Deaths Died in January 2017
Eldar Kuliev
Kyrgyz Soviet screenwriter and author · 19 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 19
William Margold
American actor and director · 19 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 19
Paolo Stanzani
Italian engineer (Lamborghini) · 19 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 19 · Other
Ricky Gray
American serial killer (2006 Richmond spree murders) · 19 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 19
Tirrel Burton
c. 86 · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Other
Pic Parkhouse
New Zealand swimming coach · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Zainuri Kamaruddin
Malaysian Islamist militant · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Other
Isidro Baldenegro López
Mexican environmentalist · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Lopez · Other
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint
English cricketer (women's national team) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Flint
Charles “Bobo” Shaw
American jazz drummer · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Shaw
Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi
Moroccan Sufi leader · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · Boutchichi · January 18 · Other
Ken Sheppard
British stuntman · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Other
Ion Besoiu
Romanian actor (Toate pînzele sus) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Ian Davison
English cricketer (Nottinghamshire) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
William A. Hilliard
American journalist (The Oregonian) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Hilliard
Herlina Kasim
Indonesian freedom fighter · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Other
Steve Wright
American bass guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Brenda C. Barnes
American businesswoman · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Barnes · Other
Pascal Garray
Belgian comics artist (Benoît Brisefer · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Walter Lange
German watchmaker and executive (A. Lange & Söhne) · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18 · Other
Les Lazarowitz
American sound mixer (Taxi Driver · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Patrick Henry
American animator and writer (Family Guy · 18 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 18
Vladimir Trifunović
Bosnian Yugoslavia-era military officer · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Other
Ramón Martínez Pérez
Spanish footballer (Sevilla · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Pérez
John Sailhamer
American evangelical Old Testament scholar · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Dan O’Brien Sr.
American baseball executive (Texas Rangers · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · O'Brien · Other
Vlado Trifunovic
Bosnian Yugoslavia-era military officer · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Trifunović · Other
Colo
American western gorilla · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Other
Donna Villa
Filipina film producer · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Mary Mark Mahoney
American nun. · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17 · Mahoney · Other
David Poythress
American military officer and politician · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess player · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Brian Whitehouse
English footballer (West Bromwich · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Rod Mason
British jazz trumpeter · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Oddvar Barlie
Norwegian sport wrestler · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Eugene Cernan
American astronaut · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Kozo Kinomoto
Japanese footballer and sports executive · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Kōzō
Horst Astroth
German racewalker · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Jiří Navrátil
Czech scout leader · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Placid Olofsson
Hungarian Cistercian priest · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Glenn DiSanto
American racehorse trainer · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Seah Chiang Nee
Singaporean journalist (The Star) · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Nee
Hadi Utomo
Indonesian politician (Democratic Party) · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Franz Jarnach
German actor (Dittsche) and musician (The Rattles) · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Placid Oloffson
Hungarian regular · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Håkon Liu
Norwegian film director (Miss Kicki) · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Aleksandr Ezhevsky
Soviet engineer and statesman · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Oloffson Placid
Hungarian regular · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Alan Jabbour
American fiddler and folklorist · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Other
Shigeru Kōyama
Japanese actor (Samurai Rebellion · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Koyama
Amin Nasir
Singaporean footballer and coach · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Dermot Gallagher
Irish civil servant and diplomat · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16
Marga van Rooy
South African actress (Fanie Fourie's Lobola · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15 · Rooy
Babette Cole
English children's author · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15
Richie Ingui
American soul musician (Soul Survivors) · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15
Jimmy Snuka
American professional wrestler (WWF) · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15
Gorky González Quiñones
Mexican potter · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15 · Quiñones · Other
Herbert Mies
German politician (Communist Party) · 15 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 15