Deaths on 17 September
2000s
Roger Climpson
2025
Australian journalist (1931–2025)
Nelson DeMille
2024
American author (1943–2024)
Neil King Jr.
2024
American journalist and author (1959–2024)
JD Souther
2024
American singer, songwriter and actor (1945–2024)
Maarten Schmidt
2022
Dutch-American astronomer (1929–2022)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
2021
President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019
Robert W. Gore
2020
American scientist and businessman (1937–2020)
Cokie Roberts
2019
American journalist and author (1943–2019)
Bobby Heenan
2017
American wrestling commentator and manager (1944–2017)
Bahman Golbarnezhad
2016
Iranian Paralympic athlete
Sigge Parling
2016
Swedish footballer (1930–2016)
Ingrīda Andriņa
2015
Latvian actress (1944–2015)
Dettmar Cramer
2015
German football manager (1925–2015)
Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)
2015
David Willcocks
2015
British choral conductor (1919–2015)
George Hamilton IV
2014
American country musician (1937–2014)
Andriy Husin
2014
Ukrainian footballer and coach (1972–2014)
Wakachichibu Komei
2014
Japanese sumo wrestler (1939–2014)
Charles Read (RAAF officer)
2014
Royal Australian Air Force senior commander
Peter von Bagh
2014
Finnish film historian
China Zorrilla
2014
Uruguayan actress (1922–2014)
Kristian Gidlund
2013
Swedish musician and blogger (1983–2013)
Larry Lake (musician)
2013
Canadian trumpet player and composer (1943–2013)
Bernie McGann
2013
Musical artist
Alex Naumik
2013
Norwegian singer
Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician)
2013
Irish politician (1935–2013)
Marvin Rainwater
2013
American country music-rockabilly singer-songwriter (1925–2013)
Eiji Toyoda
2013
Japanese industrialist (1913–2013)
Melvin Charney
2012
Canadian artist and architect
Colin Madigan
2011
Australian architect
Jacques Lacarrière
2005
French writer
Alfred Reed
2005
American composer, arranger and conductor (1921–2005)
Erich Hallhuber
2003
Georgiy Gongadze
2000
Ukrainian journalist (1969–2000)
1900s
Frankie Vaughan
1999
English singer and actor (1928–1999)
Red Skelton
1997
American comedian (1913–1997)
Spiro Agnew
1996
Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973
Isadore Epstein
1995
Estonian astronomer
Lucien Victor
1995
Belgian cyclist
John Delafose
1994
American zydeco musician (1939–1994)
Vitas Gerulaitis
1994
American tennis player (1954–1994)
Karl Popper
1994
Austrian–British philosopher of science (1902–1994)
Willie Mosconi
1993
American pool player (1913–1993)
Christian Nyby
1993
American film and TV director and editor (1913–1993)
Roger Wagner
1992
American choral musician, administrator and educator
Zino Francescatti
1991
French violinist (1902–1991)
Laura Ashley
1985
Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman (1925–1985)
Richard Basehart
1984
American actor (1914–1984)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros
1983
Catholic cardinal (1915–1983)
Manos Loïzos
1982
Greek music composer (1937–1982)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1980
President of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79)
Nicola Moscona
1975
Greek-born operatic bass
Hugo Winterhalter
1973
American musician, arranger and composer (1909–1973)
Akim Tamiroff
1972
Russian-American actor (1899–1972)
Carlos Lamarca
1971
Brazilian former military official (1937–1971)
Fritz Wunderlich
1966
German opera singer (1930–1966)
Alejandro Casona
1965
Spanish poet and playwright (1903–1965)
Adnan Menderes
1961
9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1950 to 1960
David Curtiss Munson
1953
Athletics competitor
Hans Feige
1953
German general (1880–1953)
Jimmy Yancey
1951
American pianist, composer, and lyricist (1895-1951)
Ruth Benedict
1948
American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887–1948)
Folke Bernadotte
1948
Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)
Friedrich Zickwolff
1943
German general
Bruno Jasieński
1938
Polish poet and activist (1901–1938)
Walter Dubislav
1937
German logician and philosopher of science
Ettie Rout
1936
New Zealand writer and safer sex pioneer
Joseph De Piro
1933
Maltese Roman Catholic priest and missionary
Stefanos Dragoumis
1923
Greek judge, writer and the Prime Minister of Greece (January 1910 – October 1910)
Thomas Bent
1909
Australian politician (1838–1909)
Henri Julien
1908
Canadian artist and cartoonist (1852–1908)
Thomas Selfridge
1908
First person to die in an airplane crash (1908)
Ignaz Brüll
1907
Austrian musician
Edmonia Lewis
1907
American sculptor (1844–1907)
1800s
Charles Alfred Pillsbury
1899
American industrialist (1842–1899)
Deng Shichang
1894
Chinese navy officer
Rudolf von Jhering
1892
German jurist (1818–1892)
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
1879
French architect and author (1814–1879)
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens
1878
French adventurer who proclaimed himself king of Araucania and Patagonia
Henry Fox Talbot
1877
English photography pioneer (1800–1877)
Hook Nose
1868
Northern Cheyenne warrior
Walter Savage Landor
1864
English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864)
Charles Robert Cockerell
1863
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
Alfred de Vigny
1863
French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
1862
American politician (1820–1862)
William E. Starke
1862
Confederate Army general
Dred Scott
1858
African-American plaintiff in freedom suit (c. 1799–1858)
Francisco Javier Echeverría
1852
President of Mexico in 1841
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
1836
French botanist noted for the concept of plant families (1748–1836)
Jacques Bernard d'Anselme
1817
French general
Benjamin Bourne
1808
American judge (1755–1808)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
1803
Austrian composer and conductor (1766-1803)
Before 1800
Tobias Smollett
1771
Scottish writer and surgeon (1721–1771)
Francesco Geminiani
1762
Italian composer and violinist (1687–1762)
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
1721
Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1670 to 1721
Stanislaus Papczyński
1701
Polish Catholic priest
John Joseph of Austria
1679
Spanish general and political figure (1629–1679)
Sabbatai Zevi
1676
Jewish mystic and self-proclaimed Messiah (1626–1676)
Philip IV of Spain
1665
King of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640)
Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton
1637
17th century English and Scottish earl
Thomas Lake
1630
English politician
Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg
1626
Robert Bellarmine
1621
Italian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621)
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
1609
Czech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609)
Heinrich Bullinger
1575
Swiss Protestant theologian (1504–1575)
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
1574
Spanish explorer and governor (1519–1574)
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
1563
16th-century English earl
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
1482
Landgrave of Thuringia from the Wettin dynasty
Constantine II of Bulgaria
1422
Tsar of Bulgaria from 1397 to 1422
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
1415
English nobleman and soldier (1367–1415)
Robert III, Count of Flanders
1322
Count of Flanders from 1305 to 1322
Hildegard of Bingen
1179
German nun and polymath (c. 1098 – 1179)
Conan III, Duke of Brittany
1148
Duke of Brittany from 1112 to 1148
Hugh of France (son of Robert II)
1025
King of the Franks
Li Jingsui
958
Crown Prince (Imperial Brother) of Southern Tang
Unni (bishop)
936
German archbishop
Remistus
456
Magister militum in 456