History Deaths on September 17

Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian racing cyclist (b. 1968)

#Bahman_Golbarnezhad

Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

#Carl_Eytel

William III, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1425)

#William_III,_Landgrave_of_Thuringia

Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)

#Ignaz_Brüll

Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)

#Roger_Wagner

Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)

#Bernie_McGann

Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)

#Spiro_Agnew

Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)

#Edmonia_Lewis

Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)

#Walter_Savage_Landor

Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)

#Andriy_Husin

Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)

#Francesco_Geminiani

Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)

#Robert_Bellarmine

Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)

#Charles_Alfred_Pillsbury

Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)

#Thomas_Selfridge

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)

#Orélie-Antoine_de_Tounens

Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)

#Marguerite_Louise_d'Orléans

Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)

#Richard_Basehart

Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)

#Benjamin_Bourne

Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)

#Joseph_De_Piro

Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)

#Folke_Bernadotte

Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)

#Alfred_de_Vigny

Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)

#Deng_Shichang

David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)

#David_Willcocks

Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)

#Charles_Robert_Cockerell

Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (b. 1969)

#Georgiy_Gongadze

Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)

#Franz_Xaver_Süssmayr

Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)

#Edmonia_Lewis

Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1937)

#Vadim_Kuzmin_(physicist)

China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)

#China_Zorrilla

Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)

#Alfred_Reed

Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)

#Dred_Scott

Cokie Roberts, American journalist and bestselling author (b. 1943)

#Cokie_Roberts

Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)

#Melvin_Charney

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)

#Antoine_Laurent_de_Jussieu

George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

#George_Hamilton_IV

Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)

#Fritz_Wunderlich

Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1504)

#Heinrich_Bullinger

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)

#Anastasio_Somoza_Debayle

Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)

#Karl_Popper

Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)

#Humberto_Sousa_Medeiros

Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Bohemian rabbi, mystic and philosopher (b. 1520)

#Judah_Loew_ben_Bezalel

Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1944)

#Bobby_Heenan

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)

#Henry_Manners,_2nd_Earl_of_Rutland

Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)

#Tobias_Smollett

Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (b. 1943)

#Larry_Lake_(musician)

Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)

#Wakachichibu_Komei

Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess (b. 1098)

#Hildegard_of_Bingen

Robert III, count of Flanders (b. 1249)

#Robert_III,_Count_of_Flanders

Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)

#Francisco_Javier_Echeverría

Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)

#Red_Skelton

Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)

#Sabbatai_Zevi

Philip IV, king of Spain (b. 1605)

#Philip_IV_of_Spain

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)

#Pedro_Menéndez_de_Avilés

Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, English-Scottish peer

#Katherine_Clifton,_2nd_Baroness_Clifton

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)

#Eugène_Viollet-le-Duc

Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)

#Kristian_Gidlund

Bruno Jasie?ski, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)

#Bruno_Jasie?ski

Russell E. Train, American soldier and civil servant (b. 1920)

#Russell_E._Train

Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)

#Vitas_Gerulaitis

Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)

#Ruth_Benedict

Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)

#Thomas_Bent

Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)

#Henry_Fox_Talbot

Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)

#Peter_von_Bagh

Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)

#Stefanos_Dragoumis

Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)

#Adnan_Menderes

Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)

#Akim_Tamiroff

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, German cleric and politician, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (b. 1553)

#Johann_Schweikhard_von_Kronberg

Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)

#Henri_Julien

Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)

#Eiji_Toyoda

John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)

#John_of_Austria_the_Younger

Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)

#Dettmar_Cramer

Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)

#Hans_Feige

Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1367)

#Michael_de_la_Pole,_2nd_Earl_of_Suffolk

Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)

#Alejandro_Casona

Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1936)

Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)

Ingr?da Andri?a, Latvian actress (b. 1944)

Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)

Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)

Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1935)

Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)

Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author, designed the National Gallery of Australia (b. 1921)

Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)

Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)

Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)

Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)

Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (b. 1928)

Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)

Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)

Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)

Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)

John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)

Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)

Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)

Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)

Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)

Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)

Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)

Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)

Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)

Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)

David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)

Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)

Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)

Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)

Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)

Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)

Thomas Lake, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1567)

Constantine II, tsar of Bulgaria

Conan III, duke of Brittany (b. 1070)

Hugh Magnus, king of France (b. 1007)

Li Jingsui, Chinese prince (b. 920)

Unni, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen

Remistus, Roman general