34 notable people died on January 17, including Catherine of Aragon, Jitō, Antoine de Loménie.
21st Century
6 deaths
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
composermusic educator
Indian singer
Homero Cárpena
actorfilm director
Actor (1910-2001)
Surjit Hans
poetwriter
Punjabi poet
Mohamed Rouicha
singersinger-songwriter
Moroccan Amazigh Singer / Folk (1950–2012)
Homayoun Khorram
composerviolinist
Iranian composer and violinist
Tor Hagfors
physicist
Norwegian physicist (1930–2007)
20th Century
8 deaths
Elias Blix
Bible translatorhymnwriter
Norwegian writer (1836-1902)
István Réti
art historiangraphic artist
Hungarian artist (1872–1945)
Edward Craigie
bakerbutcher
Australian politician
Joaquim Nabuco
autobiographerdiplomat
Brazilian writer and statesman
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
anthropologistarchaeologist
Italian archaeologist and art historian (1900-1975)
Elisa Caroline Bommer
botanical collectorbotanist
Belgian botanist (1832-1910)
PK
Pyotr Nikolayevich Kropotkin
geologistgeophysicist
Russian geologist, tectonician, and geophysicist (1910-1996)
MP
Maurice Parish
contractornewspaper proprietor
South Australian politician (1890–1980)
19th Century
9 deaths
Pietro Moscati
chemistphysician
Italian physician (1739-1824)
William Wagner
politicianscientist
American philanthropist (1796-1885)
Alden Partridge
politicianwriter
United States Army officer
Hall J. Kelley
educatorexplorer
American explorer (1790-1874)
Elizabeth Willing Powel
salonnièresocialite
American socialite and women letter writer
Malla Silfverstolpe
diaristsalonnière
Swedish salon-holder (1782–1861)
Joseph Tassé
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician (1848-1895)
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel
editorlawyer
Canadian politician
Juan Montalvo
writer
Ecuadorian writer (1832-1889)
18th Century
4 deaths
John Ray
botanistbryologist
British botanist (1627–1705)
Johann Christoph Heilbronner
mathematiciantheologian
German mathematical historian and theologian
Yosa Buson
calligrapherhaiku poet
Poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)
Charles III Le Moyne
colonial administratormilitary officer
French noble, Governor of Montreal
17th Century
3 deaths
Antoine de Loménie
ambassadordiplomat
French diplomat
Joseph Furttenbach
architectdiarist
German architect (1591-1667)
Tamás Erdődy
military leaderpolitician
Hungarian count, imperial military general, Ban of Croatia
16th Century
1 death
Catherine of Aragon
aristocratdiplomat
First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)
12th Century
2 deathsFY
Fujiwara no Yasuko
empress consort
Empress consort of Japan
FK
Fujiwara no Kiyoko
empress consort
Empress consort of Emperor Sutoku of Japan
8th Century
1 death
Jitō
poetpolitician
Empress of Japan (645-703)
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