyer
Quincy WrightAmerican
Political scientist
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of ChudleighBritish
Statesman
Berthold GoldschmidtGerman
Composer
George Colman the YoungerBritish
Dramatist
Micheline OstermeyerFrench
Athlete
Bernhard KellermannGerman
Author
Aileen RigginAmerican
Swimmer
William Vaughn MoodyAmerican
Dramatist
Émile AllaisFrench
Olympic Athlete
Laura SabiaCanadian
Social Activist
William CookworthyBritish
Pharmacist
Zheng ZhenduoChinese
Journalist
Caleb MillsAmerican
Educator
Derek BellBritish
Harpist
John Stanley PlaskettCanadian
Astronomer
Haniel LongBurmese, American
Poet
Bartolomeo Giuseppe GuarneriItalian
Luthier
René-Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurFrench
Entomologist