Famous Deaths on 17 Jun

Famous Deaths on 17 Jun

1025 - Bolesław I the Brave, first king of Poland
1091 - Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
1463 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)
1565 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
1694 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629)
1696 - John III Sobieski, King of Poland (b. 1629)
1719 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672)
1734 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
1740 - Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
1762 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
1775 - Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)
1797 - Agha Muhammad Khan, Shah of Persia (b. 1742)
1813 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
1821 - Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
1858 - Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
1898 - Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)
1904 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839)
1939 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1940 - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1942 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853)
1952 - Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914)
1956 - Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
1956 - Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
1957 - Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873)
1961 - Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
1968 - José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
1974 - Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
1979 - Duffy Lewis, baseball player (b. 1888)
1981 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (b. 1889)
1981 - Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
1982 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
1983 - Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (b. 1923)
1986 - Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America) (b. 1907)
1987 - Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936)
1996 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922)
2001 - Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1919)
2002 - Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943)
2002 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
2004 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
2005 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
2005 - Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
2006 - Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
2006 - Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
2007 - Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2007 - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2008 - Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2008 - Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)