Notable Deaths on October 17th
October 17th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
33 |
Agrippina the Elder, Roman noblewoman (mother of Caligula), dies of starvation at 47 |
532 |
Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies |
1174 |
Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) |
1312 |
Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies |
1552 |
Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 |
1586 |
Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 |
1616 |
John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) |
1638 |
Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 |
1660 |
Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) |
1673 |
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630) |
1702 |
Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies |
1757 |
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683) |
1763 |
Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76 |
1776 |
Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) |
1780 |
William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) |
1786 |
Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723) |
1806 |
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies |
1825 |
Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 |
1836 |
Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782) |
1837 |
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 |
1837 |
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Cecilia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert |
1849 |
Frederic Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 |
1849 |
Frédéric Chopin, The Prestige |
1868 |
Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775) |
1887 |
Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 |
1889 |
Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828) |
1889 |
Nikolay Chernyshevskiy, Che fare? |
1890 |
Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 |
1897 |
Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84 |
1901 |
Michal Balucki, For Crimes Not Theirs |
1904 |
Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32 |
1909 |
Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44 |
1910 |
Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 |
1910 |
William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies |
1910 |
Julia Ward Howe, Kick-Ass |
1910 |
William Vaughn Moody, The Great Divide |
1916 |
Silvio Pettirossi, |
1917 |
Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 |
1918 |
Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb South African batsman 1905-12), dies |
1918 |
Arthur Moon, Going to the Dogs |
1919 |
H.B. Irving, The Lyons Mail |
1920 |
John Reed, October (Ten Days that Shook the World) |
1920 |
Alajos Mészáros, A hadtest parancsnok |
1921 |
Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45 |
1921 |
Katherine Griffith, The Little Princess |
1923 |
Hans Kayrød, Doktor Lucas |
1924 |
Eyvind Kornbeck, Det største i verden |
1925 |
John I. Beggs, |
1931 |
Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884) |
1932 |
Irén Varsányi, Anna Karenina |
1934 |
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) |
1934 |
Franc-Nohain, L'heure espagnole |
1936 |
Suzanne Bianchetti, Napoleon |
1936 |
Jack Freulich, The Silk-Lined Burglar |
1939 |
J.S. Murray, The Outlaw's Nemesis |
1940 |
George Davis, World Series Baseball Game |
1940 |
María Fernanda Ibáñez, La madrina del diablo |
1941 |
John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies |
1942 |
Frank Jonasson, Sagebrush Law |
1943 |
Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician (b. 1893) |
1944 |
Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 |
1944 |
Pavel Haas, Zivot je pes |
1944 |
Eva Hayman, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport |
1945 |
Charles Lane, Sadie Thompson |
1947 |
John Halliday, The Philadelphia Story |
1948 |
Elisabed Cherqezishvili, Ori monadire |
1949 |
Mark Warnow, Biloxi Blues |
1950 |
Fred Lyssa, Liebelei |
1950 |
Herbert Clyde Lewis, It Happened on Fifth Avenue |
1950 |
Gordon Wiles, Charlie Chan's Secret |
1951 |
Eugen Illés, The Yellow Ticket |
1951 |
Larry Randall, The Big Sky |
1951 |
Bernhard Kellermann, Das Meer |
1952 |
Laura Burt, The Social Pirate |
1952 |
Julia Dean, The Curse of the Cat People |
1953 |
Carmen Cartellieri, The Hands of Orlac |
1953 |
Emil E. Reinert, Bed for Two |
1955 |
James Benson Nablo, A Bullet for Joey |
1955 |
Aage Lorentzen, En Opfinders Skæbne |
1956 |
Anne Crawford, British film actor (b. 1920) |
1956 |
Elis Ellis, Charleys tant |
1956 |
Anne Crawford, Knights of the Round Table |
1956 |
Jack Marvin, Beyond Glory |
1956 |
Lee Kenny, Just Imagine |
1957 |
John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 |
1957 |
Eric Maturin, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
1957 |
David Ledner, Citizen Kane |
1957 |
Ralph Benatzky, To New Shores |
1958 |
C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies |
1958 |
Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896) |
1958 |
Abdullah Hassan, Bonnie Scotland |
1958 |
Gene Delaney, The Bad Seed |
1962 |
Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882) |
1962 |
Natalia Goncharova, Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13 |
1962 |
Salko Repak, Stojan Mutikasa |
1962 |
Rubberlegs Williams, Smash Your Baggage |
1963 |
Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 |
1963 |
Romualdo Tirado, La jaula de los leones |
1965 |
Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies |
1965 |
Murray Parker, St. Vincent's Frolics |
1966 |
Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 |
1966 |
Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies |
1967 |
Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 |
1970 |
Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921) |
1970 |
Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897) |
1972 |
Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914) |
1972 |
Prince George of Yugoslavia (b. 1887) |
1972 |
Billy Williams, American singer (b. 1910) |
1973 |
Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 |
1974 |
René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 |
1975 |
Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 |
1975 |
Jerzy Braun, Mocny czlowiek |
1977 |
Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 |
1979 |
John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 |
1979 |
Karel Reiner, composer, dies at 69 |
1979 |
S J Perelman, US humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75 |
1979 |
Robert Vernay, The Count of Monte Cristo |
1979 |
John Stuart, Superman |
1980 |
Tauno Majuri, Pikajuna pohjoiseen |
1980 |
Teruko Sanjô, Onna kunisada |
1980 |
Carla Jørgensen, Gaardmandsdatteren |
1980 |
Joseph Edesa, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
1980 |
Otávio de Faria, O Viajante |
1980 |
Carl Brückel, Die Laubenpieper |
1981 |
David Guion, composer, dies at 88 |
1981 |
Albert Cohen, Swiss author (b. 1895) |
1981 |
Kullervo Kari, Kuningaspäivät Helsingissä toukok. 15-17 p. 1928 |
1981 |
Jean Sylvère, Socrates |
1981 |
Steve Bogarus, Easy Living |
1981 |
Albert Cohen, Belle du Seigneur |
1981 |
R.S. Allen, The Hill |
1982 |
Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 |
1982 |
Aleksei Mishurin, Pesni nad Dneprom |
1982 |
Youssef Wahby, Mr. Bayumi |
1983 |
Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 |
1983 |
Lucienne Givry, Good Luck |
1983 |
Edda von Bidder-Ehrnrooth, Polyteekkarifilmi |
1983 |
Vittorio Nino Novarese, Incanto di mezzanotte |
1984 |
Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 |
1984 |
Alex Goudavich, The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
1984 |
Steven Henschel, Speed |
1984 |
Georges Thill, Opéra de Paris |
1984 |
Alberta Hunter, Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin' |
1985 |
Joseph Rosenstock, Hebrew Melody |
1986 |
Ronald S. Kass, Melody |
1986 |
Leah Rhodes, Strangers on a Train |
1987 |
Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) |
1987 |
Gene Taft, Blame It on the Night |
1987 |
Mauno Mäkelä, Gas, Inspector Palmu! |
1987 |
Ruby Dandridge, Dead Reckoning |
1988 |
Robert Moberly, Into the Night |
1989 |
Erling Schroeder, Otte akkorder |
1990 |
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64 |
1990 |
Ola Moore, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
1990 |
Emmi Jurkka, Kun isä tahtoo... |
1991 |
J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 |
1991 |
Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies |
1991 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72 |
1991 |
Roy Aversa, Music Man |
1991 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Fabulous Fordies |
1991 |
J.G. Devlin, Far and Away |
1991 |
Herman Walder, The Last of the Blue Devils |
1992 |
Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies |
1992 |
Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. 1912) |
1992 |
Rouben Ter-Arutunian, The Loved One |
1993 |
Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 |
1993 |
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84 |
1993 |
Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies |
1993 |
Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage) (b. 1963) |
1993 |
Tatyana Makhova, Far from Moscow |
1993 |
Vijay Bhatt, Baiju Bawra |
1994 |
Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 |
1994 |
Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80 |
1994 |
Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27 |
1994 |
Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50 |
1994 |
Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57 |
1994 |
Floyd Joyer, Shock Corridor |
1994 |
Joe Paparella, Game 7 |
1994 |
Stan Bohrman, The China Syndrome |
1994 |
Terry Runte, Super Mario Bros. |
1994 |
George Barrows, Robot Monster |
1995 |
Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 |
1995 |
Pál Zolnay, Photography |
1995 |
Phillip Smith, Night of the Living Dead |
1996 |
Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 |
1996 |
Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30 |
1996 |
Gerhard Holtz-Baumert, Erscheinen Pflicht |
1996 |
Jaroslav Balík, Jak se krade milión |
1996 |
Eric Vogel, Francia négyes |
1996 |
Madalyn Trahey, Mustang! |
1996 |
Carl-Olof Alm, Episode #1.5 |
1996 |
Maruja Sánchez, Hitler soy yo |
1996 |
Burt Slade, Murder in Coweta County |
1997 |
Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 |
1997 |
Tuuli Reijonen, Vaarallista vapautta |
1997 |
Ben Welden, The Fighting Seabees |
1997 |
Jean Pourtalé, 5% de risque |
1997 |
Julius Hackethal, Episode dated 9 April 1977 |
1998 |
Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906) |
1998 |
Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist |
1998 |
Albert Johnson, Play It As It Lays |
1998 |
Joan Hickson, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side |
1998 |
Antonio Agri, Tango |
1999 |
Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915) |
1999 |
Christine Mason, Hairspray |
1999 |
Hilton Gomes, Jornal Nacional |
1999 |
Franz Peter Wirth, Spielsalon |
1999 |
Maryamber Bosk, Lily |
1999 |
Tere Rios, The Flying Nun |
2000 |
Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924) |
2000 |
Walter Shenson, A Hard Day's Night |
2000 |
Fritz Holzer, Der Konfuse |
2000 |
Frederick S. Clarke, Final Stab |
2000 |
Leo Nomellini, Follies, Crunches and Highlights |
2000 |
Horacio Ranieri, La garganta del diablo |
2000 |
Joachim Jokke Nielsen, Buddy |
2000 |
'Lighthorse' Harry Cooper, The Caddy |
2001 |
Jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915) |
2001 |
Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli politician (b. 1926) |
2001 |
Jay Livingston, The Godfather |
2001 |
Tomasz Zaród, Lucky Edge |
2001 |
Graziano Giusti, Il portaborse |
2002 |
Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935) |
2002 |
Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (b. 1906) |
2002 |
Beecher Kirby, Episode #2.13 |
2002 |
Arnim Mühlstädt, Feuer unter Deck |
2002 |
Yara Cortes, The Devil Queen |
2002 |
Henri Renaud, 'Round Midnight |
2002 |
Pattie Coldwell, Episode #1.54 |
2002 |
Aileen Riggin, Neptune's Nieces |
2003 |
Ralph Ferrin, Murder by the Book |
2003 |
Chili Williams, Raw Deal |
2003 |
Janice Rule, 3 Women |
2003 |
Bernard Schwartz, St. Elmo's Fire |
2004 |
Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (b. 1952) |
2004 |
Betty Hill, UFO's Are Real |
2004 |
Ray Boone, Bob Feller |
2004 |
Alex Stelter, No Retreat, No Surrender |
2004 |
Rebecca Welles, Episode dated 5 August 1970 |
2004 |
Julius Harris, Live and Let Die |
2004 |
Lawrence Ryle, The Magic Necklace |
2004 |
Novica Savic, Sa 204-272 |
2004 |
Justin Edgerton, The ABC Afternoon Playbreak |
2004 |
Uzi Hitman, Episode #1.9 |
2004 |
Franco Prosperi, Hercules in the Haunted World |
2005 |
Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904) |
2005 |
Franky Gee, European techno artist (b. 1962) |
2005 |
Jin Ba, Witch from Nepal |
2005 |
Jean Lescure, Le cantique des créatures: Georges Braque ou Le temps différent |
2005 |
Leslie Duxbury, Episode #1.3320 |
2006 |
Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924) |
2006 |
Christopher Glenn, American newscaster (b. 1938) |
2006 |
Christopher Glenn, In the News |
2006 |
Ursula Moray Williams, The Three Toymakers: Part 5 |
2006 |
Lenore Somerset, Story of a Shaggy Dog |
2006 |
Marcia Tucker, Richard Tuttle: Never Not an Artist |
2006 |
Eli Cantor, The Nest |
2006 |
Daniel Emilfork, The City of Lost Children |
2006 |
Jeffie Legend, Lebensborn |
2006 |
Megan Meier, |
2007 |
Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (b. 1918) |
2007 |
Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931) |
2007 |
Manuel Avila Camacho, Los 7 pecados capitales |
2007 |
Vojtech Ron, Krevní skupina |
2007 |
Francisco Egídio, A Marcha |
2007 |
Aldo Bovio, Rimorso |
2007 |
Harry Kleiner, Bullitt |
2007 |
Teresa Brewer, Teresa Brewer |
2007 |
Peter Bray, The Art of War |
2007 |
Joey Bishop, The Delta Force |
2008 |
Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936) |
2008 |
Al Bernay, Turnabout |
2008 |
Edwin M. Adams, Yuri Nosenko, KGB |
2008 |
Milos Mitrovic, Suva planina 2 |
2008 |
Friedrich Scholz, Collin |
2008 |
Levi Stubbs, Little Shop of Horrors |
2008 |
Ben Weider, Bigger |
2009 |
Vic Mizzy, American composer (themes to Green Acres and The Addams Family) (b. 1916) |
2009 |
Vladimir Kashpur, Taksi-Blyuz |
2009 |
Frank Baxter, Lady in Waiting |
2009 |
Rosanna Schiaffino, Ro.Go.Pa.G. |
2009 |
Morgan Harrington, |
2009 |
Carla Boni, ...e Napoli canta! |
2009 |
Douglas Blackwell, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
2009 |
Norma Fox Mazer, When We First Met |
2009 |
Vic Mizzy, The Addams Family |
2009 |
Robert Yuhas, Becoming Barack |
2010 |
Francesco Scardamaglia, Watch Out, We're Mad |
2010 |
Guido Palliggiano, The American |
2010 |
Loulan Pitre, Belizaire the Cajun |
2011 |
Carl Lindner, Jr., Cincinnati businessman and one of the world's richest people (b. 1919) |
2011 |
Piri Thomas, Every Child Is Born a Poet |
2011 |
Savannah Gold, SSI: Sex Squad Investigation |
2011 |
Alan R. Kessler, The Shawshank Redemption |
2011 |
John Morton Blum, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I) |
2011 |
Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Ashik Kerib |
2011 |
Étienne O'Leary, Chromo sud |
2011 |
Poul Glargaard, Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre |
2011 |
Osvaldo Guidi, Latin Love |
2011 |
Bernie Pokrzywa, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle |
2011 |
Barney Danson, |
2012 |
Stanford Robert Ovshinsky, American inventor and scientist, dies from prostate cancer at 89 |
2012 |
Sylvia Maria Kristel, Dutch actress, dies from throat and liver cancer at 60 |
2012 |
László Komár, It's Summer at Long Last |
2012 |
Olga Ádám, Bunja |
2012 |
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Who Killed the Electric Car? |
2012 |
Gordon Trigg, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
2012 |
Fransined, Jean de Florette |
2012 |
Chet Hansen, General Omar Bradley |
2012 |
Valeriy Khromushkin, Interdevochka |
2012 |
Louanna Gardner, Perchance to Dream |
2012 |
Wolfgang Menge, Das Millionenspiel |
2012 |
Kôji Wakamatsu, United Red Army |
2013 |
Antonio Guidi, I legionari dello spazio |
2013 |
George Blair, Captiva Island |
2013 |
Joël Barbouth, Gandahar |
2013 |
Lou Scheimer, The Secret of the Sword |
2013 |
Éva Ferenc, A száztizenegyes |
2013 |
Günter Willumeit, Episode #1.118 |
2014 |
Anna Nakagawa, Cure |
2014 |
Antal Flórián, Az eröd |
2014 |
Masaru Emoto, What If? The Movie |
2014 |
Herb Schapiro, Edtv |
2014 |
Dzhemal Vadakariya, Vstrecha v kontse zimy |
2014 |
Rolf Labbart, Rölli - hirmuisia kertomuksia |
2015 |
Morando Morandini, Before the Revolution |
2015 |
Igor Bityutskiy, Patrioticheskaya komediya |
2015 |
Danièle Delorme, The Crook |
2016 |
World's oldest giant panda Jia Jia dies aged 38 in Hong Kong |
2016 |
Mystery writer Edward Gorman dies aged 74 |
2017 |
'Trailer Park Boys' actor John Dunsworth has died at the age of 71 |
2017 |
Irish comedian Sean Hughes dies at age 51 |
2017 |
'Game Of Thrones' actor Roy Dotrice dies aged 94 |
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