History Deaths on October 17

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)

#Johann_Nepomuk_Hummel

Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)

#Beatrice_of_Falkenburg

Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)

#Alfons_Maria_Jakob

Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)

#Karl_Kautsky

Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)

#Bart_King

Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)

#Johann_Ludwig_Aberli

Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)

#Ingeborg_Bachmann

Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)

#Al-Musta'in

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)

#Francesco_I_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)

#Malak_Hifni_Nasif

Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)

#Joachim_Nielsen

Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)

#Ben_Weider

Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)

#Laura_Secord

Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)

#Orest_Kiprensky

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)

#Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke

Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

#Frank_Dicksee

Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)

#Tom_Smith_(Pennsylvania_politician)

Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)

#Herman_Johannes

Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)

#Frédéric_Chopin

Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)

#Teresa_Brewer

Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)

#Dimitrios_Maximos

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)

#Thomas_Clifford,_1st_Baron_Clifford_of_Chudleigh

Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)

#Gustav_Kirchhoff

Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)

#Royal_Cortissoz

Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)

#Micheline_Ostermeyer

Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)

#Tom_Shaw_(bishop)

Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)

#Julia_Ward_Howe

Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)

#Jacques_Hadamard

Chris Acland, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)

#Chris_Acland

Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)

#Turk_Broda

Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)

#Gord_Downie

Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

#Anne-Marie_Lizin

Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)

#Margaret_Mary_Alacoque

Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)

#Vola_Vale

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)

#Tennessee_Ernie_Ford

Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)

#Nikolay_Chernyshevsky

Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)

#Larry_Jennings

J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)

#J._Bruce_Ismay

Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)

#Nicholas_Metropolis

Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)

#Philip_Sidney

Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)

#Joey_Bishop

Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)

#Berndt_von_Staden

Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)

#Gaspar_Cervantes_de_Gaeta

William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)

#William_Cookworthy

Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)

#Natalia_Goncharova

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)

#René_Antoine_Ferchault_de_Réaumur

Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)

#Albert_Cohen_(novelist)

Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)

#Sidney_Hatch

George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)

#George,_Crown_Prince_of_Serbia

Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)

#Levi_Stubbs

Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)

#Émile_Allais

Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)

#Stanford_R._Ovshinsky

Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)

#Raymond_Aron

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)

#Jean-Jacques_Dessalines

Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)

#Giovanni_Gronchi

Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)

#Adrian_Scrope

Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)

#Puyi

Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)

#Charlie_Townsend

Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)

#Agrippina_the_Elder

Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)

#Pierre_François_le_Courayer

Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)

#Andreas_Osiander

Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)

Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)

Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)

Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)

Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)

Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)

Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)

Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)

Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)

K?ji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)

Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)

Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)

Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)

Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)

Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)

Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)

Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)

Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)

Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)

Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)

Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)

Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)

Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)

Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)

Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)

Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)

Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)

Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)

John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)

S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)

George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)

Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)

Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)

Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)

Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)

Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)

Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)

John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)

John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports

Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet

Pope Boniface II