Walter Schuster
Austrian alpine skierDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Deaths on January 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 17 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 17, 2026.
Anton Regh
German footballer (1. FC Köln)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
François Morel
Canadian composerDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
George Bandy
American politicianDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Timothy J. O’Connor Jr.
American politicianDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Barbara Cope
American rock 'n' roll groupieDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Terje Skarsfjord
Norwegian football manager (Tromsø)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
John Thompson
American film producer (The ExpendablesDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Marlene VerPlanck
American jazz singerDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Cecil Hoekstra
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Gordon Wills
English football player (Notts CountyDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Rodney Fern
English football player (Leicester CityDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Avav Mukherjee
Indian actressDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Anatoly Glushenkov
Russian politicianDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Aristeidis Roubanis
85Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Karl-Heinz Kunde
80Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Eugeniusz Jureczko
Polish Catholic priestDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Claude Prouvoyeur
91Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Robert Sutton
American actor (Lost CommandDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Tyler Hilinski
American football player (Washington State)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Bruce Smillie
Canadian newspaper editor (The Vancouver Sun)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Rubén Oswaldo Díaz
Argentine footballerDied on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Jo Jo White
American basketball player (Boston Celtics)Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Vladimir Trifunović
Bosnian Yugoslavia-era military officerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Ramón Martínez Pérez
Spanish footballer (SevillaDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
George Beall
American attorneyDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Kingi Ihaka
New Zealand broadcasterDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
John Sailhamer
American evangelical Old Testament scholarDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Roman Darowski
Polish philosopherDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Dan O’Brien Sr.
American baseball executive (Texas RangersDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
C. V. Vishveshwara
Indian physicistDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Vlado Trifunovic
Bosnian Yugoslavia-era military officerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Donna Villa
Filipina film producerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Mary Mark Mahoney
American nun. Died on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Ronald Buxton
British politicianDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
M M Ruhul Amin
Bangladeshi judgeDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
David Poythress
American military officer and politicianDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Hans Berliner
German-born American computer scientist and chess playerDied on Tuesday January 17th 2017
Jenő Váncsa
Hungarian politicianDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Peggy Anderson
American authorDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Stephen Levine
American poetDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Sudhindra Thirtha
Indian Hindu religious leaderDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Raymond Laborde
American politicianDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Jules Le Lievre
New Zealand rugby union player (CanterburyDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Ion Panțuru
Romanian bobsledderDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Ramblin’ Lou Schriver
American musician and radio broadcasterDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Ramblin’ Lou Shriver
American musician and radio broadcasterDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Mike Sharpe
Canadian professional wrestlerDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Francis B. Schulte
American prelateDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Dale Griffin
British drummer (Mott the Hoople)Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Melvin Day
New Zealand artistDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Mic Gillette
American brass player (Tower of Power)Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
V. Rama Rao
Indian politicianDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Sherron Mills
American basketball playerDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Geethapriya
Indian director (Mannina Maga)Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Billy Quinn
Irish hurlerDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Angus Ross
BDO darts playerDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Bob Harkey
Indianapolis 500 driverDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Gottfried Honegger
Swiss artist and graphic designerDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Carina Jaarnek
Swedish singer and Dansband artistDied on Sunday January 17th 2016
Guram Sagharadze
Georgian actorDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Tissa Balasuriya
Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and theologianDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
John R. Powers
American author (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?)Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Jakob Arjouni
German authorDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
John Nkomo
Zimbabwean politicianDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Bill Albright
American football player (New York Giants)Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Eng Abner Nangwale
Ugandan politicianDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Mehmet Ali Birand
Turkish journalistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Paul McKeever
British police officerDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Jack McCarthy
American poetDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Tony Martin
Trinidadian-born American historianDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Linh Quang Viên
Vietnamese army generalDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Fred J. Lincoln
American actorDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Homayoun Khorram
Iranian violinistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
James Hood
American civil rights pioneerDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Sophiya Haque
English actress (Coronation StreetDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Fernando Guillén
Spanish actorDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Yves Debay
Belgian journalistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Lizbeth Webb
English soprano and stage actressDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Michael Triplett
American journalistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Claude Black
American jazz pianistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Mohammed Burhanuddin
Indian Islamic spiritual leaderDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Salvador Breglia
Paraguayan football player and coachDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Nadia Boudesoque
Mexican actress and Olympic fencer (1948)Died on Friday January 17th 2014
Suchitra Sen
Indian actress (Sharey ChuattorDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Sunanda Pushkar
Indian-born Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneurDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Alexandros Petersen
American academicDied on Friday January 17th 2014
John J. McGinty III
American Marine Corps officerDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green
British businessmanDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Francine Lalonde
Canadian politicianDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Saizo Kishimoto
Japanese yakuza (Yamaguchi-gumi)Died on Friday January 17th 2014
Seizō Katō
Japanese voice actorDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Holger Hansson
Swedish Olympic bronze-medalist football player (1952) and coachDied on Friday January 17th 2014
Niels Lauritz Dahl
Norwegian diplomatDied on Friday January 17th 2014