Famous people died on August 17

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Helen Fisher 152

American Scientist

Basil Mramba 1

Tanzanian Politician

Paul Williams 2

American Musician

Ira Schneider 2

American Artist

Yvonne Craig 4

American Actress

John N. Bahcall 2

American Physicist

Leonard Boswell 22

American Politician

Silvio Santos 3

Brazilian Businessman

Ruth First 3

South African Activist

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 3

Arthur Hiller 5

Canadian Director

Edwin Morgan 6

Scottish Poet

Pearl Bailey 22

American Actress

Irene Nemirovsky 8

Novelist

Carlos Drummond de Andrade 10

Brazilian Poet

Howard E. Koch 5

American Playwright

Moses Hadas 3

American Writer

Günther Pancke 3

German General

Ira Gershwin 19

American Musician

Arthur W. Radford 1

Rudolf Hess 12

Conrad Aiken 72

American Novelist

Otto Stern 2

German-American Physicist

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 15

American Architect

Umberto Boccioni 43

Italian Painter

Günther von Kluge 2

German General

Fernand Léger 48

French Artist

Channing Pollock 5

American Actor

Myrtle Reed 3

American Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman 51

American Writer

Hans Gude 1

Norwegian Painter

Elizabeth Missing Sewell 2

English Author

José de San Martín 18

Argentine General

Matthew Boulton 1

Frederick II of Prussia 42

Royalty

See also: Famous people born on August 17