Notable Deaths on November 17th
November 17th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
375 |
Valentinian I "The Great", Roman Co-Emperor and Ruler of Western Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54 |
474 |
Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies |
594 |
St Gregory of Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies at 55 |
641 |
Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) |
680 |
Hilda of Whitby (b. 614) |
885 |
Queen Liutgard |
1093 |
Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies |
1231 |
Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207) |
1302 |
St. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256) |
1326 |
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285) |
1494 |
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463) |
1512 |
Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered |
1558 |
Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58 |
1562 |
Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518) |
1592 |
John III of Sweden (b. 1537) |
1600 |
Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542) |
1608 |
Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 |
1632 |
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594) |
1643 |
Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602) |
1648 |
Thomas Ford, composer, dies |
1665 |
John Earle, English bishop |
1668 |
Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634) |
1690 |
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610) |
1713 |
Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) |
1720 |
Calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682) |
1747 |
Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 |
1768 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 |
1770 |
Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 |
1776 |
James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) |
1780 |
Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720) |
1794 |
Jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738) |
1796 |
Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Empress of Russia (1762-96), dies of a stroke at 67 |
1796 |
Catherine II, The Scarlet Empress |
1808 |
David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721) |
1818 |
Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies |
1826 |
Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 |
1848 |
Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies |
1849 |
Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794) |
1856 |
William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 |
1858 |
Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771) |
1862 |
Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 |
1865 |
James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813) |
1875 |
Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies |
1893 |
Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 |
1897 |
George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820) |
1902 |
Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847) |
1905 |
Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 |
1905 |
Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies |
1905 |
Adolphe of Luxembourg, (b. 1817) |
1917 |
Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 |
1917 |
Auguste Rodin, Auguste Rodin |
1917 |
Kristofer Janson, The Parson's Widow |
1918 |
Wayland Trask, Fatty and Mabel Adrift |
1920 |
Mario Caserini, The Last Days of Pompeii |
1921 |
John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies |
1921 |
Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist |
1922 |
Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) |
1922 |
Burton Green, Wanted for Murder |
1923 |
Eduard Bornhöhe, Viimne reliikvia |
1926 |
Carl Ethan Akeley, American Naturalist(developed taxidermic process for museums), dies at 62) |
1927 |
Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 |
1928 |
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865) |
1929 |
A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies |
1929 |
Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69 |
1931 |
Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 |
1931 |
John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64 |
1932 |
Evelyn Preer, Within Our Gates |
1934 |
Joachim Ringelnatz, Sea Dog's Devotion |
1934 |
August Wehmer, Enken |
1935 |
Ballard MacDonald, Hoosiers |
1936 |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861) |
1936 |
Marie Walcamp, Where Are My Children? |
1936 |
John Bowers, The Ace of Hearts |
1936 |
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink |
1936 |
Alexander Ikonnikov, Into Her Kingdom |
1937 |
Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies |
1937 |
Koichi Kishi, Im Frühling - Ein Film von japanischen Frühlingsfesten |
1938 |
Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864) |
1939 |
Samuel E. Hines, Across the Pacific |
1940 |
Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) |
1940 |
Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879) |
1940 |
Sylvia Ashton, Greed |
1940 |
Eric Gill, St Paul |
1941 |
Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide |
1941 |
Robert Schmidt, De blaa drenge |
1941 |
Ernst Udet, White Hell of Pitz Palu |
1942 |
Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) |
1943 |
Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 |
1943 |
Vitomir Bogic, Karadjordje |
1944 |
A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies |
1944 |
Weyler Hildebrand, Goransson's Boy |
1945 |
Béla Venczel, Fiú vagy lány? |
1945 |
Großherzog Friedrich Franz IV von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Kong Christian IX modtager storhertug Friedrich-Franz |
1946 |
Vilho Auvinen, Sysmäläinen |
1946 |
Magna Redøhl, Copenhagen by Night |
1947 |
Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 |
1947 |
Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890) |
1947 |
Ricarda Huch, The Guardian Angel |
1948 |
George H. Scheibe, Dangers of a Bride |
1948 |
William Bridgehouse, The Man in the Iron Mask |
1949 |
Alice Lloyd, Regal Cavalcade |
1951 |
G.H. Clutsam, April Blossoms |
1952 |
Charles Penrose, The Derelict |
1954 |
Josef Mischel, Prison Ship |
1955 |
James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 |
1955 |
Eduardo de Castro, Forbidden Women |
1955 |
Helmuth Weidling, The Fall of Berlin |
1955 |
James P. Johnson, The Great Gatsby |
1957 |
Vivian Rich, A World of Folly |
1957 |
Cora Witherspoon, The Bank Dick |
1958 |
Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913) |
1958 |
Otto Stoeckel, Die Hasenpforte |
1959 |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 |
1959 |
Irene Seidner, All Through the Night |
1959 |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Fifty Shades of Grey |
1961 |
Benny Kauff, The Baseball Revue of 1917 |
1962 |
Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami |
1968 |
Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 |
1968 |
Mervyn Peake, British writer (b. 1911) |
1970 |
Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 |
1971 |
Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83 |
1971 |
Jackie Cooper, actor (People's Choice), dies at 49 |
1971 |
Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 |
1973 |
The Mother, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (b. 1878) |
1974 |
Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87 |
1975 |
Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70 |
1975 |
Harvey Karels, An American in Paris |
1976 |
Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60 |
1977 |
Karl Berbuer, Narren nach Noten |
1978 |
Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 |
1978 |
James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80 |
1978 |
Marguerite Foss, The Good-for-Nothing Brat |
1978 |
Marguerite Neitz, Call of the Mate |
1979 |
John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery |
1979 |
Don Post, Dune |
1979 |
Immanuel Velikovsky, The Theories of Immanuel Velikovsky |
1979 |
Fritz Meissner, Under Western Stars |
1979 |
Anders Ek, The Seventh Seal |
1979 |
John Glascock, Jethro Tull |
1980 |
Paul J. Smith, Woody Woodpecker and His Friends |
1981 |
Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65 |
1981 |
André Daven, The Grand Maneuver |
1982 |
Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69 |
1982 |
Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer, legally declared dead |
1982 |
Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77 |
1982 |
Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC |
1982 |
Bill Baldwin, Rocky |
1982 |
Ruth Donnelly, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
1983 |
Helen Dickson, Ricky Loses His Voice |
1984 |
Maury Nemoy, Butterflies Are Free |
1984 |
Jochen Huth, Die Ratten |
1984 |
Matthias Walden, Pfarrer Schwaegermann |
1984 |
Jüri Müür, Inimesed sõdurisinelis |
1984 |
Roger Heldfond, Hogan's Hofbrau |
1985 |
Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 |
1985 |
Jimmy Ritz, The Gorilla |
1985 |
Lon Nol, |
1985 |
Kay Gordon, Happy Days |
1985 |
Armand Delmar, Julie |
1986 |
Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71 |
1986 |
Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered |
1986 |
Roger Ikor, Les eaux mêlées |
1986 |
Ladislava Kozderková, O nosate carodejnici |
1986 |
Vladimir Kenigson, The Canterville Ghost |
1987 |
Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81 |
1987 |
Paul Derringer, |
1987 |
Per Arne Qvarsebo, Tre glada tokar |
1987 |
Arthur C. Pierce, The Astral Factor |
1988 |
Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 |
1988 |
Grace Davies, Flying Down to Rio |
1988 |
Sheilah Graham, Episode dated 25 March 1955 |
1989 |
Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies |
1989 |
Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73 |
1989 |
Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960) |
1989 |
Mark Murray-Mazwi, Hairspray |
1989 |
Argalia Tommy Thompson, The Tap Dancer |
1989 |
Billy Lee, The Biscuit Eater |
1990 |
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) |
1990 |
Marian Beeler, Up in Smoke |
1990 |
Marlene Kinghorn, Calling All Kids |
1990 |
Llew Gardner, State of Emergency |
1990 |
Jack Finch, Stoned |
1991 |
John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80 |
1991 |
Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 |
1991 |
Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 |
1991 |
Rose Lehman, Life with Father |
1991 |
Paul Reid Roman, Della, Della, Della |
1991 |
Leonid Obolensky, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks |
1991 |
Smead Jolley, Alibi Ike |
1991 |
Nancee Kelly, When You Wish Upon a Car |
1991 |
Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann, Was soll werden, Harry? |
1992 |
Audre Lorde, St Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies |
1992 |
Todd Armstrong, Jason and the Argonauts |
1992 |
Audre Lorde, Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992 |
1992 |
Eric Gurney, Make Mine Music |
1992 |
Roger Bontemps, L'escalade |
1993 |
Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80 |
1993 |
Gérard D. Lévesque, Canadian politician (b. 1926) |
1993 |
Nikolay Khlibko, There Was an Old Couple |
1993 |
Pavle Bogdanovic, Glembajevi |
1993 |
Anne Lund-Christiansen, Summer in Tyrol |
1993 |
Teddy Powell, The Bank Job |
1994 |
G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 |
1995 |
Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50 |
1995 |
Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 |
1995 |
John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88 |
1995 |
Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 |
1995 |
Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 |
1995 |
Billy Taft, Evolution of the Dance |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Rivière, Coïncidences |
1995 |
Hans Krendelsberger, Das Interview |
1995 |
Charles Gordone, Angel Heart |
1995 |
Jack Colconda, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
1996 |
Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45 |
1996 |
Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54 |
1996 |
Sherman G. Lloyd, Neighbors |
1996 |
Kurt von Ruffin, Die Geige lockt |
1996 |
B.A. Mertz, Die Aufgabe des Dr. med. Graefe |
1997 |
Gar Stephen, Edward Scissorhands |
1997 |
Wilfred Josephs, The Prisoner |
1997 |
Gert Günther Hoffmann, Strongman Ferdinand |
1997 |
Peter James, The Parent Trap |
1997 |
Olga Kusenko, Sumka, polnaya serdets |
1998 |
Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920) |
1998 |
Dick O'Neill, The Jerk |
1998 |
Jon Gregory, Shock Corridor |
1998 |
Jakub Zaklukiewicz, Solnechnye dni |
1998 |
Kenneth McDuff, Kenneth McDuff: The Broomstick Killer |
1998 |
Jaroslav Heyduk, Gagman |
1998 |
Ike Carpenter, Holiday Rhythm |
1998 |
Enrique Martinez, The Turning Point |
1998 |
Esther Rolle, Driving Miss Daisy |
1998 |
Weeb Ewbank, Super Bowl III |
1999 |
Faubion Bowers, Shodo: The Path of Writing |
1999 |
Aleksandr Zhukovskiy, Hedgehog in the Fog |
1999 |
Enrique Urquijo, Chaotic Ana |
2000 |
Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
2000 |
Javier Colinas León, Reevolution |
2000 |
Nils Bäckström, Den ödesdigra klockan |
2001 |
Michael Karoli, German guitarist (b. 1948) |
2001 |
Michael Karoli, Inherent Vice |
2001 |
Vadim Vilskiy, Fotograf |
2001 |
Jerry Jerome, Our Nixon |
2001 |
Jerry Jerome, Charlie Chan's Courage |
2001 |
Bernie Fenton, The Marked One |
2001 |
Regina Waldon, The Fog |
2001 |
Lendon Smith, My Mom's Having a Baby |
2002 |
Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (b. 1915) |
2002 |
Marvin Mirisch, Dracula |
2002 |
Akshaya Mohanty, Jajabar |
2002 |
Ryszard Szczycinski, Toccata |
2002 |
Abba Eban, Heritage: Civilization and the Jews |
2003 |
Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946) |
2003 |
Don Gibson, American singer (b. 1928) |
2003 |
Lala Lloyd, Fiend Without a Face |
2003 |
Peter Lindroos, Macbeth |
2003 |
Göran Palmborg, Livsfarlig film |
2003 |
Zofia Rysiówna, Reverted |
2003 |
Shuntarô Emi, The Ghost of Yotsuya |
2003 |
Claude Trenier, Calypso Heat Wave |
2003 |
Claude Nicot, Le coeur sous le paillasson |
2003 |
Janis Wilson, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers |
2003 |
Don Gibson, The Departed |
2003 |
Brandy Bryan, The Angry Red Planet |
2004 |
Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1970) |
2004 |
Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (b. 1941) |
2004 |
Sam Billison, The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor |
2004 |
Anthony Magro, Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
2005 |
Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (b. 1942) |
2005 |
Joyce Wren, Rumpelstiltskin |
2005 |
Arcadio Baquero, Julieta engaña a Romeo |
2005 |
Elaine Grollman, The Purple Rose of Cairo |
2005 |
Charles Gagnon, La liberté en colère |
2005 |
Francisco Canet, Viridiana |
2005 |
Maurice Zimm, Creature from the Black Lagoon |
2005 |
Doug Taylor, The Birdcage |
2005 |
Glenn Robards, Marathon Man |
2005 |
Marek Perepeczko, Smrt stoparek |
2006 |
Bo Schembechler, American football coach (b. 1929) |
2006 |
Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (b. 1924) |
2006 |
Ruth Brown, American blues singer (b. 1928) |
2006 |
Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927) |
2006 |
Ruth Brown, Hairspray |
2006 |
Steve Benbow, The Runaway: Part 2 |
2006 |
Egon Karter, Het mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate |
2006 |
Karl Ehder, Pila pyykkisoikosta |
2006 |
Ferenc Puskás, Aranycsapat |
2006 |
Bo Schembechler, The Program |
2007 |
Hy Lit, The In Crowd |
2007 |
Valeriy Ugarov, Khalif-aist |
2008 |
Pete Newell, American basketball coach (b. 1915) |
2008 |
George Stephen Morrison, American admiral and father of The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison |
2008 |
Jerzy Ernz, Czerwone i zlote |
2008 |
Esko Raento, Tie |
2008 |
Irving Brecher, Meet Me in St. Louis |
2008 |
Donald McKay, Dark Force Renegade Vigilante Siege V: Code Name - Delta Lollipop |
2008 |
Ennio De Concini, Divorce Italian Style |
2008 |
Frank E. Stranges, The Dalotek Affair |
2008 |
Michael McGowan, The Last of the Mohicans |
2008 |
Guy Peellaert, Der Pott |
2008 |
Glenn Reeves, |
2008 |
Pete Newell, Best College Basketball Players |
2008 |
John Napier, Search for Tomorrow |
2009 |
Muriel Kearney, The Little Red Schoolhouse |
2009 |
Sheldon E. Blosser, Bathroom |
2009 |
Nikolay Olyalin, Day Watch |
2009 |
Josine van Dalsum, The Lift |
2009 |
Lois Zetter, Blow Out |
2009 |
Aserbaydzhan Mambetov, Gontsy speshat |
2010 |
Jim Hastie, Margaret Morris Movement |
2010 |
Lev Kruglyj, Tainstvennaya stena |
2010 |
Veronica Twidle, Purely Belter |
2010 |
Harry Whitaker, Jackie Brown |
2010 |
Fulvio Fo, Colossus and the Amazon Queen |
2010 |
Isabelle Caro, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec |
2011 |
Kurt Budke, American basketball coach (b. 1961) |
2011 |
Olin Branstetter, American businessman and politician (b. 1929) |
2011 |
Richard Kuh, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth |
2011 |
Pierre Dumayet, Other People's Money |
2011 |
Jack Elinson, A Place to Die |
2011 |
Marion Holmes DeFore, Don DeFore |
2011 |
Mark Hall, The BFG |
2011 |
John Paxton, Spider-Man |
2012 |
Margaret Yorke, English crime fiction writer, dies at 88 |
2012 |
Margaret Yorke, Kiss of a Killer |
2012 |
Khorshed Alam, Der H&M-Check |
2012 |
Lynn Fields, A Passing of Torches |
2012 |
Carl-Lennart Fröbergh, The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever |
2012 |
Katherine Kath, Moulin Rouge |
2012 |
Guy Thielen, Business as Usual |
2013 |
Doris Lessing, Iranian-British novelist and Nobel laureate, dies at 94 |
2013 |
Doris Lessing, Adore |
2013 |
John Bella, Home Run Showdown |
2013 |
Syd Field, Spree |
2013 |
Jirí Bednár, Riders in the Sky |
2013 |
Erwin Jöris, Zwischen Hitler und Stalin |
2013 |
Frank Chamberlin, Tennessee Titans vs. Dallas Cowboys |
2014 |
Emir Omar Chabán, Luca vive |
2014 |
Victor Elmaleh, Orchestra of Exiles |
2014 |
Willy Burgdorfer, Under Our Skin |
2014 |
Ray Sadecki, Game 7 |
2014 |
Dan Webster, Blue Balloons |
2014 |
Fred Personne, Welcome to the Sticks |
2014 |
Rokurô Naya, Street Fighter II: V |
2014 |
Patrick Suppes, Final Episode |
2014 |
Eileen McCarthy, Alright on the Night |
2014 |
Alice Finch Lee, Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' |
2014 |
Jimmy Ruffin, Breakfast on Pluto |
2015 |
Ashok Singhal, controversial VHP leader, dies at 89 |
2015 |
Jonah Lomu dead at 40, All Blacks rugby legend |
2015 |
Ashok Singhal, controversial VHP leader, dies at 89 |
2017 |
Feared Sicilian mafia boss 'Toto' Riina dies in prison, aged 87 |
2017 |
Muhammad Ali's 'Fight Doctor' Ferdie Pacheco dies aged 89 |
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