Famous Deaths on 17 Mar

Famous Deaths on 17 Mar

1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England
1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland
1199 - Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
1516 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1478)
1565 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500)
1640 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. 1583)
1649 - Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
1680 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (b. 1613)
1704 - Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (b. 1641)
1713 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. 1688)
1715 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
1764 - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer
1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b. 1700)
180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
1830 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764)
1846 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784)
1849 - William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792)
1853 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. 1803)
1875 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (b. 1832)
1893 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. 1832)
1912 - Lawrence Oates, English army officer and Antarctic explorer (b. 1880)
1917 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
1926 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (b. 1853)
1937 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
1941 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
1946 - Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. 1897)
1949 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1956 - Fred Allen, American actor and comedian (b. 1894)
1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1961 - Susanna M. Salter, Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (b. 1860)
1965 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach, player, and innovator (b. 1862)
1974 - Louis Kahn, American architect
1976 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (b. 1906)
1981 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1983 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1987 - Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)
1988 - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. 1959)
1990 - Ric Grech, British bass player (Blind Faith - Traffic) (b. 1946)
1990 - Capucine, French actress (b. 1931)
1992 - Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
1994 - Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (b. 1925)
1995 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
1995 - Ronnie Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
1996 - René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
1999 - Rod Hull, British comedian (b. 1936)
1999 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)
2002 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)
2002 - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
2003 - Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
2004 - J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)
2005 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
2005 - Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913)
2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
2006 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
2007 - John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
2007 - Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
2007 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
2008 - Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader
461 or 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
659 - Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess