Deaths on 17 March

John Hemingway (RAF officer)

2025

Irish RAF fighter pilot (1919–2025)

Lee Shau-kee

2025

Hong Kong real estate billionaire (1928–2025)

Lance Reddick

2023

American actor (1962–2023)

John Magufuli

2021

President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021

Mike MacDonald (comedian)

2018

Canadian actor & comedian (1954–2018)

Phan Văn Khải

2018

Vietnamese politician (1933–2018)

Meir Dagan

2016

Israeli general and Mossad director (1945–2016)

Zoltán Kamondi

2016

Hungarian film director (1960–2016)

Frank Perris

2015

British motorcycle racer

Marek Galiński (cyclist)

2014

Polish cyclist (1974–2014)

Joseph Kerman

2014

American musicologist and music critic (1924–2014)

Rachel Lambert Mellon

2014

American horticulturalist and philanthropist (1910–2014)

William B. Caldwell III

2013

United States Army general

Lawrence Fuchs

2013

American scholar (1927–2013)

A.B.C. Whipple

2013

American Journalist, Editor, Historian

Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

2012

Head of the Coptic Church from 1971 to 2012

Margaret Whitlam

2012

Australian social campaigner and athlete

Michael Gough

2011

British character actor (1916–2011)

Ferlin Husky

2011

American country music singer (1925–2011)

Alex Chilton

2010

American musician (1950–2010)

Sid Fleischman

2010

American writer (1920–2010)

Clodovil Hernandes

2009

Brazilian politician

Roland E. Arnall

2008

American businessman and diplomat (1939–2008)

John Backus

2007

American computer scientist

Oleg Cassini

2006

Russian-American fashion designer (1913–2006)

Ray Meyer

2006

American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator

İstemihan Taviloğlu

2006

Musical artist

Royce Frith

2005

Canadian diplomat, public servant and politician

George F. Kennan

2005

American diplomat, political scientist, and historian (1904–2005)

Andre Norton

2005

American science fiction and fantasy writer (1912–2005)

Rosetta LeNoire

2002

American actress (1911–2002)

Văn Tiến Dũng

2002

Vietnamese general (1917–2002)

Pat Weaver

2002

American television executive (1908–2002)

Anthony Storr

2001

English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (1920–2001)

Ernest Gold

1999

20th century Austrian-American composer (1921–99)

Jean Pierre-Bloch

1999

French Resistance (1905–1999)

Jermaine Stewart

1997

American R&B singer (1957–1997)

René Clément

1996

French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996)

Terry Stafford

1996

American singer-songwriter

Sunnyland Slim

1995

American blues pianist and singer (1906–1995)

Charlotte Auerbach

1994

German geneticist (1899–1994)

Mai Zetterling

1994

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

Helen Hayes

1993

American actress (1900–1993)

Grace Stafford

1992

American actress (1903–1992)

Capucine

1990

French model and actress (1928–1990)

Dinkar G. Kelkar

1990

Indian writer, curator and historian (1896–1990)

Clarence D. Lester

1986

Tuskegee Airman (1923–1986)

Haldan Keffer Hartline

1983

American physiologist (1903 –1983)

Louisa E. Rhine

1983

Botanist and parapsychologist

Paul Dean (baseball)

1981

American baseball player (1912–1981)

Luchino Visconti

1976

Italian theatre, opera, and cinema director (1906-1976)

Louis Kahn

1974

Estonian-American architect (1901–1974)

Amos Alonzo Stagg

1965

American athlete and coach (1862–1965)

Susanna M. Salter

1961

American politician and activist

John Boland (Irish nationalist politician)

1958

Irish politician (1870–1958)

Bertha De Vriese

1958

Belgian physician

Ramon Magsaysay

1957

President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957

Fred Allen

1956

American comedian (1894–1956)

Irène Joliot-Curie

1956

French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)

Aleksandra Ekster

1949

Russian-French painter (1882–1949)

Mike the Headless Chicken

1947

Chicken that survived decapitation

Dai Li

1946

Chinese general and spymaster (1897–1946)

Nada Dimić

1942

Yugoslav partisan (1923–1942)

Philomène Belliveau

1940

Canadian artist

Bede Jarrett

1934

English Catholic priest and scholar (1881–1934)

Aleksei Brusilov

1926

Russian and Soviet general (1853–1926)

Franz Brentano

1917

Austrian Catholic priest and philosopher (1838–1917)

John Houlding

1902

English businessman (1833–1902)

Jules Ferry

1893

French Prime Minister in the 1800s

Ferdinand Laub

1875

Czech violinist and composer

Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)

1871

Scottish publisher and writer

Christian Doppler

1853

Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803–1853)

William II of the Netherlands

1849

King of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

1846

German astronomer and mathematician (1784–1846)

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

1830

French marshal (1764–1830)

Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg

1829

Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

James Edward Smith (botanist)

1828

English botanist (1759–1828)

Daniel Bernoulli

1782

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782)

George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

1764

British politician and astronomer (1697–1764)

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

1741

French playwright and poet (1671–1741)

Gilbert Burnet

1715

Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury

Menno van Coehoorn

1704

Dutch States Army officer and engineer (1641–1704)

François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)

1680

French author of maxims and memoirs (1613–1680)

Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland

1663

English diplomat and landowner

Gabriel Lalemant

1649

French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1610–1649)

Philip Massinger

1640

English playwright (1583–1640)

Jan Sarkander

1620

Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest

Princess Sophia of Sweden

1611

Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg

Alexander Ales

1565

Scottish theologian (1500–1556)

Rana Sanga

1527

Maharana of Mewar from 1509 to 1528

Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours

1516

Lord of Florence from 1513 to 1516

Ashikaga Yoshikazu

1425

Military ruler of Japan from 1423 to 1425

Ibn Khaldun

1406

Arab Islamic scholar, historian and philosopher (1332–1406)

Louis, Lord of Enghien

1394

14th century nobleman

Al-Nasir Hasan

1361

Mamluk sultan of Egypt (1347–1351, 1355-1361)

Emperor Go-Saga

1272

Emperor of Japan from 1242 to 1246

Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre

1270

Lord of Tyre (died 1270)

Pierre de Montreuil

1267

French architect

Jocelin of Glasgow

1199

Scottish Cistercian monk and cleric

Lulach

1058

King of Alba from 1057 to 1058

Harold Harefoot

1040

King of England from 1037 to 1040

Emperor Kazan

1008

Emperor of Japan from 984 to 986

Li Yu, Prince of De

905

Haito

836

Swabian monk and bishop

Gertrude of Nivelles

659

Benedictine abbess and saint (c. 628–659)

Marcus Aurelius

180

Roman emperor from 161 to 180

Titus Labienus

-45

Roman military officer (c.100 BC–45 BC)

Publius Attius Varus

-45

Roman politician and general (died 45 BC)