Deaths on 17 July
2000s
Felix Baumgartner
2025
Austrian skydiver and extreme sportsman (1969–2025)
Alan and Marilyn Bergman
2025
American lyricists and songwriters
Joanna Kołaczkowska
2025
Polish actress (1966–2025)
Cheng Pei-pei
2024
Chinese actress (1946–2024)
Mary Gibby
2024
British botanist (1949–2024)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
2024
American singer, songwriter and scholar (1942–2024)
Pat Williams (basketball)
2024
American basketball player (1940–2024)
John Lewis
2020
American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
2020
Russian-Australian pair skater (2000–2020)
Marie Sophie Hingst
2019
German historian, blogger and fraudster (1987–2019)
Bill Arnsparger
2015
American football coach (1926–2015)
Jules Bianchi
2015
French racing driver (1989–2015)
Owen Chadwick
2015
British historian and academic (1916–2015)
Van Miller
2015
American sports announcer (1927–2015)
John Taylor (jazz)
2015
British jazz pianist (1942–2015)
Liam Davison
2014
Australian author (1957–2014)
Shuba Jay
2014
Malaysian businesswoman and actress (1976–2014)
Joep Lange
2014
Dutch clinical researcher (1954–2014)
Willem Witteveen
2014
Dutch politician (1952–2014)
Henry Hartsfield
2014
American astronaut (1933–2014)
Otto Piene
2014
German-American artist (1928–2014)
Elaine Stritch
2014
American actress (1925–2014)
Henri Alleg
2013
French-Algerian journalist (1921–2013)
Peter Appleyard
2013
British–Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer
Vincenzo Cerami
2013
Italian screenwriter
Don Flye
2013
American tennis player (1933–2013)
Ian Gourlay
2013
David White (Scottish footballer)
2013
Scottish footballer and manager
Richard Evatt
2012
British boxer (1973–2012)
Forrest S. McCartney
2012
United States Air Force general
İlhan Mimaroğlu
2012
Musical artist
William Raspberry
2012
American journalist (1935–2012)
Marsha Singh
2012
British politician (1954–2012)
David Ngoombujarra
2011
Australian actor
Taiji (musician)
2011
Japanese musician (1966–2011)
Larry Keith
2010
American actor
Walter Cronkite
2009
American broadcast journalist (1916–2009)
Leszek Kołakowski
2009
Polish philosopher and historian of ideas (1927–2009)
Grant Forsberg
2007
American actor
Júlio Redecker
2007
Brazilian politician (1956–2007)
TAM Airlines Flight 3054
2007
2007 aviation accident in Brazil
Sam Myers
2006
American musician (born 1936)
Mickey Spillane
2006
American crime novelist (1918–2006)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
2005
Irish actress (1913–2005)
Edward Heath
2005
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
Joe Vialls
2005
Australian conspiracy theorist
David Kelly (weapons expert)
2003
Welsh biological warfare expert (1944–2003)
Rosalyn Tureck
2003
Musical artist
Walter Zapp
2003
Baltic German inventor (1905–2003)
Joseph Luns
2002
Dutch politician and diplomat (1911–2002)
Katharine Graham
2001
American newspaper publisher (1917–2001)
1900s
Lillian Hoban
1998
American writer
Michel Breistroff
1996
French ice hockey player
Marcel Dadi
1996
French guitarist
David Hogan (composer)
1996
American composer and musical director
Jed Johnson (designer)
1996
American designer and film director
Chas Chandler
1996
English musician (1938–1996)
Juan Manuel Fangio
1995
Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)
Jean Borotra
1994
French tennis player (1898–1994)
Paul Tiulana
1994
Iñupiat artist and dancer (1921–1994)
John Patrick Spiegel
1991
American physician
Itubwa Amram
1989
Nauruan politician
Bruiser Brody
1988
American professional wrestler and homicide victim (1946–1988)
Don "Red" Barry
1980
American actor (1910–1980)
Boris Delaunay
1980
Soviet mathematician
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
1975
(1893–1975) Georgian writer
Dizzy Dean
1974
American baseball player and coach (1910–1974)
John Coltrane
1967
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Ty Cobb
1961
American baseball player (1886–1961)
Emin Halid Onat
1961
Turkish architect (1908–1961)
Maud Menten
1960
Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960)
Billie Holiday
1959
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
Eugene Meyer (financier)
1959
American financier and newspaper publisher (1875–1959)
Evangeline Booth
1950
British General of the Salvation Army (1865–1950)
Antonie Nedošinská
1950
Czech actress (1885–1950)
Florence Fuller
1946
Australian artist (1867–1946)
Draža Mihailović
1946
Leader of the Chetniks in WWII (1893–1946)
Ernst Busch (field marshal)
1945
German field marshal (1885–1945)
William James Sidis
1944
American mathematician, polyglot, and child prodigy (1898–1944)
Robina Nicol
1942
New Zealand photographer and suffragist
George William Russell
1935
Irish polymath (1867–1935)
Rasmus Rasmussen (actor)
1932
Norwegian actor (1862–1932)
Giovanni Giolitti
1928
Italian statesman (1842–1928)
Álvaro Obregón
1928
President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924
Lovis Corinth
1925
German painter (1858–1925)
Nicholas II
1918
Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
1918
Empress of Russia from 1894 to 1917
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
1918
Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1895–1918)
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
1918
Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1897–1918)
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
1918
Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1899–1918)
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
1918
Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (1901–1918)
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
1918
Heir to the Russian throne (1904–1918)
Anna Demidova
1918
Russian lady's maid (1878–1918)
Ivan Kharitonov
1918
Russian saint (1870–1918)
Alexei Trupp
1918
Head footman to Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
Eugene Botkin
1918
Court physician for Tsar Nicholas II
Henri Poincaré
1912
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
Hector Malot
1907
French writer (1830-1907)
Thomas McIlwraith
1900
Australian politician (1835–1900)
1800s
Leconte de Lisle
1894
French poet (1818–1894)
Josef Hyrtl
1894
Austrian anatomist (1810–1894)
Frederick A. Johnson
1893
American politician
Jean-Charles Chapais
1885
Canadian Father of Confederation (1811–1885)
Tự Đức
1883
4th Emperor of Nguyễn-dynasty Vietnam (r. 1847–1883)
Jim Bridger
1881
American explorer (1804–1881)
Maurycy Gottlieb
1879
Polish-Jewish painter (1856–1879)
Aleardo Aleardi
1878
Italian poet (1812–1878)
Karl Tausig
1871
Polish pianist, arranger and composer (1841–1871)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
1845
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834
Before 1800
John Roebuck
1794
English inventor (1718–1794)
Charlotte Corday
1793
French assassin (1768–1793)
Martin Dobrizhoffer
1791
Austrian missionary and writer (1717-1791)
Adam Smith
1790
Scottish economist and philosopher (1723–1790)
Peter III of Russia
1762
Emperor of Russia in 1762
Thomas King (died 1725)
1725
English Member of Parliament
Robert Bolling
1709
English-born merchant and planter (1646–1709)
Pierre-Charles Le Sueur
1704
Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
1645
British politician and favorite of King James I (c. 1587–1645)
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1642
German count and field marshal of the Dutch States Army (1592–1642)
Moses Székely
1603
Prince of Transylvania
Mimar Sinan
1588
16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer
Georg Fabricius
1571
German Renaissance poet, historian and archaeologist
Hosokawa Takakuni
1531
Japanese military commander
Dmitry Shemyaka
1453
Grand Prince of Moscow (died 1453)
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
1453
15th-century English nobleman and military officer
Jadwiga of Poland
1399
Queen of Poland from 1384 to 1399
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
1304
2nd Baron Mortimer
Sverker the Younger
1210
King of Sweden from 1195 to 1208
Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders
1119
Count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119
Robert Guiscard
1085
Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1015–1085)
Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
1070
Count of Hainaut (1051–1070) and Flanders (1067–1070)
Empress Dowager Du
961
Empress Dowager Zhaoxian
Wu Hanyue
952
Pope Leo IV
855
Head of the Catholic Church from 847 to 855
Magnus Felix Ennodius
521
Bishop of Pavia