History Deaths on August 17

Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#Shaike_Ophir

Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)

#Franco_Sensi

Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)

#Victoria_Shaw_(actress)

Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)

#Vivian_Vance

Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)

#Aase_Bjerkholt

Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia

#Carloman_(mayor_of_the_palace)

Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)

#Arthur_Hiller

José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)

#José_María_of_Manila

László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)

#László_Paskai

Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

#Otto_Stern

Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)

#Odilia_Dank

Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)

#Emperor_Go-Fukakusa

Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927)

#Jack_Harshman

Radoje Domanovi?, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)

#Radoje_Domanovi?

Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)

#Rudolf_Hess

Miodrag Pavlovi?, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)

#Miodrag_Pavlovi?

Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)

#Katharina_von_Zimmern

Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

#Ken_Miles

Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)

#Perucho_Figueredo

Maedayama Eigor?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

#Maedayama_Eigor?

Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)

#Arthur_Fox_(fencer)

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933)

#Gerhard_Mayer-Vorfelder

William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)

#William_Jervois

Tadeusz ?lusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)

#Tadeusz_?lusarski

Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)

#Tom_Kendall

Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)

#Gregorio_Perfecto

Husein Gradaš?evi?, Ottoman general (b. 1802)

#Husein_Gradaš?evi?

Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)

#Ioan_Slavici

Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937)

#Yvonne_Craig

Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)

#Vasily_Trediakovsky

Richard Empson, English statesman

#Richard_Empson

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)

#Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq

Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)

#Moisei_Uritsky

Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)

#Madan_Lal_Dhingra

Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)

#Anne_Dacier

Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)

#Lorenzo_Da_Ponte

Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)

#Jonathan_Trumbull

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)

#Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Jr.

Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)

#Wilhelm_List

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)

#Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman

Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)

#Francesco_Cossiga

Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)

#Matthew_Boulton

Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)

#Hans_Gude

Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)

#Børre_Knudsen

Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)

#Ted_Whitten

Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)

#Pearl_Bailey

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)

#Hans_Jakob_Christoffel_von_Grimmelshausen

Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)

#Edmond_Audran

Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)

#Conrad_Aiken

Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)

#Nitta_Yoshisada

Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)

#Edmund_Dudley

Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)

#Frederick_the_Great

Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)

#Gus_Winckel

John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)

#John_N._Bahcall

W?adys?aw Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)

#W?adys?aw_Komar

Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)

#Eustace_IV,_Count_of_Boulogne

Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)

#Wolfgang_Leonhard

Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)

#Luigi_Chinetti

José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)

#José_de_San_Martín

Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)

#Wilhelm_Bleek

Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)

#Ray_Chapman

Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)

#Jack_Sharkey

John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)

#John_Stewart,_Earl_of_Buchan

Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)

#Regnier_de_Graaf

Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

#Pierre_Vassiliu

Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)

#Shamsur_Rahman_(poet)

John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)

#John_Johnson_(architect,_born_1732)

Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)

Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924)

John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929)

John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)

Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)

Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)

Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)

Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)

Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)

Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)

Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)

Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)

Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)

Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)

John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)

Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)

Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)

Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)

Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)

Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)

#Billy_Fiske

Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)

Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)

Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)

Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor