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