Famous people died on April 17

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Soundarya 9

Indian Actress

Alan García 2

Politician

Linda McCartney 28

American Photographer

Francis George 8

Cardinal

Bessie Head 2

South African Writer

Earl King 5

American Musician

Robert Atkins 22

American Celebrity

Gabriel García Márquez 262

Colombian Writer

Turgut Özal 5

Turkish Politician

Ralph Abernathy 15

American Activist

John T. Noonan, Jr. 3

Barbara Bush 70

American First Lady

Doris Roberts 15

American Actress

Arthur Hertzberg 13

Polish Theologian

Albert Messiah 1

French Physicist

Chaim Herzog 1

Israeli Statesman

Roger Wolcott Sperry 39

American Researcher

Aime Cesaire 13

French Poet

Kitty Carlisle 10

American Musician

Arthur Calder-Marshall 3

English Novelist

Piet Hein 38

Basil Bunting 14

British Poet

Louise Nevelson 9

American Sculptor

Mark W. Clark 22

Soldier

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 99

Indian Philosopher

Jean Baptiste Perrin 1

French Physicist

Anna Willess Williams 2

American Model

Patrick Geddes 4

Scottish Scientist

Lucy Larcom 50

American Teacher

Alexander Mackenzie 37

Canadian Statesman

Thomas Gold Appleton 2

American Writer

Benjamin Franklin 687

American Author

Juana Inés de la Cruz 2

Poet

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné 9

French Noble

Proclus 18

Philosopher

See also: Famous people born on April 17