History Deaths on January 17

Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

#Francis_Galton

Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)

#Faten_Hamama

Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)

#Betty_Smith

Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347)

#Theodosius_I

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)

#Jyoti_Prasad_Agarwala

Ahmet Dervi?, Turkish general (b. 1881)

#Ahmet_Dervi?

Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and CM of West Bengal for 23 years (b. 1914)

#Jyoti_Basu

Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)

#Albert_of_Riga

Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)

#Frank_Pullen

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)

#Grand_Duke_Peter_Nikolaevich_of_Russia

Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)

#Benjamin_Church_(ranger)

Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (b. 1906)

#Clyde_Tombaugh

Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)

#Blowfly_(musician)

Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)

#Juliette_Gordon_Low

Joseph of Freising, German bishop

#Joseph_of_Freising

Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)

#Mateiu_Caragiale

Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)

#Tomaso_Albinoni

Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)

#Jakob_Arjouni

Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)

#Patrice_Lumumba

Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)

#Harry_Brecheen

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)

#Zhao_Ziyang

Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)

#Gaines_Adams

Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)

#Percy_Qoboza

Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912)

#Bert_Kelly

John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)

#John_Ray

Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)

#Helen_Stephens

Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)

#Ignaz_Wechselmann

Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)

#Rutherford_B._Hayes

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)

#Ferdinand_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, French translator (b. 1395)

#Elisabeth_of_Lorraine-Vaudémont

Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)

#Yves_Debay

Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)

#Yevhen_Kushnaryov

Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)

#Hermann_Schlegel

Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)

#Albert_Jacka

Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)

#Lizbeth_Webb

Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)

#Qi_Jiguang

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)

#Juan_Crisóstomo_Arriaga

Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Camilo_José_Cela

Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)

#Giovanni_Aldini

William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)

#William_Giblin

Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)

#Erich_Segal

Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)

#Fausto_Veranzio

Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (b. 1931)

#Suchitra_Sen

Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)

#Matthäus_Daniel_Pöppelmann

Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)

#Big_Bear

Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)

#Pyotr_Krasnov

George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)

#George_Bancroft

André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar

#André_de_Montbard

Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)

#Skanderbeg

Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)

#Don_Kirshner

Ion Ra?iu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)

#Ion_Ra?iu

Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)

#Horace_Vernet

Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)

#Francis_Smith_(Australian_politician)

Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)

#Bobby_Fischer

Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)

#Dougal_Haston

Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)

#Olav_V_of_Norway

John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. 1266)

#John_of_Brittany,_Earl_of_Richmond

John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)

#John_J._McGinty_III

Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)

#Jean-François_Dandrieu

Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)

#Francine_Lalonde

Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)

#Loukas_Panourgias

Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)

#Hugo_Fregonese

Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)

#Mehmet_Ali_Birand

Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)

#Peter_I_of_Cyprus

Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)

#Art_Buchwald

Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)

#Jean-Marie-Rodrigue_Villeneuve

Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099)

#Thierry,_Count_of_Flanders

Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)

#Feodor_I_of_Russia

Sulpitius the Pious, French bishop and saint

#Sulpitius_the_Pious

Martino Zaccaria, Genoese Lord of Chios

#Martino_Zaccaria

Richard Crenna, American actor and director (b. 1926)

#Richard_Crenna

Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)

#Alexander_Dargomyzhsky

Melvin Day, New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)

#Melvin_Day

Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)

#Virginia_Mayo

Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)

#Lola_Montez

Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)

#Barbara_Jordan

Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)

#Gauhar_Jaan

Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)

#Louis_Comfort_Tiffany

S. Balakrishnan, Malayalam movie composer

Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (b. 1988)

Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (b. 1929)

Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (b. 1926)

V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (b. 1935)

Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)

Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)

Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (b. 1942)

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1915)

John Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934)

Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)

Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)

Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)

Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933)

Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)

Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)

Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)

Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)

Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)

Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)

Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)

Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)

Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)

Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)

Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (b. 1922))

Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)

Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)

Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)

Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)

Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)

Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)

Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)

Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)

Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch

Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)

Mas'ud I of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (b. 998)