Deaths Died in August 2017
Gordon Williams
Scottish writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Bajram Rexhepi
Kosovar politician · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Brian Aldiss
British science fiction writer and editor · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Ed Sharockman
American football player (Minnesota Vikings) · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Wayne Lotter
South-African wildlife and elephants conservative and anti-proaching activist · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20 · Other
Nati Mistral
Spanish actress and singer (Currito of the Cross · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Gary West
Australian Olympic cyclist · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Gene Brown
American professor emeritus · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Dick Gregory
American comedian and civil rights activist. · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Raymond Damase Ngollo
Congolese general · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19 · Ngollo · Other
Sonny Burgess
American country music singer · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19
Arthur J. Finkelstein
American political consultant · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · Finkelstein · August 19 · Other
Pyotr Deynekin
commander of the Russian Air Force (1991–1998) · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19 · Other
Salif Diallo
Burkinabé politician · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19
Duncan Russell
English football manager (Mansfield Town) · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19 · Other
Pertti Alaja
Finnish footballer (Malmö) · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19
Gary O’Callaghan
American radio broadcaster · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · O'Callaghan · August 19
Sonny Landham
American actor (Predator (film) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Dale Spina
American studio executive · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Stuart Thompson
American theatrical producer (The Book of Mormon) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Rosemary Reed Miller
American historian and boutique owner · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Miller
Nubar Ozanyan
Turkish Armenian militant · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Joi S. J. Harris
American motorcycle racer and stuntwoman (Deadpool 2) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Harris · Other
Miroslav Ćurčić
Serbian footballer (FK Vojvodina) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Liam Devaney
Irish hurler (Tipperary GAA) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Dave Caldwell
Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C.) · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Laurie Brokenshire
English Rotal Navy officer and magician · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Reinhard Breymayer
German philologist · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Abdirahman Jama Barre
Somali politician · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Barre
Liz MacKean
British broadcast journalist · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Sam Dryden
American food security expert · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Francis X. DiLorenzo
American prelate · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · DiLorenzo · Other
Robert Yancy
American musician and son of Natalie Cole · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Max Roach
American jazz drummer · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Sir John Blelloch
British civil servant · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Blelloch · Other
Peruán
race horse · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Other
Eric Zumbrunnen
American film editor (Being John Malkovich · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18 · Éric
Lester Williams
American football player (New England Patriots) · 17 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 17
Paulo Silvino
Brazilian actor and humorist (Zorra Total) · 17 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 17
Peter Bürger
German literary scholar · 17 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 17 · Burger
Otto L. Lange
German botanist · 17 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 17 · Lange · Other
Fadwa Soliman
Syrian actress and activist · 17 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 17
Rondel Clark
American mixed martial artist · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Artists
Tom Hawkins
American basketball player (Notre Dame) · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16
Phil Muntz
Canadian-born American aerospace engineer · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Other
Kasatka
American orca · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Other
Roy Lunn
American automotive engineer · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Other
Jo Walker-Meador
American music executive · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Other
Eugenio Polgovsky
Mexican filmmaker · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16 · Other
Vera Glagoleva
Soviet and Russian actress · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16
Joe McGurn
Scottish footballer (St Johnstone · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16
Julia Harrison
American politician and activist · 16 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 16
Gunnar Birkerts
Latvian-born American architect · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15 · Other
Franklin Cleckley
American supreme court justice · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15
Shanmugasundaram
Indian actor (Karagattakaran) · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15
Joi Harris
American motorcycle racer and stunt double · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15 · Other
Diane Pearson
British book editor and author · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15
Nick Mantis
American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers · 15 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 15