Famous Deaths on 17 May

Famous Deaths on 17 May

1189 - Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
1336 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
1365 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
1395 - Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm
1464 - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)
1510 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
1536 - George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat
1575 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504)
1626 - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
1643 - Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer
1727 - Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
1729 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
1765 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
1797 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)
1801 - William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
1807 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
1809 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
1822 - Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)
1829 - John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
1838 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)
1838 - René Caillé, French explorer (b. 1799)
1839 - Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
1868 - Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)
1875 - John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
1879 - Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)
1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)
1888 - Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)
1916 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
1917 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)
1919 - Guido von List, German occult author (b. 1848)
1927 - Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)
1935 - Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865)
1936 - Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
1937 - Guilląme Furrét, Portuguese playwright and political activist (b. 1863)
1938 - Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
1947 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
1963 - John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)
1974 - Ernest Nash, German born archaeologist (b. 1898)
1985 - Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (b. 1910)
1987 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)
1995 - Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (b. 1912)
1996 - Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b. 1966)
1996 - Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
1999 - Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949)
2000 - Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)
2001 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
2002 - Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
2002 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940)
2002 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2002 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
2003 - Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)
2004 - Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
2004 - Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
2004 - Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
2005 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
2006 - Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
2006 - Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (b. 1944)
2006 - Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980)
2007 - Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)