Famous Deaths on 17 Apr

Famous Deaths on 17 Apr

1080 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1427 - John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)
1539 - George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)
1680 - Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)
1695 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer
1696 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
1711 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
1713 - David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
1742 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)
1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
1799 - Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1873 - Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (b. 1783)
1882 - George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
1892 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
1902 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)
1921 - Manuel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (b. 1860)
1930 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
1936 - Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch prime minister (b. 1873)
1937 - Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)
1941 - Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1942 - Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1944 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1867)
1954 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)
1960 - Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938)
1967 - Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
1975 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888)
1976 - Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1977 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (b. 1913)
1983 - Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (b. 1939) (Mountain)
1984 - Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
1987 - Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
1988 - Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900)
1990 - Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)
1993 - Turgut Ozal, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
1994 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
1995 - Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (b. 1928)
1997 - Piet Hein, Danish scientist and poet (b. 1905)
1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
1998 - Linda McCartney, American-born wife of Paul McCartney (b. 1941)
2003 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1910)
2003 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932)
2003 - Robert Atkins, American dietician (b. 1930)
2004 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908)
2004 - Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
2007 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (b. 1910)
2008 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
2008 - Danny Federici, organ player for E-Street Band (b. 1950)
326 - Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
485 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412)
617 - Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg