History Deaths on June 17

Tachibana no Kachiko, Japanese empress (b. 786)

#Tachibana_no_Kachiko

Boles?aw I the Brave, Polish king (b. 967)

#Boles?aw_I_the_Brave

Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)

#Fritz_Walter

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1536)

#Ashikaga_Yoshiteru

Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)

#Süleyman_Demirel

Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)

#Bussunda

Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

#Julius_Seljamaa

John I Albert, Polish king (b. 1459)

#John_I_Albert

Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)

#Refik_Koraltan

Uthman, caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (b. 579)

#Uthman

Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)

#Joseph_Addison

Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)

#Roberto_Calvi

Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Japanese sh?gun (b. 758)

#Sakanoue_no_Tamuramaro

Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

#Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer)

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)

#Prosper_Jolyot_de_Crébillon

Fulk, French archbishop and chancellor

#Fulk_(archbishop_of_Reims)

Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)

#Joseph_Méry

Jan of Jenštejn, archbishop of Prague (b. 1348)

#Jan_of_Jenštejn

Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)

#Jeff_Chandler

Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Arthur_Harden

Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (b. 1965)

#Rodney_King

John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)

#John_III_Sobieski

Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)

#Kate_Smith

Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

#Allen_Sothoron

John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)

#John_Pitcairn

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)

#Charles_Middleton,_1st_Baron_Barham

Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)

#Charles_Fitzpatrick

Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)

#Richard_O'Connor

Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)

#Roberto_M._Levingston

José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)

#José_Nasazzi

John David Crow, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

#John_David_Crow

Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)

#Martín_Miguel_de_Güemes

Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)

#Duffy_Lewis

Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal princess (b. 1593)

#Mumtaz_Mahal

Dirk V, count of Holland (b. 1052)

#Dirk_V,_Count_of_Holland

Darrell Powers, American sergeant (b. 1923)

#Darrell_Powers

Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)

#Lord_William_Bentinck

Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)

#Thomas_Winning

Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)

#Ingeborg_of_Norway

Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (b. 1948)

#Baldwin_Lonsdale

James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934)

#James_Holshouser

Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)

#Paul_Rostock

Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (b. 1598)

#Jijabai

Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)

#Philip_Howard_(cardinal)

Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)

#Willie_Davenport

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)

#Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars

Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)

#Daskalogiannis

Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)

#Basil_Hume

Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)

#Eugen_Weidmann

Catherine of Portugal, Portuguese princess (b. 1436)

#Catherine_of_Portugal_(nun)

Daoji, Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)

#Ji_Gong

Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (b. 1937)

#Ron_Clarke

Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)

#Dick_Howser

Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)

#Nikolay_Bobrikov

Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)

#Ralf_Dahrendorf

Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)

#Cyd_Charisse

Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)

#Johan_Wagenaar

Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)

#Dorothy_Richardson

Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)

#Sir_William_Wyndham,_3rd_Baronet

Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)

#Edward_Burne-Jones

Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (b. 1923)

#Bulbs_Ehlers

Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (b. 1973)

Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1928)

Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (b. 1923)

Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1938)

Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (b. 1954)

Patsy Byrne, English actress (b. 1933)

Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (b. 1927)

Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi playwright and producer (b. 1930)

Michael Baigent, New Zealand-English theorist and author (b. 1948)

Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (b. 1956)

Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)

Patricia Brown, American baseball player (b. 1931)

Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (b. 1971)

Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1928)

Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)

Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)

Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)

Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)

Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)

Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)

Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)

John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)

Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)

Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)

Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)

James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)

Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)

J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)

Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)

Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)

Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)

Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)

Injo of Joseon, Korean king (b. 1595)

David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon

Adeodatus, pope of the Catholic Church