17 September Deaths

September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

456 – Remistus, Roman general
936 – Unni, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
958 – Li Jingsui, Chinese prince (b. 920)
1025 – Hugh Magnus, king of France (b. 1007)
1148 – Conan III, duke of Brittany (b. 1070)
1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess (b. 1098)
1322 – Robert III, count of Flanders (b. 1249)
1415 – Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1367)
1422 – Constantine II, tsar of Bulgaria
1482 – William III, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1425)
1563 – Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
1574 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)
1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1504)
1609 – Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Bohemian rabbi, mystic and philosopher (b. 1520)
1621 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)
1626 – Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, German cleric and politician, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (b. 1553)
1630 – Thomas Lake, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1567)
1637 – Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, English-Scottish peer
1665 – Philip IV, king of Spain (b. 1605)
1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)
1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)
1721 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)[4]
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
1803 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
1817 – Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
1858 – Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
1863 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
1864 – Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
1868 – Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
1878 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
1899 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
1908 – Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
1908 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
1909 – Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
1911 – Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
1923 – Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
1925 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
1933 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
1937 – Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
1938 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
1943 – Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1953 – David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
1953 – Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
1961 – Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
1971 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
1975 – Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
1982 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
1983 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
1984 – Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
1987 – Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
1992 – Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
1993 – Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
1994 – John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)
1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
1995 – Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)
1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
1996 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
1997 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)
1998 – Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)
1998 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)
1999 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (b. 1928)
2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (b. 1969)
2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
2005 – Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
2005 – Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)
2009 – Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)
2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
2011 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author, designed the National Gallery of Australia (b. 1921)
2012 – Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)
2012 – Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
2012 – Russell E. Train, American soldier and civil servant (b. 1920)
2013 – Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)
2013 – Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (b. 1943)
2013 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
2013 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
2013 – Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1935)
2013 – Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
2014 – George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
2014 – Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)
2014 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)
2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)
2015 – Ingrīda Andriņa, Latvian actress (b. 1944)
2015 – Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2015 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
2015 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
2016 – Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian racing cyclist (b. 1968)
2016 – Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1936)
2017 – Bobby Heenan, American wrestler and manager (b. 1944)

Source: wikipedia