User:Matt Campbell/2017

January

January 1
- Sir Tony Atkinson, British economist (b. 1944)
- Hilarion Capucci, Syrian bishop (b. 1922)
- Derek Parfit, British philosopher (b. 1942)
January 2
- John Berger, British art critic, novelist and painter (b. 1926)
- Viktor Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1931)
January 3 – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
January 4
- Heinz Billing, German physicist and computer scientist (b. 1914)
- Ezio Pascutti, Italian footballer (b. 1937)
- Georges Prêtre, French conductor (b. 1924)
- Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
January 5 – Géori Boué, French operatic singer (b. 1918)
January 6
- Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, former Acting President of Venezuela (b. 1923)
- Om Puri, Indian actor (b. 1950)
- Francine York, American actress (b. 1930)
January 7
- Nat Hentoff, American music critic and political commentator (b. 1925)
- Mário Soares, 17th President and 105th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1924)
January 8
- Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)
- James Mancham, 1st President of Seychelles (b. 1939)
- Ruth Perry, Liberian politician, former Chairwoman of the Council of State (b. 1939)
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (b. 1934)
- Peter Sarstedt, British singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter (b. 1941)
January 9
- Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-British sociologist (b. 1925)
- Roberto Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1961)
January 10
- Roman Herzog, President of Germany (b. 1934)
- Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (b. 1911)
- Oliver Smithies, British-American Nobel geneticist (b. 1925)
- Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
January 11
- François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (b. 1954)
- Katherine Fryer, English artist (b. 1910)
January 12
- Giulio Angioni, Italian writer and anthropologist (b. 1939)
- William Peter Blatty, American writer and film director (b. 1928)
- Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (b. 1944)
January 13
- Gilberto Agustoni, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
- Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, British photographer (b. 1930)
- Dick Gautier, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
January 14 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist (b. 1906)
January 15 – Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
January 16 – Gene Cernan, American astronaut (b. 1934)
January 18
- Peter Abrahams, South African-born Jamaican writer (b. 1919)
- Obed Dlamini, 6th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1937)
January 19 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955)
January 20 – Carlos Alberto Silva, Brazilian football manager (b. 1939)
January 21 – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer (b. 1930)
January 22 – Jaki Liebezeit, German drummer (b. 1938)
January 23
- Bimba Bosé, Spanish model, actress, and singer (b. 1975)
- Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- Dmytro Grabovskyy, Ukrainian cyclist (b. 1985)
- Gorden Kaye, English comic actor (b. 1941)
January 24 – Butch Trucks, American musician (b. 1947)
January 25
- Sir John Hurt, British actor (b. 1940)
- Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, dancer, and television producer (b. 1936)
January 26
- Mike Connors, American actor (b. 1925)
- Barbara Hale, American actress (b. 1922)
January 27 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (b. 1927)
January 28 – Geoff Nicholls, British keyboardist (b. 1948)
January 31 – John Wetton, British musician (b. 1949)

February

February 1 – Étienne Tshisekedi, 18th Prime Minister of Zaire (b. 1932)
February 2
- Predrag Matvejević, Bosnian Croat writer and scholar (b. 1932)
- Shunichiro Okano, Japanese football player and manager (b. 1931)
February 3
- Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (b. 1931)
- Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil (b. 1950)
February 4 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor (b. 1924)
February 5 – David Axelrod, American musician (b. 1931)
February 6
- Irwin Corey, American actor and comedian (b. 1914)
- Alec McCowen, English actor (b. 1925)
- Raymond Smullyan, American mathematician (b. 1919)
- Roger Walkowiak, French road racing cyclist (b. 1927)
- Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union player (b. 1971)
February 7
- Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist (b. 1916)
- Sotsha Dlamini, 5th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1940)
- Smail Hamdani, 11th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1930)
- Richard Hatch, American actor, writer, and producer (b. 1945)
- Hans Rosling, Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948)
- Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian-French philosopher and literary critic (b. 1939)
February 8
- Viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1959)
- Peter Mansfield, British Nobel physicist (b. 1933)
- Rina Matsuno, Japanese singer, model, and actress (b. 1998)
- Steve Sumner, English-born New Zealand footballer (b. 1955)
February 9 – Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer (b. 1943)
February 10
- Mike Ilitch, American businessman (b. 1929)
- Hal Moore, American lieutenant general and author (b. 1922)
February 11
- Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1990)
- Jiro Taniguchi, Japanese manga artist (b. 1947)
February 12 – Al Jarreau, American singer (b. 1940)
February 13
- Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (b. 1971)
- Seijun Suzuki, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
February 16
- Dick Bruna, Dutch writer, illustrator, and graphic designer (b. 1927)
- Bengt Gustavsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- George Steele, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
February 17
- Warren Frost, American actor (b. 1925)
- Tom Regan, American philosopher (b. 1938)
February 18
- Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian convicted terrorist (b. 1938)
- Ivan Koloff, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1942)
- Michael Ogio, Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1942)
- Nadezhda Olizarenko, Russian-born Ukrainian Olympic track athlete (b. 1953)
February 19
- Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (b. 1926)
- Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (b. 1943)
- Igor Shafarevich, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician (b. 1923)
- Danuta Szaflarska, Polish actress (b. 1915)
February 20
- Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat (b. 1952)
- Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist and educator (b. 1930)
February 21
- Kenneth Arrow, American Nobel Prize-winning economist (b. 1921)
- Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (b. 1926)
February 25 – Bill Paxton, American actor (b. 1955)
February 26
- Ludvig Faddeev, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician (b. 1934)
- Eugene Garfield, American linguist (b. 1925)
February 27 – Carlos Humberto Romero, 37th President of El Salvador (b. 1924)
February 28 – Vladimir Petrov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1947)

March

March 1 – Paula Fox, American writer (b. 1923)
March 3
- Míriam Colón, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1936)
- Raymond Kopa, French footballer (b. 1931)
- René Préval, 2nd Prime Minister and 38th and 40th President of Haiti (b. 1943)
March 5 – Kurt Moll, German operatic bass (b. 1938)
March 6 – Robert Osborne, film historian and television host (b. 1932)
March 7 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (b. 1922)
March 8
- Li Yuan-tsu, Taiwanese politician (b. 1923)
- Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (b. 1947)
- George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1927)
March 9 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter and printmaker (b. 1932)
March 10
- Aníbal Ruiz, Uruguayan football coach (b. 1942)
- John Surtees, British motorcycle racer and driver (b. 1934)
- Robert James Waller, American author (b. 1939)
March 12 – Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1949)
March 13 – Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b. 1934)
March 16
- James Cotton, American musician (b. 1935)
- Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer (b. 1938)
March 17
- Laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1935)
- Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright (b. 1930)
March 18
- Chuck Berry, American singer and musician (b. 1926)
- Miloslav Vlk, Czech cardinal (b. 1932)
March 19 – Roger Pingeon, French road racing cyclist (b. 1940)
March 20 – David Rockefeller, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1915)
March 21
- Colin Dexter, English author (b. 1930)
- Henri Emmanuelli, French politician (b. 1945)
- Martin McGuinness, Irish republican paramilitary and politician (b. 1950)
March 22 – Tomas Milian, Cuban-American-Italian actor (b. 1933)
March 23
- Lola Albright, American-Australian actress (b. 1924)
- William H. Keeler, American cardinal (b. 1931)
March 25 – Cuthbert Sebastian, 2nd Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1921)
March 27 – David Storey, English writer (b. 1933)
March 28 – Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-born German actress (b. 1945)
March 29 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
March 31 – James Rosenquist, American artist (b. 1933)

April

April 1
- Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
- Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1939)
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet (b. 1933)
April 4
- Giovanni Sartori, Italian political scientist (b. 1924)
- Karl Stotz, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
April 5 – Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929)
April 6 – Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
April 7 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor and author (b. 1946)
April 8 – Georgy Grechko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1931)
April 9 – Carme Chacón, Spanish politician (b. 1971)
April 10 – Linda Hopkins, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
April 11
- Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (b. 1935)
- J. Geils, American musician (b. 1946)
April 12 – Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (b. 1959)
April 15
- Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist and composer (b. 1946)
- Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920)
April 19 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player, and convicted murder (b. 1989)
April 20
- Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor (b. 1930)
- Roberto Ferreiro, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1935)
- Germaine Mason, Jamaican-British Olympic high jumper (b. 1983)
April 21 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and coach (b. 1972)
April 22
- Hubert Dreyfus, American philosopher (b. 1929)
- Erin Moran, American actress (b. 1960)
- Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (b. 1937)
April 23
- Imre Földi, Hungarian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1938)
- František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (b. 1986)
- Luis Pércovich Roca, 118th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1931)
April 24 – Robert M. Pirsig, American writer and philosopher (b. 1928)
April 26 – Jonathan Demme, American film director (b. 1944)
April 28 – Vito Acconci, American artist and architectural designer (b. 1940)
April 30 – Ueli Steck, Swiss rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1976)

May

May 1 – Karel Schoeman, South African novelist (b. 1939)
May 2 – Heinz Kessler, German politician and military officer (b. 1920)
May 3 – Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer, and model (b. 1942)
May 4
- William Baumol, American economist (b. 1922)
- Timo Mäkinen, Finnish racing driver (b. 1938)
May 5
- Adolph Kiefer, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1918)
- Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (b. 1953)
May 6 – Steven Holcomb, American Olympic bobsledder (b. 1980)
May 9
- Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian electronic musician and record producer (b. 1969)
- Michael Parks, American actor (b. 1940)
- Qian Qichen, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 1928)
May 12
- Mauno Koivisto, 32nd Prime Minister and 9th President of Finland (b. 1923)
- Amotz Zahavi, Israeli evolutionary biologist (b. 1928)
May 14 – Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
May 15 – Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (b. 1922)
May 17
- Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician (b. 1939)
- Todor Veselinović, Serbian footballer and coach (b. 1930)
May 18 – Chris Cornell, American musician (b. 1964)
May 19 – Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Force officer (b. 1939)
May 22
- Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
- Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster (b. 1949)
- Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist (b. 1923)
May 23 – Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)
May 24
- Denis Johnson, American author (b. 1949)
- Jared Martin, American actor (b. 1941)
- Juliana Young Koo, Chinese-American diplomat (b. 1905)^{[importance?]}
May 26
- Laura Biagiotti, Italian fashion designer (b. 1943)
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (b. 1928)
- Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (b. 1931)
May 27 – Gregg Allman, American musician (b. 1947)
May 28 – John Noakes, English actor (b. 1934)^{[importance?]}
May 29
- Konstantinos Mitsotakis, 76th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
- Manuel Noriega, Panamanian dictator (b. 1934)
May 30 – Elena Verdugo, American actress (b. 1925)
May 31
- Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (b. 1946)
- Lubomyr Husar, Ukrainian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1933)
- Tino Insana, American actor (b. 1948)
- István Szondy, Hungarian modern pentathlete (b. 1925)

June

June 1
- Tankred Dorst, German playwright (b. 1925)
- Alois Mock, Austrian politician (b. 1934)
June 2
- Peter Sallis, English actor (b. 1921)
- Jeffrey Tate, English conductor (b. 1943)
June 4
- Juan Goytisolo, Spanish writer (b. 1931)
- Roger Smith, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
June 5
- Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (b. 1986)
- Jack Trout, American marketer (b. 1935)
June 6
- Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman and arms dealer (b. 1935)
- Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (b. 1950)
June 8
- Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Nicaraguan diplomat, politician, and priest (b. 1933)
- Glenne Headly, American actress (b. 1955)
- Sam Panopoulos, Canadian cook (b. 1934)
June 9 – Adam West, American actor (b. 1928)
June 10 – Julia Perez, Indonesian actress and singer (b. 1980)
June 12 – Charles P. Thacker, American computer designer (b. 1943)
June 13
- Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1924)
- Anita Pallenberg, Italian actress (b. 1942)
- Ulf Stark, Swedish author (b. 1944)
June 15 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
June 16
- John G. Avildsen, American film director (b. 1935)
- Stephen Furst, American actor (b. 1954)
- Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1930)
June 17 – Baldwin Lonsdale, President of Vanuatu (b. 1948)
June 19
- Ivan Dias, Indian cardinal (b. 1936)
- Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-born Canadian chess master (b. 1906)
June 20 – Prodigy, American rapper (b. 1974)
June 22 – Quett Masire, 2nd President of Botswana (b. 1925)
June 23 – Stefano Rodotà, Italian jurist and politician (b. 1933)
June 25 – José Manuel Mourinho Félix, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1938)
June 26 – Habib Thiam, Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1933)
June 27
- Peter L. Berger, Austrian-born American sociologist (b. 1929)
- Michael Bond, English author (b. 1926)
- Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (b. 1960)
June 30
- Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- Barry Norman, British film critic (b. 1933)
- Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

July

July 1 – Ayan Sadakov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1961)
July 2 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Soviet-born Israeli chess player (b. 1935)
July 3 – Paolo Villaggio, Italian writer and actor (b. 1932)
July 4 – Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
July 5
- Pierre Henry, French composer (b. 1927)
- Joachim Meisner, German cardinal (b. 1933)
- Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Spanish-Vatican academic, journalist and physician (b. 1936)
July 7 – Marina Ratner, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1938)
July 8
- Nelsan Ellis, American actor (b. 1977)
- Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress and fashion model (b. 1935)
July 9 – Ilya Glazunov, Russian painter (b. 1930)
July 10 – Peter Härtling, German writer and poet (b. 1933)
July 13
- Charles Bachman, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
- Liu Xiaobo, Chinese human rights activist and Nobel laureate (b. 1955)
July 14
- Anne Golon, French author (b. 1921)
- Julia Hartwig, Polish writer and translator (b. 1921)
- Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (b. 1977)
- Pedro Richter Prada, 115th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1921)
July 15 – Martin Landau, American actor (b. 1928)
July 16 – George A. Romero, American-Canadian film director (b. 1940)
July 18
- Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (b. 1942)
- Max Gallo, French writer, historian, and politician (b. 1932)
- Red West, American actor, film stuntman, and songwriter (b. 1936)
July 20
- Chester Bennington, American musician (b. 1976)
- Claude Rich, French stage and screen actor (b. 1929)
July 21
- John Heard, American actor (b. 1946)
- Nikolay Kamenskiy, Russian ski jumper (b. 1931)
- Hrvoje Šarinić, 4th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1935)
- Deborah Watling, English actress (b. 1948)
July 23
- John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916)
- Waldir Peres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1951)
- Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (b. 1930)
July 25
- Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Indigenous Australian musician (b. 1971)
July 26
- June Foray, American voice actress (b. 1917)
- Leo Kinnunen, Finnish racing driver (b. 1943)
July 27 – Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (b. 1943)
July 29 – Redha Malek, 8th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1931)
July 30 – Anton Vratuša, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1915)
July 31
- Jérôme Golmard, French tennis player (b. 1973)
- Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928)

August

August 2
- Jim Marrs, American journalist (b. 1943)
- Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
August 3
- Ty Hardin, American actor (b. 1930)
- Robert Hardy, English actor (b. 1925)
- Ángel Nieto, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer (b. 1947)
August 5
- Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)
- Ernst Zündel, German Holocaust denial publisher and pamphleteer (b. 1939)
August 6
- Nicole Bricq, French politician (b. 1947)
- Betty Cuthbert, Australian athlete (b. 1938)
- Ernst Zündel, German publisher and pamphleteer (b. 1939)
August 7 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
August 8
- Glen Campbell, American singer and actor (b. 1936)
- Barbara Cook, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
August 10 – Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani nun and physician (b. 1929)
August 11 – Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Kuwaiti actor and writer (b. 1939)
August 13 – Joseph Bologna, American actor (b. 1934)
August 15 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
August 17 – Sonny Landham, American actor (b. 1941)
August 18 – Bruce Forsyth, British actor and game show host (b. 1928)
August 19
- Brian Aldiss, British science fiction writer and editor (b. 1925)
- Karl Otto Götz, German artist, filmmaker, and writer (b. 1914)
- Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist (b. 1932)
August 20
- Margot Hielscher, German singer and film actress (b. 1919)
- Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1936)
August 21
- Réjean Ducharme, Canadian novelist and playwright (b. 1941)
- Bajram Rexhepi, 1st Prime Minister of Kosovo (b. 1954)
August 22 – John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist (b. 1944)
August 24 – Jay Thomas, American actor (b. 1948)
August 26
- Tobe Hooper, American film director (b. 1943)
- Josef Musil, Czech volleyball player (b. 1932)
August 28
- Mireille Darc, French model and actress (b. 1938)
- Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1935)
August 30
- Marjorie Boulton, British author and poet (b. 1924)
- Louise Hay, American author (b. 1926)
- Károly Makk, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
August 31 – Richard Anderson, American actor (b. 1926)