February 17 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 364 – Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
  • 440 – Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk and linguist (b. 360)
  • 1339 – Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
  • 1371 – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
  • 1596 – Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
  • 1600 – Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
  • 1609 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
  • 1624 – Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
  • 1659 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
  • 1673 – Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
  • 1680 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
  • 1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. 1637)
  • 1715 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
  • 1732 – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669)
  • 1768 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
  • 1780 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)
  • 1841 – Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770)
  • 1854 – John Martin, English painter (b. 1789)
  • 1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
  • 1874 – Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796)
  • 1883 – Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
  • 1883 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845)
  • 1890 – Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
  • 1905 – William Bickerton, Mormon prophet (b. 1815)
  • 1909 – Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
  • 1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)
  • 1918 – Milan Neralić, Croatian fencer (b. 1875)
  • 1919 – Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
  • 1934 – King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
  • 1934 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
  • 1939 – Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
  • 1943 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
  • 1943 – Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)
  • 1946 – Dorothy Gibson, American actress and RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1889)
  • 1950 – William Dickey, American diver (b. 1883)
  • 1958 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
  • 1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
  • 1962 – Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
  • 1962 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
  • 1968 – Marquard Schwarz, American freestyle swimmer (b. 1887)
  • 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
  • 1970 – Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900)
  • 1976 – Jean Servais, Belgian actor (b. 1910)
  • 1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
  • 1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
  • 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
  • 1982 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)
  • 1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
  • 1988 – John Marco Allegro, English scholar (b. same day 1923)
  • 1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
  • 1990 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
  • 1990 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
  • 1990 – Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (b. 1917)
  • 1994 – Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)
  • 1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
  • 1997 – Zein Isa, Palestinian militant
  • 1998 – Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
  • 1998 – Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
  • 1999 – Sunshine Parker, American actor (b. 1927)
  • 2001 – Barry Burman, English artist (b. 1943)
  • 2001 – Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
  • 2001 – Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
  • 2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)
  • 2004 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
  • 2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
  • 2005 – Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
  • 2006 – Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
  • 2006 – Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
  • 2007 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
  • 2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
  • 2007 – Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (Ryan's Fancy) (b. 1943)
  • 2007 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
  • 2008 – Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
  • 2009 – Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
  • 2009 – Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
  • 2009 – Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (b. 1962)
  • 2010 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
  • 2012 – Ulric Neisser, German-born American cognitive psychologist (b. 1928)


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