History Deaths on March 17

Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)

#1829

Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)

#Bertha_De_Vriese

Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess

#659

George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904)

#George_F._Kennan

V?n Ti?n D?ng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)

#V?n_Ti?n_D?ng

Louis of Enghien, French nobleman

#1394

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)

#1741

Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)

#Jean_Pierre-Bloch

Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)

#1611

Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)

#1704

?stemihan Tavilo?lu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)

#?stemihan_Tavilo?lu

Harold Harefoot, king of England

#1040

George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)

#1764

Haito, bishop of Basel

#836

Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#Irène_Joliot-Curie

Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (b. 1605)

#1663

Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (b. 1610)

#1649

John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)

#1620

Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (b. 1479)

#1516

Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (b. 1925)

#Ferlin_Husky

Kazan, emperor of Japan (b. 968)

#Emperor_Kazan

Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)

#1715

François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613)

#1680

Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)

#1640

Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)

#Louisa_E._Rhine

Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130)

#1199

Li Yu, Prince of De, prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty

#905

Lulach, king of Scotland

#1058

Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)

#1782

Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (b. 1482)

#1527

James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)

#1828

Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)

#Ray_Meyer

Philip of Montfort, French knight and nobleman

#1270

Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)

#Margaret_Whitlam

Amr ibn Hish?m, Arab polytheist

#624

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)

#1830

Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)

#180

Phan V?n Kh?i, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)

Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (b. 1954)

Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)

Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945)

Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)

Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)

Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)

Marek Gali?ski, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)

A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)

Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)

William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)

Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)

Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916)

Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)

Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)

Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)

Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)

Roger Bennett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1959)

John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924)

Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)

Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912)

Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923)

Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)

Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)

Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)

Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)

Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)

Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)

Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)

Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)

Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928)

Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)

Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)

Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)

Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)

Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)

Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)

John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)

Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)

Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)

Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)

Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)

Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)

Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)

Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)

Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)

Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)

Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)

Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)

William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)

Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)

Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500)

Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1407)

Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332)

An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt

Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (b. 1220)

Pierre de Montreuil, French architect

Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa

Titus Labienus, Roman general (b. 100 BC)