Deaths on 17 February
2000s
Jesse Jackson
2026
American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026)
Shinya (musician)
2026
Japanese musician (1970–2026)
Paquita la del Barrio
2025
Mexican singer (1947–2025)
Frits Bolkestein
2025
Dutch politician (1933–2025)
Rick Buckler
2025
English drummer (1955–2025)
James Harrison (blood donor)
2025
Australian blood donor (1936–2025)
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
2024
Sri Lankan politician (1941–2024)
Josette Molland
2024
World War II French Resistance member (1923–2024)
Rush Limbaugh
2021
American political commentator (1951–2021)
Seif Sharif Hamad
2021
First Vice President of Zanzibar (1943–2021)
Robert H. Michel
2017
American politician (1923–2017)
Michael Novak
2017
American academic and diplomat (1933–2017)
Andy Ganteaume
2016
Trinidadian cricketer
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
2016
Egyptian journalist (1923-2016)
Claude Jeancolas
2016
French writer, art historian and journalist (1949–2016)
Tony Phillips
2016
American baseball player (1959–2016)
Andrzej Żuławski
2016
Polish film director (1940–2016)
John Barrow (Canadian football)
2015
American gridiron football player (1935–2015)
Cathy Ubels-Veen
2015
Dutch politician (1928–2015)
Liu Yudi
2015
Bob Casale
2014
American musician (1952–2014)
Peter Florin
2014
East German politician and diplomat
Wayne Smith (musician)
2014
Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician (1965–2014)
Richard Briers
2013
English actor (1934–2013)
Shmulik Kraus
2013
Israeli singer-songwriter and actor
Sophie Kurys
2013
Baseball player
Mindy McCready
2013
American country music singer (1975–2013)
Robert Carr
2012
British politician (1916–2012)
Michael Davis (bassist)
2012
American musician (1943–2012)
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
2012
Dutch mathematician (1918–2012)
Ulric Neisser
2012
German-American psychologist (1928–2012)
Kathryn Grayson
2010
American actress (1922–2010)
Conchita Cintrón
2009
Peruvian female bullfighter (1922–2009)
Ray Barretto
2006
Puerto Rican jazz musician (1929–2006)
Dan O'Herlihy
2005
Irish actor (1919–2005)
Omar Sívori
2005
Argentine-Italian footballer (1935–2005)
José López Portillo
2004
President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982
Steve Bechler
2003
American baseball pitcher (1979–2003)
1900s
Ernst Jünger
1998
German soldier and author (1895–1998)
Randy Shilts
1994
American journalist and writer (1951–1994)
Jean-Marc Boivin
1990
French extreme sports athlete
Lefty Gomez
1989
American baseball player (1908–1989)
John M. Allegro
1988
English archaeologist (1923–1988)
Karpoori Thakur
1988
Indian politician (1924–1988)
Jiddu Krishnamurti
1986
Spiritual speaker and writer (1895–1986)
Nestor Chylak
1982
American baseball umpire (1922–1982)
Thelonious Monk
1982
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
Lee Strasberg
1982
American acting coach and actor (1901–1982)
William Gargan
1979
American actor (1905–1979)
Janani Luwum
1977
Ugandan archbishop (1922 - 1977)
Friday Hassler
1972
American NASCAR driver (1935-1972)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1970
Israeli writer and Nobel laureate
Alfred Newman
1970
American composer (1900-1970)
Berry L. Cannon
1969
American aquanaut who died in a diving incident (1935–1969)
Hans Hofmann
1966
German-American painter (1880–1966)
Mate Balota
1963
Croatian playwright
Joseph Kearns
1962
American actor (1907–1962)
Bruno Walter
1962
German-born conductor, pianist, and composer (1876–1962)
Lütfi Kırdar
1961
Turkish politician
Nita Naldi
1961
American actress (1894–1961)
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
1948
Imam of Yemen (1869–1948)
Dorothy Gibson
1946
American actress (1889–1946)
Willy Hess (violinist)
1939
German violinist (1859-1939)
Albert I of Belgium
1934
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934
Siegbert Tarrasch
1934
German chess player (1862–1934)
Oskar Merikanto
1924
Finnish musician and composer (1868–1924)
Wilfrid Laurier
1919
Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911
Edgar Evans
1912
Welsh explorer (1876–1912)
Geronimo
1909
Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829–1909)
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
1905
Russian noble (1857–1905)
William Bickerton
1905
Leader of Latter Day Saint movement
1800s
Christopher Latham Sholes
1890
American publisher and politician (1819–1890)
Adolphe Quetelet
1874
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (1796–1874)
José Burgos
1872
Filipino Catholic priest (1837 to 1872)
Mariano Gomez (priest)
1872
Filipino Catholic priest
Jacinto Zamora
1872
Filipino Catholic priest
Heinrich Heine
1856
German poet, writer, and literary critic (1797–1856)
John Martin (painter)
1854
English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)
María de las Mercedes Barbudo
1849
Puerto Rican activist
Ferdinando Carulli
1841
Italian composer (1770–1841)
Before 1800
Arthur Onslow
1768
English politician (1691–1768)
Louis Marchand
1732
Musical artist
Antoine Galland
1715
French orientalist, numismatist and translator (1646–1715)
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
1680
English statesman (1598–1680)
Jan Swammerdam
1680
Dutch biologist and microscopist (1637–1680)
Molière
1673
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
Abel Servien
1659
French diplomat
Juan de Mariana
1624
Spanish historian (1536–1624)
Ferdinando I de' Medici
1609
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609
Giordano Bruno
1600
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
1500
Count of Oldenburg (1482–1500)
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1371
Tsar of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371
Otto, Duke of Austria
1339
Duke of Austria and Styria from 1330 to 1339
Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
1220
Duke of Lorraine from 1213 to 1220
Evermode of Ratzeburg
1178
Norbertine bishop
Al-Tabari
923
Muslim scholar, historian, and Quranic exegete (839–923)
Mesrop Mashtots
440
Armenian theologian and linguist (362–440)
Jovian (emperor)
364
Roman emperor from 363 to 364