Deaths Famous Dead Scientists
Roman Jarymowycz
Austrian-born Canadian soldier and educator · 25 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 25
Dan Caspi
Romanian-born Israeli media theorist and academic · 22 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 22
Zohurul Hoque
Indian Islamic scholar · 21 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 21
Steven Plaut
American-born Israeli economist and academic · 19 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 19
John Sailhamer
American evangelical Old Testament scholar · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess player · 17 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 17
Udo Ulfkotte
German political scientist and journalist (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) · 14 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 14
John Herbert Sailhamer
American evangelical Old Testament scholar · 12 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 12 · Sailhamer
Victor Griffin
Irish priest and theologian · 11 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 11
Rodney H. Brady
American businessman (Deseret Management Corporation) and academic administrator (Weber State University) · 11 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 11 · Brady
Ramanuja Devnathan
Indian Sanskrit scholar · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Spartak Belyaev
Russian theoretical physicist · 09 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 9
Mike Ovey
British clergyman and academic administrator (Oak Hill College) · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Heinz Billing
German physicist and computer scientist · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Nat Hentoff
American Political philosopher · 08 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 8
Michael Scanlan
American Roman Catholic priest and academic administrator · 07 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 7
Jeremy Stone
American scientist and arms control activist · 06 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 6
Lady Marion Fraser
Scottish music educator · 30 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 30 · Fraser
Peter Nowell
American cancer researcher · 29 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 29
Gilles Borrie
Dutch Mayor (Eindhoven) and historian · 28 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 28
Joseph Fitzmyer
American Catholic priest and professor (The Catholic University of America) · 24 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 24
Doug Coombs
New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Weston Noble
American music educator and conductor · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Ron Ziel
American railway historian · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Rachel Owen
British academic and print-maker · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Brendan J. Dugan
American academic administrator · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Dugan
Jeanette Sky
Norwegian religion historian · 17 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 17
Brockway McMillan
American government official and scientist · 17 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 17
Sadiq Jalal al-Azm
syrian Philosopher and academician · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · al-Azm
George Junus Aditjondro
Indonesian academic and political dissident · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Aditjondro