Famous Deaths on January 17

Indian singer

Actor (1910-2001)

Punjabi poet

Moroccan Amazigh Singer / Folk (1950–2012)

Iranian composer and violinist

Norwegian physicist (1930–2007)

Indian lyricist and poet

Austrian painter (1931-2020)

Hungarian artist (1872–1945)

Australian politician

Brazilian writer and statesman

English school teacher (1870–1944)

Norwegian writer (1836-1902)

Italian archaeologist and art historian (1900-1975)

Belgian botanist (1832-1910)

Russian geologist, tectonician, and geophysicist (1910-1996)

South Australian politician (1890–1980)

Brazilian footballer (1930–1998)

Italian physician (1739-1824)

American philanthropist (1796-1885)

American explorer (1790-1874)

Swedish salon-holder (1782–1861)

United States Army officer

American socialite and women letter writer

Canadian politician (1848-1895)

Canadian politician

Ecuadorian writer (1832-1889)

Merchant. Military and Civil Commander of the Falkland Islands and the Islands adjacent to Cape Horn (1791-1871)

German mathematical historian and theologian

British botanist (1627–1705)

Poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)

French noble, Governor of Montreal

French diplomat

German architect (1591-1667)

Hungarian count, imperial military general, Ban of Croatia

First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

Empress consort of Emperor Sutoku of Japan

Empress consort of Japan

Empress of Japan (645-703)