17 notable people died on February 17, including Heinrich Heine, José López Portillo, Chilperic II.
21st Century
2 deathsJP
José López Portillo
lawyerpolitician
58th President of Mexico
Johan Galtung
mathematicianpolitical scientist
Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar
20th Century
5 deaths
Nikolai Kann
ministerpedagogue
Estonian educator and politician (1873-1948)
Victor Alter
engineeropinion journalist
Jewish socialist activist and publicist (1890–1943)
Miklos von Konkoly-Thege
astronomerphysicist
Hungarian physicist and astronomer (1842-1916)
Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople
clericnon-fiction writer
266th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Husayn Muruwwa
historianintellectual
Lebanese Marxist intellectual writer journalist and literary critic (1910–1987)
19th Century
5 deaths
Heinrich Heine
composeressayist
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
Adolphe Quetelet
astronomerbotanist
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)
Llewelyn Lloyd
naturalistwriter
British naturalist (1792-1876)
John Martin
architectartist
English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)
José Burgos
Catholic priestwriter
Filipino priest martyred in 1872
18th Century
3 deaths
Kilian Stobæus
historiannaturalist
Swedish physician (1690-1742)
Joachim d'Alencé
astronomerphysician
French astronomer (-1707)
Erik Benzelius the Elder
church historianpriest
Swedish bishop
16th Century
1 death
Francesco da Sangallo
architectsculptor
Italian artist (1494-1576)
8th Century
1 death
Chilperic II
monarch
King of Neustria
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