February 17 - Deaths

Deaths

• 364 – Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
• 440 – Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk and linguist (b. 360)
• 1339 – Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
• 1371 – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
• 1596 – Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
• 1600 – Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
• 1609 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
• 1624 – Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
• 1659 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
• 1673 – Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
• 1680 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
• 1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. 1637)
• 1715 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669)
• 1768 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
• 1780 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)
• 1841 – Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770)
• 1854 – John Martin, English painter (b. 1789)
• 1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
• 1874 – Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796)
• 1883 – Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1883 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845)
• 1890 – Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
• 1909 – Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)
• 1919 – Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 – King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
• 1939 – Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
• 1943 – Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1943 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1962 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
• 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
• 1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
• 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
• 1982 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1990 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
• 1994 – Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)
• 1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Zein Isa, Palestinian militant
• 1998 – Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
• 1998 – Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
• 2001 – Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Barry Burman, English artist (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)
• 2004 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2007 – Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)