27 notable people died on November 17, including Louis Néel, Robert Hofstadter, Baeda Maryam I.
20th Century
12 deaths
Louis Néel
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1970)
Robert Hofstadter
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1961)
Birger Ljungström
businesspersonengineer
Swedish engineer, manufacturer and inventor (1872–1948)
George Armitstead
engineerentrepreneur
Latvian politician (1847–1912)
Alexander Hogg
journalistpolitician
New Zealand politician (1841-1920)
Milan Milićević
historianpolitician
Serbian writer, librarian, politician (1831-1908)
Ludovic Dauș
lawyernovelist
Romanian novelist, playwright, poet and translator (1873-1954)
Weyler Hildebrand
actordirector
Swedish actor, director and screenwriter (1890–1944)
Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi
historianpoet
Moroccan academic, politician and writer (1900–1963)
Hans Larwin
painteruniversity teacher
Austrian painter (1873-1938)
Napoléon-Alexandre Comeau
naturalist
Canadian naturalist (1848-1923)
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Nano Reid
illustratorpainter
Painter and illustrator (1900 or 1905 or 1909–1981)
19th Century
8 deaths
Gustav Seyffarth
archaeologistegyptologist
German-American Egyptologist (1796–1885)
George Gurnett
journalistpolitician
Canadian politician (1792-1861)
Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn
poetwriter
Lithuanian Jewish academic (1794–1878)
Ninomiya Sontoku
economistphilosopher
Japanese philosopher
Alexander Chavchavadze
military personnelpoet
Georgian writer and military figure
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Tharrawaddy Min
monarch
King of Burma
Johann Mészáros von Szoboszló
military officer
Austrian general
RR
Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo
engineer
Brazilian engineer (1838-1896)
18th Century
1 death
Letitia Bushe
draftspersonpainter
Irish watercolorist and miniaturist
17th Century
1 death
Jakob Böhme
philosophertheologian
German Christian mystic and theologian (1575-1624)
16th Century
3 deaths
Jón Arason
Bible translatorCatholic bishop
Roman Catholic bishop
John III of Sweden
monarch
Swedish king (1537-1592)
Ambrosius Lobwasser
composerpoet
German humanist and translator
15th Century
2 deaths
Baeda Maryam I
monarch
Ethiopian Emperor
Melozzo da Forlì
architectpainter
Italian Renaissance painter and architect (1438-1494)
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