Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon
British hereditary peerDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Deaths on August 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 17 across multiple years.
Austin Mitchell
British politicianDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Thierry Liagre
French actor (The Cabbage SoupDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Evgeny Sveshnikov
Russian chess player and writerDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
José Abueva
Filipino political scientistDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Muhammad Alim
Indonesian judgeDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Juan Bravo
Panamanian comedian and actorDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Faisal Nada
Egyptian screenwriter and playwrightDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Ágnes Hankiss
Hungarian politicianDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Kazenambo Kazenambo
Namibian politicianDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Yvon Duhamel
French-Canadian motorcycle racerDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Rodrigo Paz
Ecuadorian politicianDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Rock Demers
Canadian film producerDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Marilynn Webb
New Zealand artistDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Caroline Peyton
American singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday August 18th 2021
Amvrosius Dorostoyski
Bulgarian Orthodox prelateDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Carlos Burity
Angolan musicianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Michael Diven
American politicianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Kuo Mei-chiang
66–67Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Ambrose of Dorostol
Bulgarian Orthodox prelateDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Amwrosij Paraschkewow
Bulgarian Orthodox prelateDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Joseph Gosnell
Canadian indigenous leaderDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Dale Hawerchuk
Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg JetsDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Ivan Varlamov
Russian football player (Spartak MoscowDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Charles Allen
British writer and historianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Sümer Koçak
Turkish wrestlerDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Kemal Özçelik
Turkish equestrianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Grace Montañez Davis
American politicianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Henk Wullems
Dutch football player (KFG) and manager (Go Ahead EaglesDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Ladislav Jirků
Czech politician (member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic 2010–2013) and academicDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepali poet (Gauri)Died on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Jorge Zalszupin
Polish-born Brazilian architect and designerDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Frank Barnaby
British nuclear physicistDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Eric Hughes
British rugby league player (WidnesDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Nina McClelland
American chemistDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Dinos Christianopoulos
Greek poetDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Savvas Theodoridis
Greek footballer (Olympiacos F.CDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Antônio Leite Andrade
Brazilian doctor and politicianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Caio Narcio
Brazilian politicianDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Razia Nurkenova
Kazakhstani footballer and coachDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Boris Purgalin
Russian screenwriter and songwriterDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
Iranian Islamic clericDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Roger De Pauw
Belgian cyclistDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Pierre-Yves Trémois
French visual artist and sculptorDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Cesare Romiti
Italian economist and businessmanDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Elsimar M. Coutinho
Brazilian gynecologistDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Sayeeda Khanam
Bangladeshi photographerDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Dan Budnik
American photographerDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
Antonije Đurić
Serbian journalistDied on Tuesday August 18th 2020
José Martínez Suárez
Argentine film director and screenwriterDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Kip Addotta
American comedianDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Patricia Louisianna Knop
American screenwriter (Lady OscarDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Danny Cohen
Israeli-American Hall of Fame computer scientistDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Penka Stoyanova
Bulgarian basketball playerDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Richard Williams
Canadian-British animator (Who Framed Roger RabbitDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Gustavo Barreiro
American politicianDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Abdirahman Omar Osman
Somali politicianDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Zakiah Hanum Abdul Hamid
Malaysian government officialDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Tred Barta
American hunter (The Best and Worst of Tred Barta)Died on Saturday August 17th 2019
Damodar Bapat
Indian social workerDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Bill Mills
American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics)Died on Saturday August 17th 2019
Nancy Parker
American television journalist (WVUE-DTDied on Saturday August 17th 2019
Leonard Boswell
American politicianDied on Friday August 17th 2018
David McReynolds
American political activistDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Sir Hugh Cortazzi
British diplomatDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Robert Everett
American computer scientistDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Rafiq al-Yasiri
32-33Died on Friday August 17th 2018
Carol Springer
American politicianDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Gerald Weinberg
American computer scientistDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Nikolai Zinoviev
Russian poetDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Ezzatolah Entezami
Iranian actorDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Kim Yong-chun
North Korean soldier and politicianDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Benny Andersen
Danish authorDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Unshō Ishizuka
Japanese voice actor (PokémonDied on Friday August 17th 2018
María José la Valenciana
Spanish transexual sex worker and internet personalityDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Drahoslav Makovička
Czech dramaturge and screenwriter (Angel in a Devil's BodyDied on Friday August 17th 2018
M. T. Liggett
American sculptorDied on Thursday August 17th 2017
Lester Williams
American football player (New England Patriots)Died on Thursday August 17th 2017
Paulo Silvino
Brazilian actor and humorist (Zorra Total)Died on Thursday August 17th 2017
Peter Bürger
German literary scholarDied on Thursday August 17th 2017
Otto L. Lange
German botanistDied on Thursday August 17th 2017
Fadwa Soliman
Syrian actress and activistDied on Thursday August 17th 2017
Arthur Boyars
British poet and musicologistDied on Thursday August 17th 2017
Mool Singh Peelaghata
Indian politicianDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
John Fischer
Belgian-born American pianist and composerDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Barry Hollowell
Canadian Anglican prelateDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
George Anthan
American journalistDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
John Ellenby
British computer scientistDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016
Katharine Blodgett Gebbie
American astrophysicistDied on Wednesday August 17th 2016