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Deaths on the 17th of August in history

Deaths
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17 Aug 1153 Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)
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17 Aug 1304 Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
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17 Aug 1324 Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)
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17 Aug 1338 Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)
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17 Aug 1433 Jan of Tarnów (b. 1367)
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17 Aug 1464 Nikolaus von Cusa: German Theologist / Mathematician / philosopher
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17 Aug 1510 Richard Empson: English treasurer, beheaded
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17 Aug 1510 Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)
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17 Aug 1536 Pietersz: Book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index)
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17 Aug 1553 Charles III: Duke of Savoy
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17 Aug 1635 Francisco de Moncada: Spanish Earl of Osuna, dies at 48
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17 Aug 1657 Robert Blake, English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1599)
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17 Aug 1673 Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
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17 Aug 1676 Grimmelshausen: Writer
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17 Aug 1676 Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
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17 Aug 1681 Nikon [Nikita Minin]: Patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 76
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17 Aug 1720 Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
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17 Aug 1723 Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
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17 Aug 1730 Mauritius Vogt: Composer, dies at 61
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17 Aug 1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius: Composer, dies at 57
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17 Aug 1768 Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
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17 Aug 1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti: Composer, dies at 54
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17 Aug 1785 Jonathan Trumbull, American politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
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17 Aug 1786 Frederik II: King of Prussia (1740-86) / composer, dies at 74
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17 Aug 1786 Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
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17 Aug 1792 Jan Jachym Kopriva: Composer, dies at 38
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17 Aug 1804 Barbara Hec: Organized 1st Methodist church in US
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17 Aug 1834 Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (b. 1802)
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17 Aug 1838 Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
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17 Aug 1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin: South American revolutionary hero
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17 Aug 1850 José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
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17 Aug 1850 Jos
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17 Aug 1861 Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician (b. 1806)
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17 Aug 1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl: Composer, dies at 82
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17 Aug 1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons: US Confederate General Major, dies in battle
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17 Aug 1870 Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
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17 Aug 1875 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
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17 Aug 1878 Richard Upjohn: US architect
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17 Aug 1880 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810)
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17 Aug 1887 Franz Commer: Composer, dies at 74
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17 Aug 1888 James Jameson: British nature investigator (Congo)
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17 Aug 1889 Ernst Franck: German Composer / conductor, dies at 42
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17 Aug 1896 Bridget Driscoll: 1st British to die in an auto-accident
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17 Aug 1897 William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
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17 Aug 1898 Carl Johann Adam Zeller: Composer, dies at 56
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17 Aug 1901 Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
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17 Aug 1903 Hans Gude, Norwegian painter (b. 1825)
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17 Aug 1909 Richard Hoffman: Composer, dies at 78
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17 Aug 1909 Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
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17 Aug 1914 James Grierson: British General
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17 Aug 1915 Leo Frank lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia
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17 Aug 1918 Moisei Uritsky, Russian politician (b. 1873)
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17 Aug 1920 Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
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17 Aug 1924 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn: Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
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17 Aug 1924 Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
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17 Aug 1925 Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist (b. 1848)
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17 Aug 1927 Horace Alderman: United States -- Murderer, hanged
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17 Aug 1935 Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
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17 Aug 1935 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
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17 Aug 1936 Pierre-Octave Ferroud: French Composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36
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17 Aug 1936 José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino Roman Catholic blessed (b.1880)
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17 Aug 1940 Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
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17 Aug 1944 Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
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17 Aug 1945 Gino Marinuzzi: Composer, dies at 61
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17 Aug 1945 Pater Bleijs [Louis]: Resistance fighter, dies in car accident
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17 Aug 1945 Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
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17 Aug 1946 Percy Deane, Australian public servant (b. 1890)
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17 Aug 1948 Nico J Polak: Dutch economist, dies at 60
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17 Aug 1949 Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist and politician (b. 1891)
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17 Aug 1953 Johannes B Tielrooy: Literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
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17 Aug 1954 Billy Murray, American singer (b. 1877)
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17 Aug 1958 Florent Schmitt: French Composer / critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87
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17 Aug 1958 Arthur Fox, American fencer (b. 1878)
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17 Aug 1961 Carlos Leon Salzedo: Composer, dies at 76
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17 Aug 1963 Richard Barthelmess: Actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68
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17 Aug 1966 Michael Garrison: Producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
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17 Aug 1966 Ken Miles, English race car driver (b. 1918)
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17 Aug 1969 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Architect (November Group), dies at 83
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17 Aug 1969 Philip Blaiberg: After 19 days with artificial heart
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17 Aug 1969 Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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17 Aug 1970 Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
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17 Aug 1971 Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
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17 Aug 1971 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
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17 Aug 1971 Horace McMahon actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
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17 Aug 1972 Raymond Brulez: Flemish Author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
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17 Aug 1972 Wampilow: Writer
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17 Aug 1973 Conrad Aiken, American author and poet (b. 1889)
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17 Aug 1973 Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928)
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17 Aug 1973 Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
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17 Aug 1974 Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani]: Italian writer, dies at 89
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17 Aug 1974 Edgar Dearing: Actor (Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81
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17 Aug 1975 Vladimir Kutz: Russian distance runner (1956 Olympics - Gold Medalist) dies at 48
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17 Aug 1975 Sig Arno Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
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17 Aug 1976 Murvyn Vye: Actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63
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17 Aug 1976 William Redfield, American actor (b. 1927)
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17 Aug 1979 John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
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17 Aug 1979 Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
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17 Aug 1981 Robert Russell Bennett: US Composer / arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87
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17 Aug 1982 Ruth Voorst: South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
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17 Aug 1982 Barney Phillips actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68
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17 Aug 1983 Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
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17 Aug 1984 Holly Roffey: Youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
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17 Aug 1987 Charles Drummond de Andrade: Brazilian poet, dies at 84
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17 Aug 1987 Gary Chester, Italian drummer (b. 1924)
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17 Aug 1987 Rudolf Hess, German politician (b. 1894)
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17 Aug 1987 Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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17 Aug 1987 Rudolph Hess Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison
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17 Aug 1988 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
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17 Aug 1988 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
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17 Aug 1988 Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
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17 Aug 1988 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
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17 Aug 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 in plane crash
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17 Aug 1990 Roderick Cook: Actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
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17 Aug 1990 Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
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17 Aug 1991 Don Dubbins: Actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63
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17 Aug 1991 Leo Geerts [Marcel van der Linden]: Belgian writer / critic
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17 Aug 1991 Mervyn Nelson: Director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
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17 Aug 1992 Barbara Morgan: Photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92
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17 Aug 1992 Tommy Nutter: Fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDS at 49
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17 Aug 1992 Al Parker, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
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17 Aug 1993 Max de Metz: Dutch publisher / translator, dies at 72
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17 Aug 1993 Robert C Maynard: CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56
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17 Aug 1993 Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
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17 Aug 1994 Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas: Boxer, dies at 91
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17 Aug 1994 Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (b. 1901)
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17 Aug 1994 Jack Sharkey, American boxer (b. 1902)
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17 Aug 1995 David Warrilow: Actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
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17 Aug 1995 Howard Koch: Screenwriter, dies at 92
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17 Aug 1995 Marjorie Sykes: Peace campaigner, dies at 90
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17 Aug 1995 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis: Musician, dies at 76
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17 Aug 1995 Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
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17 Aug 1995 Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
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17 Aug 1996 Edward Digby Baltzell: Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80
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17 Aug 1998 Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter (b. 1940)
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17 Aug 1998 Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915)
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17 Aug 1998 Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
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17 Aug 2000 Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
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17 Aug 2003 Mazen Dana, Palestinian journalist (b. 1962)
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17 Aug 2004 Thea Astley, Australian author (b. 1925)
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17 Aug 2004 Gérard Souzay, French singer (b. 1918)
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17 Aug 2005 John Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
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17 Aug 2006 Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
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17 Aug 2007 Jos Brink, Dutch actor, producer, and author (b. 1942)
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17 Aug 2007 Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)
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17 Aug 2007 Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
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17 Aug 2008 Franco Sensi, Italian businessman (b. 1926)
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17 Aug 2010 Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
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17 Aug 2012 Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
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17 Aug 2012 Pál Bogár, Hungarian basketball player (b. 1927)
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17 Aug 2012 Joey Kovar, American model (b. 1983)
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17 Aug 2012 Lou Martin, Irish-English pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1949)
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17 Aug 2012 Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
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17 Aug 2012 Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
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17 Aug 2012 John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
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17 Aug 2012 Amparo Cuevas, Spanish Catholic seer (b. 1931)
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17 Aug 2013 Stephen Antonakos; Greek born American sculptor (b. 1926)
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17 Aug 2013 Chow Yam-nam, Chinese-Thai mystic (b. 1937)
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17 Aug 2013 Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
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17 Aug 2013 Devin Gray, American basketball player (b. 1972)
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17 Aug 2013 Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
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17 Aug 2013 John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929)
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17 Aug 2013 Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924)
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17 Aug 2013 Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)
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17 Aug 2014 Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
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17 Aug 2014 Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)
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17 Aug 2014 Sophie Masloff, American politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)
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17 Aug 2014 Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
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17 Aug 2014 Joanie Spina, American magician, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1953)
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17 Aug 2014 Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
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