Deaths on 17 June
2000s
Kenneth Kaunda
2021
1st President of Zambia, 1964-1991
Jean Kennedy Smith
2020
American diplomat (1928–2020)
Gloria Vanderbilt
2019
American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)
Mohamed Morsi
2019
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Baldwin Lonsdale
2017
President of Vanuatu from 2014 to 2017
Ron Clarke
2015
Australian long-distance runner (1937–2015)
John David Crow
2015
American football player, coach, and administrator (1935–2015)
Süleyman Demirel
2015
President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000
Roberto Marcelo Levingston
2015
President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971
Clementa C. Pinckney
2015
American politician and pastor (1973–2015)
Patsy Byrne
2014
British actress (1933–2014)
Éric Dewailly
2014
Stanley Marsh 3
2014
American artist and eccentric
Arnold S. Relman
2014
American internist, professor and journal editor (1923–2014)
Larry Zeidel
2014
Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Baigent
2013
New Zealand writer (1948–2013)
Atiqul Haque Chowdhury
2013
Pierre F. Côté
2013
Canadian civil servant and lawyer
Bulbs Ehlers
2013
American basketball, football, and baseball player
James Holshouser
2013
American politician (1934–2013)
Stéphane Brosse
2012
French ski mountaineer
Patricia Brown (baseball)
2012
American baseball player
Nathan Divinsky
2012
Canadian mathematician, university professor, chess master, writer and politician
Rodney King
2012
Black American victim of police brutality (1965–2012)
Fauzia Wahab
2012
Pakistani politician
Rex Mossop
2011
Australia dual-code rugby international footballer
Ralf Dahrendorf
2009
German-British sociologist and politician (1929–2009)
Darrell Powers
2009
US Army non-commissioned officer (1923–2009)
Cyd Charisse
2008
American dancer and actress (1922–2008)
Gianfranco Ferré
2007
Italian fashion designer (1944–2007)
Serena Wilson
2007
American dancer
Bussunda
2006
Brazilian comedian
Gerry McNeil
2004
Canadian ice hockey player
Willie Davenport
2002
American athlete and bobsledder (1943–2002)
Fritz Walter
2002
German footballer (1920–2002)
Donald J. Cram
2001
American chemist (1919–2001)
Thomas Winning
2001
Archbishop of Glasgow
Ismail Mahomed
2000
Chief Justice of South Africa from 1997 to 2000
1900s
Basil Hume
1999
English Catholic cardinal (1923–1999)
Thomas Kuhn
1996
American philosopher (1922–1996)
Curt Swan
1996
American comics artist (1920–1996)
Dick Howser
1987
American baseball player and manager (1936–1987)
Kate Smith
1986
American contralto (1907–1986)
Boulting brothers
1985
English twin brothers and filmmakers
Peter Mennin
1983
American composer, administrator and teacher
Roberto Calvi
1982
Italian banker (1920–1982)
Richard O'Connor
1981
British Army general (1889–1981)
Zerna Sharp
1981
American writer
Hubert Ashton
1979
English cricketer, footballer, and politician
Duffy Lewis
1979
American baseball player (1888–1979)
James Phinney Baxter III
1975
American historian (1893–1975)
Refik Koraltan
1974
8th Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960
José Nasazzi
1968
Uruguayan footballer (1901–1968)
Aleksander Kesküla
1963
Estonian politician and revolutionary
Jeff Chandler
1961
American actor (1918–1961)
Dorothy Richardson
1957
British author and journalist (1873–1957)
J. R. Williams
1957
Canadian cartoonist
Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry
1956
English motor vehicle manufacturer (1878-1956)
Paul Rostock
1956
Nazi official (1892–1956)
Bob Sweikert
1956
American racing driver (1926–1956)
Danny Cedrone
1954
American guitarist and bandleader (1920–1954)
Jack Parsons
1952
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
Charles Fitzpatrick
1942
20th-century Chief Justice of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Johan Wagenaar
1941
Dutch composer and organist
Đorđe Bogić
1941
Serbian Orthodox hieromartyr and saint (1911–1941)
Arthur Harden
1940
British biochemist (1865–1940)
Allen Sothoron
1939
American baseball player and manager (1893–1939)
Eugen Weidmann
1939
German serial killer (1908–1939)
Julius Seljamaa
1936
Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist
Julien Félix
1914
Nikolay Bobrikov
1904
Governor-General of Finland from 1898 to 1904
1800s
Edward Burne-Jones
1898
English painter and designer (1833–1898)
Lozen
1889
Apache prophetess
Joseph Méry
1866
French writer, poet, playwright and librettist (1797–1866)
Lord William Bentinck
1839
British military commander and politician (1774–1839)
Martín Miguel de Güemes
1821
Argentinian military leader and politician
Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
1813
Royal Navy officer and politician (1726–1813)
Before 1800
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
1797
Shah of Iran from 1789 to 1797
John Pitcairn
1775
British military officer (1722–1775)
Daskalogiannis
1771
Greek shipbuilder and shipowner
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
1762
French poet and tragedian (1674–1762)
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
1740
18th-century English Jacobite politician
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars
1734
Marshal General of France
Joseph Addison
1719
British writer and politician (1672–1719)
John III Sobieski
1696
Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1674 to 1696
Philip Howard (cardinal)
1694
English Roman Catholic cardinal
Jijabai
1674
Mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha kingdom
Injo of Joseon
1649
King of Joseon from 1623 to 1649
Mumtaz Mahal
1631
Empress of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
1565
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1546 to 1565
John I Albert
1501
King of Poland from 1492 to 1501
Catherine of Portugal (nun)
1463
Portuguese princess and nun (1436–1463)
Jan of Jenštejn
1400
Bohemian archbishop, composer and poet (1348–1400)
Ingeborg of Norway
1361
Duchess of Södermanland, Halland, and Estonia
David, Earl of Huntingdon
1219
Scottish prince and earl of Huntingdon (1152–1219)
Ji Gong
1207
Chinese Buddhist monk (1130–1209)
Dirk V
1091
First Count of the Northern Netherlands
Bolesław I the Brave
1025
Duke and King of Poland (r. 992–1025)
Fulk (archbishop of Reims)
900
Roman Catholic archbishop
Tachibana no Kachiko
850
Empress consort of Japan
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
811
Japanese general and shogun (758 – 811)
Pope Adeodatus II
676
Head of the Catholic Church from 672 to 676
Uthman
656
3rd Rashidun caliph from 644 to 656