Famous Deaths on March 17

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1976)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1992)

Argentine engineer

Modern pentathlete (1930–2019)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967)

Historian of science (1848-1922)

British civil and mechanical engineer

Norwegian historian and professor (1834-1910)

Colombia Writer (1833-1913)

Swedish librarian

Croatian writer (1873–1914)

Qing Dynasty buddhist (1890-1947)

Swedish architect (1831-1907)

Bulgarian officer and revolutionary, a leader of an Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization

(1843-1906) journalist and sericulturist

Indian Islamic scholar (1900–1992)

Author, penwoman, art historian, governess, literary critic (-1860)

Spanish musician (1789-1855)

Irish actor and theatrical manager (1795–1841)

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

German mathematician (1539-1603)

German architect and mathematician

Swiss printmaker (1539-1591)

Italian military engineer (1527-1588)

Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (419-455)