History Deaths on November 17

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (b. 1926)

#Bal_Thackeray

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)

#James_Ferguson_(Scottish_astronomer)

John Earle, English bishop (b. 1601)

#John_Earle_(bishop)

Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)

#Alain-René_Lesage

Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (b. 1940)

#Ray_Sadecki

Thomas Ford, English viol player, composer, and poet (b. 1580)

#Thomas_Ford_(composer)

Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)

#Pete_Newell

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)

#Gottfried_Heinrich_Graf_zu_Pappenheim

Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)

#Ernestine_Schumann-Heink

Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)

#Abba_Eban

Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)

#Robert_Comtesse

Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)

#Doris_Lessing

Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)

#Lala_Lajpat_Rai

Antoine of Navarre (b. 1518)

#Antoine_of_Navarre

Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)

#Jack_Worrall

Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (b. 1918)

#Lea_Gottlieb

Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)

#Eduard_Tubin

Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)

#Eduard_Bornhöhe

Reginald Pole, English cardinal and academic (b. 1500)

#Reginald_Pole

Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)

#Eric_Gill

Mary I of England (b. 1516)

#Mary_I_of_England

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)

#Adolphe,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg

Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese commander (b. 1542)

#Kuki_Yoshitaka

José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)

#José_María_Iglesias

Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)

#Catherine_the_Great

Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)

#Raymond_Pearl

Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)

#Herman_Hollerith

Hethum II, King of Armenia (b. 1266)

#Hethum_II,_King_of_Armenia

Valentinian I, Roman emperor (b. 321)

#Valentinian_I

Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)

#Gladys_Cooper

Ante Trumbi?, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)

#Ante_Trumbi?

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)

#Auguste_Rodin

Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)

#Ferenc_Puskás

Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1926)

#Rahim_Moeini_Kermanshahi

Harrison A. Williams, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)

#Harrison_A._Williams

Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)

#Ralph_Johnstone

Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)

#Victor_Serge

Liutgard of Saxony (b. 845)

#Liutgard_of_Saxony_(died_885)

Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Louis_Néel

Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)

#Armand_Desmet

Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, French general (b. 1602)

#Jean-Baptiste_Budes,_Comte_de_Guébriant

Arthur Conley, American-Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

#Arthur_Conley

Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)

#Charles_W._Chesnutt

Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

#Gregory_VII_of_Constantinople

Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)

#Ruth_Brown

George Stephen Morrison, American admiral (b. 1919)

#George_Stephen_Morrison

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)

#Heitor_Villa-Lobos

John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)

#John_Glascock

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)

#Abdul_Hamid_Khan_Bhashani

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)

#Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)

#John_Walter_(publisher)

Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 1207)

#Elizabeth_of_Hungary

Kea Bouman, Dutch tennis player (b. 1903)

#Kea_Bouman

Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)

#Paul_Derringer

Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)

#Abraham_van_Riebeeck

James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)

#James_McCune_Smith

Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)

#Mirra_Alfassa

Jami, Persian poet and saint (b. 1414)

#Jami

Ludolf Bakhuizen, German-Dutch painter (b. 1631)

#Ludolf_Bakhuizen

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1463)

#Giovanni_Pico_della_Mirandola

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)

#Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle

Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)

#Alexander_Ragulin

John III of Sweden (b. 1537)

#John_III_of_Sweden

Jakob Böhme, German mystic (b. 1575)

#Jakob_Böhme

George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)

#George_Hendric_Houghton

Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (b. 1929)

#Bo_Schembechler

Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)

#Carle_Vernet

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (b. 1934)

#Audre_Lorde

Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)

#Bernardo_Bellotto

Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

#Alan_Hull

Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1928)

#Bill_Frenzel

James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)

#James_P._Johnson

Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)

#Hugh_Price_Hughes

Gregory of Tours, Roman bishop and saint (b. 538)

#Gregory_of_Tours

Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

#Robert_Hofstadter

David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)

#David_Zeisberger

Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)

#Mort_Cooper

Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (b. 1942)

#Marek_Perepeczko

Eleanor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal (b. 1458)

#Eleanor_of_Viseu

Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)

#Esther_Rolle

Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)

#Syd_Field

John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (b. 1928)

Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1922)

John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (b. 1930)

Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (b. 1925)

Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (b. 1993)

Alfred Blake, English colonel and lawyer (b. 1915)

Zeke Bella, American baseball player (b. 1930)

Margaret Yorke, English author (b. 1924)

Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (b. 1916)

Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1957)

Kurt Budke, American basketball player and coach (b. 1961)

Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (b. 1940)

Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)

Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (b. 1962)

Frank McCarthy, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)

Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)

Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (b. 1926)

Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)

Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)

Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)

Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)

Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)

Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general and politician (b. 1610)

Joseph Alleine, English pastor and author (b. 1634)

Hugh Aston, English composer (b. 1485)

Gazi Evrenos, Ottoman general (b. 1288)

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)

Leo III, King of Armenia (b. 1289)

Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (b. 1095)

Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (b. 1045)

Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)

Chen Jinfeng, empress of Min (b. 893)

Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)

Emperor Kang of Jin (b. 322)