Martin Šustr
Czech footballer
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Deaths on May 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 17 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 17, 2026.
Domingo Villar
Spanish writer (Death on a Galician Shore)
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Sean Shanahan
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Tadeusz Kowalczyk
Polish politician and Rural Solidarity activist
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Antonio Oviedo
Spanish footballer and coach
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Norberto Ávila
Portugal playwright
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Sidney Kramer
American politician
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Margot Heuman
German-born American Holocaust survivor
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Bernard Kelly
New Zealand horse racing administrator
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Brian Gaynor
Irish-born New Zealand sharebroker
Died on Wednesday May 18th 2022
Marion Walter
German-born American mathematician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
William Warner Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore
Irish noble
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Arthur Hills
American golf course designer
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Mykola Maletskyi
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains)
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Jesús Santrich
Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC) and politician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Terry O’Dea
Australian darts player
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
George Little
Canadian politician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Hartley Joynt
Australian cricketer
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Vera Deacon
Australian historian
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Lembit Teesalu
Estonian auto racer and motorcyclist
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Bob Chitester
American television producer
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Yegor Drozdetsky
Russian miner
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Esegé
Spanish comic artist
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Bruno Kouamé
Ivorian bishop
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Sabino Vengco
Filipino priest
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
László Patócs
Yugoslavian-Serbian journalist and critic
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Rennie Stennett
Panamanian baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Charles Grodin
American actor (The Heartbreak Kid
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Abdul Khaleq Alghanem
Saudi Arabian film director
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Gladys Cáceres
Venezuelan actress
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Leigh Perkins
American businessperson
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Vladimir Fyodorov
Russian actor (Ruslan and Ludmila
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Gordon Pettengill
American radio astronomer
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Tomasz Wiater
Polish cartoonist (Nie)
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Jim Clendenen
American winemaker
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Boris Miranda
Bolivian journalist and correspondent (BBC Mundo)
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Anatoliy Havrylov
Ukrainian cinematographer
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Franco Battiato
Italian singer-songwriter and filmmaker
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Chaman Lal Gupta
Indian politician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Casildo Maldaner
Brazilian politician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
K. Thurairetnasingam
Sri Lankan politician
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Rildo da Costa Menezes
Brazilian football player (Botafogo
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
K. K. Aggarwal
Indian cardiologist
Died on Tuesday May 18th 2021
Ken Retzer
American baseball player (Washington Senators)
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Ben Williams
American football player (Buffalo Bills)
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Laudo Natel
Brazilian politician
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Michelle Rossignol
Canadian actress (Once Upon a Time in the East
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Bill Olner
British politician
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Ken Osmond
American actor (Leave It to Beaver)
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Jennifer Casey
Canadian journalist and air force officer
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Fritz Gerber
Swiss business executive (Roche Group
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
George Mikell
Lithuanian-Australian actor
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Christian Kieckens
Belgian architect and photographer
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Willy Schmidt
Dutch footballer (EVV Eindhoven
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Derek Lawrence
British record producer (Deep Purple
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Vincent Malone
English Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Marko Elsner
Slovenian footballer (Red Star Belgrade
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
John O’Brien
Australian Olympic water polo player
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Him Chhem
Cambodian politician
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Ratnakar Matkari
Indian writer and film producer
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Lucky Peterson
American blues singer and musician
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Daniela Lázaro
Mexican footballer (Atlético San Luis (women))
Died on Monday May 18th 2020
Jonas af Jochnick
Swedish businessman
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Erwanto Kurniadi
Indonesian police
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Agustín Pereyra Lucena
Argentine guitarrist and singer of Brazilian music
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Dan Lodboa
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Cougars)
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Georgie Anne Geyer
American syndicated newspaper columnist
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Eduardo A. Roca
Argentine ambassador to the UN during the Falklands/Malvinas War and Ambassador of Argentina to the U.S. (1968-1070)
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Paulius Antanas Baltakis
Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Tardar Sauce
American cat better known as Grumpy Cat
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Herman Wouk
American author (The Caine Mutiny
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Anton O’Toole
Irish Gaelic footballer
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Dan Cordtz
American business correspondent (ABC News
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Nikolai Baturin
Estonian novelist and playwright
Died on Friday May 17th 2019