April 17 - Deaths

Deaths

• 326 – Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
• 485 – Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412)
• 617 – Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg
• 1080 – King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
• 1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)
• 1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
• 1574 – Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)
• 1680 – Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)
• 1695 – Sor Juana, Mexican writer
• 1696 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)
• 1711 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 – David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
• 1742 – Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
• 1761 – Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
• 1764 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 – Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
• 1799 – Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
• 1843 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
• 1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (b. 1777)
• 1873 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (b. 1783)
• 1882 – George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
• 1892 – Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1902 – Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)
• 1921 – Manuel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (b. 1860)
• 1930 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 – Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister (b. 1873)
• 1937 – Yi Sang, Korean poet (b. 1910)
• 1941 – Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
• 1942 – Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 – J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1867)
• 1954 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)
• 1960 – Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938)
• 1967 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
• 1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1976 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 – William Conway, Northern Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (b. 1939) (Mountain)
• 1984 – Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1985 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900)
• 1990 – Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)
• 1993 – Turgut Ozal, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
• 1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (b. 1928)
• 1997 – Allan Francovich, American documentarian (b. 1941)
• 1997 – Piet Hein, Danish scientist and poet (b. 1905)
• 1997 – Chaim Herzog, Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1993) (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Linda McCartney, American designer and photographer (b. 1941)
• 2003 – Robert Atkins, American dietician (b. 1930)
• 2003 – H. B. Bailey, American racing driver (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
• 2006 – Scott Brazil, American television producer and director. (b. 1955)
• 2007 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Gil Dobrică, Romanian singer (b. 1946)
• 2008 – Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Danny Federici, American organ player (E-Street Band) (b. 1950)