May 17th Deaths |
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| May 17th, 2008 (May 17 2008) | Death | Victoria Day in Canada | |
| May 17th, 2007 (May 17 2007) | Death | Lloyd Alexander, author (born in 1924) | |
| May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Cy Feuer, American playwright (born in 1911) | |
| May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (born in 1944) | |
| May 17th, 2006 (May 17 2006) | Death | Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (born in 1980) | |
| May 17th, 2005 (May 17 2005) | Death | Frank Gorshin, American actor (born in 1934) | |
| May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Jorgen Nash, Danish artist (born in 1920) | |
| May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Tony Randall, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| May 17th, 2004 (May 17 2004) | Death | Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (born in 1943) | |
| May 17th, 2003 (May 17 2003) | Death | Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (born in 1916) | |
| May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Dave Berg, American cartoonist (born in 1920) | |
| May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (born in 1940) | |
| May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (born in 1962) | |
| May 17th, 2002 (May 17 2002) | Death | Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (born in 1927) | |
| May 17th, 2001 (May 17 2001) | Death | Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (born in 1908) | |
| May 17th, 2000 (May 17 2000) | Death | Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1909) | |
| May 17th, 1999 (May 17 1999) | Death | Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (born in 1949) | |
| May 17th, 1996 (May 17 1996) | Death | Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (born in 1966) | |
| May 17th, 1996 (May 17 1996) | Death | Scott Brayton, American race car driver (born in 1959) | |
| May 17th, 1995 (May 17 1995) | Death | Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (born in 1912) | |
| May 17th, 1992 (May 17 1992) | Death | Lawrence Welk, American musician (born in 1903) | |
| May 17th, 1987 (May 17 1987) | Death | Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1898) | |
| May 17th, 1985 (May 17 1985) | Death | Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (born in 1910) | |
| May 17th, 1974 (May 17 1974) | Death | Ernest Nash, German born archaeologist (born in 1898) | |
| May 17th, 1963 (May 17 1963) | Death | John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (born in 1888) | |
| May 17th, 1947 (May 17 1947) | Death | George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (born in 1869) | |
| May 17th, 1938 (May 17 1938) | Death | Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (born in 1877) | |
| May 17th, 1937 (May 17 1937) | Death | Guillame Furret, Portuguese playwright and political activist (born in 1863) | |
| May 17th, 1936 (May 17 1936) | Death | Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (born in 1868) | |
| May 17th, 1935 (May 17 1935) | Death | Paul Dukas, French composer (born in 1865) | |
| May 17th, 1927 (May 17 1927) | Death | Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (born in 1884) | |
| May 17th, 1919 (May 17 1919) | Death | Guido von List, German occult author (born in 1848) | |
| May 17th, 1917 (May 17 1917) | Death | Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (born in 1829) | |
| May 17th, 1916 (May 17 1916) | Death | Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (born in 1862) | |
| May 17th, 1888 (May 17 1888) | Death | Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (born in 1820) | |
| May 17th, 1886 (May 17 1886) | Death | John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (born in 1804) | |
| May 17th, 1879 (May 17 1879) | Death | Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (born in 1805) | |
| May 17th, 1875 (May 17 1875) | Death | John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (born in 1821) | |
| May 17th, 1868 (May 17 1868) | Death | Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (born in 1834) | |
| May 17th, 1839 (May 17 1839) | Death | Archibald Alison, Scottish author (born in 1757) | |
| May 17th, 1838 (May 17 1838) | Death | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (born in 1754) | |
| May 17th, 1838 (May 17 1838) | Death | Rene Caille, French explorer (born in 1799) | |
| May 17th, 1829 (May 17 1829) | Death | John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (born in 1745) | |
| May 17th, 1822 (May 17 1822) | Death | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (born in 1766) | |
| May 17th, 1809 (May 17 1809) | Death | Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (born in 1722) | |
| May 17th, 1807 (May 17 1807) | Death | John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (born in 1745) | |
| May 17th, 1801 (May 17 1801) | Death | William Heberden, English physician (born in 1710) | |
| May 17th, 1797 (May 17 1797) | Death | Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (born in 1719) | |
| May 17th, 1765 (May 17 1765) | Death | Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (born in 1713) | |
| May 17th, 1729 (May 17 1729) | Death | Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (born in 1675) | Philo Quotes |
| May 17th, 1727 (May 17 1727) | Death | Catherine I of Russia (born in 1684) | |
| May 17th, 1643 (May 17 1643) | Death | Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer | |
| May 17th, 1626 (May 17 1626) | Death | Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (born in 1570) | |
| May 17th, 1575 (May 17 1575) | Death | Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1504) | |
| May 17th, 1536 (May 17 1536) | Death | George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat | |
| May 17th, 1521 (May 17 1521) | Death | Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (born in 1478) | |
| May 17th, 1510 (May 17 1510) | Death | Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (born in 1445) | |
| May 17th, 1464 (May 17 1464) | Death | Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (born in 1427) | |
| May 17th, 1395 (May 17 1395) | Death | Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm | |
| May 17th, 1365 (May 17 1365) | Death | Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1328) | |
| May 17th, 1336 (May 17 1336) | Death | Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (born in 1288) | |
| May 17th, 1189 (May 17 1189) | Death | Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born in 1159) | |
