History Deaths on February 17

John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)

#John_Martin_(painter)

Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)

#Edgar_Evans

Claude Jeancolas, French historian, author, and journalist (b. 1949)

#Claude_Jeancolas

Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921)

#Peter_Florin

Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)

#Juan_de_Mariana

Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)

#Louis_Marchand

Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)

#Christopher_Latham_Sholes

Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)

#Antoine_Galland

Molière, French actor and playwright (b. 1622)

#Molière

Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1691)

#Arthur_Onslow

Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)

#Nita_Naldi

Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)

#Ferdinando_I_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)

#Albert_I_of_Belgium

Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (b. 1923)

#Liu_Yudi

Richard Briers, English actor (b. 1934)

#Richard_Briers

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

#Ivan_Alexander_of_Bulgaria

Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901)

#Lee_Strasberg

Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1548)

#Giordano_Bruno

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)

#Jiddu_Krishnamurti

Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)

#Otto,_Duke_of_Austria

Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)

#Lefty_Gomez

Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist, zoologist, and entomologist (b. 1637)

#Jan_Swammerdam

Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952)

#Bob_Casale

Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

#Dorothy_Gibson

Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)

#Bruno_Walter

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)

#Mohamed_Hassanein_Heikal

Ray Barretto, American drummer (b. 1929)

#Ray_Barretto

Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)

#Denzil_Holles,_1st_Baron_Holles

María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)

#María_de_las_Mercedes_Barbudo

Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)

#Abel_Servien

Lütfi K?rdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)

#Lütfi_K?rdar

Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, linguist, and theologian (b. 360)

#Mesrop_Mashtots

Al-Tabari, Persian scholar (b. 839)

#Al-Tabari

Robert H. Michel, American politician (b. 1923)

#Robert_H._Michel

Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)

#Nestor_Chylak

Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (b. 1919)

#Dan_O'Herlihy

Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter and journalist (b. 1922)

#Conchita_Cintrón

Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)

#Karpoori_Thakur

Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1935)

#Omar_Sívori

Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922)

#Kathryn_Grayson

Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933)

#Michael_Novak

José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico, 1976-1982 (b. 1920)

#José_López_Portillo

Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)

#Ferdinando_Carulli

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

#Shmuel_Yosef_Agnon

Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)

#Willy_Hess_(violinist)

Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine

#Theobald_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)

#Geronimo

Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg

#Evermode_of_Ratzeburg

Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)

#Cathy_Ubels-Veen

Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)

#Siegbert_Tarrasch

Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)

#Heinrich_Heine

Andrzej ?u?awski, Polish film director (b. 1940)

#Andrzej_?u?awski

William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)

#William_Gargan

Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)

#Thelonious_Monk

Jovian, Roman emperor (b. 331)

#Jovian_(emperor)

Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

#Wilfrid_Laurier

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1918)

#Nicolaas_Govert_de_Bruijn

John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)

#John_M._Allegro

Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)

#Adolphe_Quetelet

Tony Phillips, American baseball player (b. 1959)

Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1921)

John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (b. 1935)

Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965)

Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (b. 1975)

Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (b. 1925)

Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)

Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist and academic (b. 1928)

Michael Davis, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)

Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1916)

Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)

Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)

Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895)

Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951)

Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951)

Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)

Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)

Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)

Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)

Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)

William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)

Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (b. before 1463)