On This Day — October 17
3946 noted people were born and 1899 died on October 17 in our archive, including Friedrich Hirzebruch, Gustaf Retzius and Jaap Schrieke.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 17
Friedrich Hirzebruch
1927 – 2012
Gustaf Retzius
1842 – 1919
Jaap Schrieke
1884 – 1976
Paul Bert
1833 – 1886
Robert S. Woodworth
1869 – 1962
Vladimir Utkin
1923 – 2000
A. S. Neill
1883 – 1973
Adam Michnik
b. 1946
Adolf Berman
1906 – 1978
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
b. 1959
Andrey A. Fedorov
1908 – 1987
Andrey Tikhonov
1906 – 1993
Arthur Morin
1795 – 1880
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
1828 – 1890
Beatriz Hernanz
b. 1963
Bill Anders
1933 – 2024
C. K. Stead
b. 1932
Craig Murray
b. 1958
David W. Oxtoby
b. 1951
Dmitriy Ustinov
1908 – 1984
Edoardo Porro
1842 – 1902
Ernest William Goodpasture
1886 – 1960
Ezra T. Newman
1929 – 2021
Franz Ehrle
1845 – 1934
Hazem Al Beblawi
b. 1936
Henryk Gulbinowicz
1923 – 2020
Hiroo Kanamori
b. 1936
Ian Chubb
b. 1943
Ivan Drach
1936 – 2018
Jayadev Misra
b. 1947
Johann Friedrich Meckel the younger
1781 – 1833
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
1867 – 1956
Karl Karmarsch
1803 – 1879
Marcin Józefaciuk
b. 1982
Maria de Sousa
1939 – 2020
Mike Quigley
b. 1958
Nabeshima Naohiro
1846 – 1921
Nikolai Smirnov
1900 – 1966
Nina Smith
b. 1955
Oliver Rackham
1939 – 2015
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
b. 1978
Philip Kelland
1808 – 1879
Philippe Daverio
1949 – 2020
Roman Mertslin
1903 – 1971
Simon Segars
b. 1967
William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
1745 – 1836
Winifred Josephine Robinson
1867 – 1962
Yakiv Holovatsky
1814 – 1888
Zmitsyer Pinyevich
b. 1967
Abraham Harkavy
1835 – 1919
Abram Ioffe
1880 – 1960
Adeem Younis
b. 1980
Akram Chehayeb
b. 1947
Albert L. Latter
1921 – 1997
Alexander Dyukov
b. 1978
Alfred Des Cloizeaux
1817 – 1897
Alireza Farshi
b. 1978
Andrew Duncan
1744 – 1828
Andrew Parmley
b. 1956
Andrey Voronikhin
1759 – 1814
Andrus Öövel
b. 1957
Angel Wagenstein
1922 – 2023
Anthony Salvin
1799 – 1881
Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa
1931 – 2024
Arthur Miller
1915 – 2005
Brynjulf Bull
1906 – 1993
Carl Russell Fish
1876 – 1932
Carol S. Dweck
b. 1946
Cecilia Wikström
b. 1965
David Adams Richards
b. 1950
David Andelman
b. 1955
David Samuel Margoliouth
1858 – 1940
Diana Taylor
b. 1950
Dmitriy Belik
b. 1969
Dmitry Peskov
b. 1967
Doris Humphrey
1895 – 1958
Dragoș Protopopescu
1892 – 1948
Duncan Taylor
b. 1958
Eckart Conze
b. 1963
Edwin Borchard
1884 – 1951
Elisa Ferreira
b. 1955
Eric Fossum
b. 1957
Felicity Jones
b. 1983
Fernand Foureau
1850 – 1914
Francisco Flores
1959 – 2016
Frans Weekers
b. 1967
François-Édouard Picot
1786 – 1868
Frederic Eggleston
1875 – 1954
Fushih Pan
b. 1957
Félix Amiot
1894 – 1974
George E. Marcus
b. 1946
Georgios Alogoskoufis
b. 1955
Gerard Nederhorst
1907 – 1979
Ghazi Aridi
b. 1954
Graça Machel
b. 1945
Gunnar Rudberg
1880 – 1954
Hans Peter Bull
b. 1936
Hans-Rudolf Künsch
b. 1951
Hartmut Nassauer
b. 1942
Harumichi Tanabe
1879 – 1950
Helmut Maier
b. 1953
Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
1765 – 1818
Herman H. B. Meyer
1864 – 1937
Huang Chen-tai
b. 1948
Irina Yarovaya
b. 1966
Ivan Dejmal
1946 – 2008
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
1878 – 1953
Jacques Mercier
b. 1943
Jaime Ravinet
b. 1946
Jakob Martini
1570 – 1649
Jan Kavan
b. 1946
Javier Moscoso
1934 – 2025
Jean Guéguinou
1941 – 2021
Jeffrey Shallit
b. 1957
Jeremy C. Stein
b. 1960
Jerry Siegel
1914 – 1996
Joan Huber
1925 – 2026
Johann Gerhard
1582 – 1637
John C. Munn
1906 – 1986
John Lemoinne
1815 – 1892
John Morris-Jones
1864 – 1929
John Paul I
1912 – 1978
John Wilkes
1725 – 1797
Josef Špaček
b. 1986
José María Álvarez del Manzano
b. 1937
Joyce Lee Malcolm
b. 1941
Juan Carlos Campo Moreno
b. 1961
Karl-Hermann Flach
1929 – 1973
Leopoldo Benites
1905 – 1996
Les Murray
1938 – 2019
Louis Joseph Troost
1825 – 1911
Ludwig Siebert
1874 – 1942
Luis Felipe Céspedes
b. 1970
Mae Jemison
b. 1956
Magda Gad
b. 1975
Mahtab Keramati
b. 1970
Margo Jefferson
b. 1947
Martin Heinrich
b. 1971
Meir Wilchek
b. 1935
Michael Eavis
b. 1935
Michael Lord
b. 1938
Miguel Delibes
1920 – 2010
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
1895 – 1982
Mikalay Charhinets
1937 – 2026
Mike Synar
1950 – 1996
Neji Jalloul
b. 1957
Nobutaka Machimura
1944 – 2015
Owen Arthur
1949 – 2020
Paul Bernays
1888 – 1977
Peter Carnley
b. 1937
Peter V. E. McClintock
b. 1940
Philippe Barbarin
b. 1950
Philippe Sands
b. 1960
Prabowo Subianto
b. 1951
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
1892 – 1953
Rein Veidemann
b. 1946
Roberto Delmastro
1945 – 2014
Roger de Weck
b. 1953
Ronald M. Gould
b. 1946
Rudolf Hrušínský
1920 – 1994
S. C. Jamir
b. 1931
Shodi Shabdolov
1943 – 2023
Smita Patil
1955 – 1986
Soejima Taneomi
1828 – 1905
Sony Rana
b. 1965
Soumitro Banerjee
b. 1960
Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt
1916 – 2001
Tarō Matsuno
b. 1934
Thomas J. Mabry
1884 – 1962
Thomas Jeffery Parker
1850 – 1897
Toby Young
b. 1963
Tommaso Caputo
b. 1950
Traian Popovici
1892 – 1946
Ural Alexis Johnson
1908 – 1997
Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy
1801 – 1879
Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll
1876 – 1928
Viktor Tretiakov
b. 1946
Vilma Socorro Martínez
b. 1943
Wiktor Gomulicki
1848 – 1919
William A. Haseltine
b. 1944
William F. McKee
1906 – 1987
William Goodell
1829 – 1894
William J. Hughes
1932 – 2019
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
1859 – 1942
Wolfgang Welsch
b. 1946
Yevsey Gindes
1872 – 1954
Zoltán Nusser
b. 1968
Čedomilj Mijatović
1842 – 1932
A. R. Frank Wazzan
1935 – 2024
Abraham Watkins Venable
1799 – 1876
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
b. 1974
Adies Kadir
b. 1968
Adjoavi Trenou
1921 – 2008
Adolf Friedrich Harper
1725 – 1806
Ahmad Al-Basheer
b. 1984
Aindrias Moynihan
b. 1967
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam
b. 1996
Alain Lascoux
1944 – 2013
Alan Garner
b. 1934
Alan Jackson
b. 1958
… and 3,746 more
Died on October 17
Andrew Gleason
1921 – 2008
Edward Marczewski
1907 – 1976
Ernest Vessiot
1865 – 1952
Jacques Hadamard
1865 – 1963
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1852 – 1934
Adolf Schmidt
1860 – 1944
Alfons Maria Jakob
1884 – 1931
Anne-Marie Lizin
1949 – 2015
Austin Adams
1826 – 1890
Avetik Isahakyan
1875 – 1957
Edmond Bauer
1880 – 1963
Frank Morley
1860 – 1937
Gustav Kirchhoff
1824 – 1887
Gustave Rudler
1872 – 1957
Göran Malmqvist
1924 – 2019
Henryk Hoyer
1864 – 1947
Konstantin Skryabin
1878 – 1972
Malcolm Burns
1910 – 1986
Marcia Tucker
1940 – 2006
Mark Krein
1908 – 1989
Quincy Wright
1890 – 1970
Raymond Aron
1905 – 1983
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
1910 – 1978
Aleksander Michałowski
1851 – 1938
Alexandros Lykourgos
1827 – 1875
Alfred Henry Garrod
1846 – 1879
Alicia Alonso
1920 – 2019
Alina Pienkowska
1952 – 2002
Andrew Schally
1926 – 2024
Ara Güler
1928 – 2018
Ba Jin
1904 – 2005
Bernhard Kellermann
1879 – 1951
Bernhard von Beskow
1796 – 1868
Borys Bespalyi
1953 – 2022
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
1876 – 1958
Cornelius Edward Gallagher
1921 – 2018
Cowasji Jehangir
1879 – 1962
David A. Freedman
1938 – 2008
Egbertus van Slogteren
1888 – 1968
Ellsworth Huntington
1876 – 1947
Emilian Bukov
1909 – 1984
Emmanuel des Essarts
1839 – 1909
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
1894 – 1949
Giovanni Gronchi
1887 – 1978
Giuseppe Sergi
1841 – 1936
Gustav Zeuner
1828 – 1907
Gérard Leman
1851 – 1920
Harlan James Smith
1924 – 1991
Henri François Le Dran
1685 – 1770
Horace Romano Harré
1927 – 2019
Howard Beale
1898 – 1983
Ivan Fedyuninsky
1900 – 1977
James Wolfe-Murray
1853 – 1919
Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk
1818 – 1905
Johann Kaspar Mörikofer
1799 – 1877
Johann Nepomuk Fischer
1777 – 1847
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
1778 – 1837
Johannes Iversen
1904 – 1971
Johannes Krahn
1908 – 1974
John Frederick Hartranft
1830 – 1889
John Stanley Plaskett
1865 – 1941
John West
1756 – 1817
Ka Kwong Hui
1922 – 2003
Leonas Bistras
1890 – 1971
Leonid Hrach
1948 – 2025
Ludmiła Marjańska
1923 – 2005
Margaret Becklake
1922 – 2018
Mary Williams
1887 – 1977
Max von Gagern
1810 – 1911
Muhammad Yamin
1903 – 1962
Ngātata Love
1937 – 2018
Nicholas Metropolis
1915 – 1999
Otto Haab
1850 – 1931
Pierre du Buat
1734 – 1809
Procter Ralph Hug, Jr.
1931 – 2019
Puyi
1906 – 1967
Radaslaŭ Astroŭski
1887 – 1976
Ramaz Chkhikvadze
1928 – 2011
Rechavam Ze'evi
1926 – 2001
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
1683 – 1757
Robert A. Young
1923 – 2007
Rodrigo Augusto da Silva
1833 – 1889
Roger Mynors
1903 – 1989
Russell R. Waesche
1886 – 1946
Sebastião da Silveira Cintra
1882 – 1942
Shūji Takashina
1932 – 2024
Sigurd Evensmo
1912 – 1978
Simone Le Bargy
1877 – 1985
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
1922 – 2012
Thomas B. Larkin
1890 – 1968
Thomas F. Konop
1879 – 1964
Tomiichi Murayama
1924 – 2025
Vasso Papandreou
1944 – 2024
Victor Segoffin
1867 – 1925
Vidar Lønn-Arnesen
1940 – 2025
Wiktor Kemula
1902 – 1985
William Gould Dow
1895 – 1999
William Jackson Pope
1870 – 1939
Władysław Korczyc
1893 – 1966
Younoussi Touré
1941 – 2022
Zheng Zhenduo
1898 – 1958
Édouard Fernand Jamont
1831 – 1918
Abdelmunim al-Rifai
1917 – 1985
Adolf Hölzel
1853 – 1934
Adolfo Saldías
1849 – 1914
Alain de Rothschild
1910 – 1982
Albert Cohen
1895 – 1981
Albert Roze
1861 – 1952
Alec Peterson
1908 – 1988
Alfred Auguste Giraudet
1845 – 1911
Algernon Paddock
1830 – 1897
Allen C. Beach
1825 – 1918
Amand-Joseph Fava
1826 – 1899
Amanda Hickey
1838 – 1894
Andreu Rabasa i Negre
1931 – 2022
André Palluel-Guillard
1940 – 2023
Anna I of Russia
1693 – 1740
Antoine Béthouart
1889 – 1982
Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1762 – 1831
Arthur J. Weaver
1873 – 1945
Arthur M. Hyde
1877 – 1947
Ashot Sarkisov
1924 – 2022
Ben Weider
1923 – 2008
Berndt von Staden
1919 – 2014
Berthold Goldschmidt
1903 – 1996
Boris Kurakin
1676 – 1727
Brad Williams
1951 – 1993
Brian Eaton
1916 – 1992
Cal Hubbard
1900 – 1977
Carlo Felice Nicolis, conte di Robilant
1826 – 1888
Carmen Callil
1938 – 2022
Caspar Hedio
1494 – 1552
Charles Macpherson Dobell
1869 – 1954
Charles Thomas
1897 – 1983
Charlie Justice
1924 – 2003
Charlie Townsend
1876 – 1958
Contardo Ferrini
1859 – 1902
Dalziel Hammick
1887 – 1966
Daniel Hwang
1953 – 2022
Daniel Lascelles
1902 – 1967
Danièle Delorme
1926 – 2015
David Wendell Guion
1892 – 1981
Dennis White
1910 – 1983
Diana Elles, Baroness Elles
1921 – 2009
Dirk Fock
1858 – 1941
Don Holleder
1934 – 1967
Edmund Michael Dunne
1864 – 1929
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
1705 – 1781
Elena Efimovna Kuzmina
1931 – 2013
Elijah Cummings
1951 – 2019
Elioth Gruner
1882 – 1939
Elisabeth Sadoulet
1945 – 2025
Elizabeth Fee
1946 – 2018
Emmanuel Gonzalès
1815 – 1887
Eric Hallgren
1880 – 1956
Eshref Frashëri
1874 – 1938
Ethevaldo Mello de Siqueira
1932 – 2022
Francesco Carmelo Salerno
1925 – 1998
Frank Anscombe
1918 – 2001
Frank Bernard Dicksee
1853 – 1928
Frank O'Flynn
1918 – 2003
Franz Xaver von Krones
1835 – 1902
Frederick Coyett
1615 – 1687
Frederick Stone
1820 – 1899
Frederik Heidmann
1777 – 1850
G. Arthur Cooper
1902 – 2000
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta
1511 – 1575
Genaro Carrió
1922 – 1997
Georg C. Ehrnrooth
1926 – 2010
George Atlee Goodling
1896 – 1982
George Le Fevre
1848 – 1891
George N. Southwick
1863 – 1912
Gertrude Mary Cox
1906 – 1978
Giorgio Pisanò
1924 – 1997
Gord Downie
1964 – 2017
Gordon Macready
1891 – 1956
Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
1654 – 1709
Gwen Nagel
1946 – 2009
Hakim Said
1920 – 1998
Hans Hagerup Falbe
1772 – 1830
Hans Steiner
1946 – 2022
Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank
1893 – 1961
Henri Trianon
1811 – 1896
Henry D. Linscott
1894 – 1973
Herman Johannes
1912 – 1992
Hippolyte Berteaux
1843 – 1926
Horatio G. Knight
1818 – 1895
Horatio Wills
1811 – 1861
Howard Kendall
1946 – 2015
Ian Clayton Mackenzie
1909 – 2009
Ingeborg Bachmann
1926 – 1973
Jacques Monory
1924 – 2018
James Williams Riddleberger
1904 – 1982
Jan Syrový
1888 – 1970
Jane Poupelet
1874 – 1932
Jay W. Johnson
1943 – 2009
Jeanne L. Noble
1926 – 2002
Jerzy Braun
1901 – 1975
Johan Munck
1943 – 2025
Johann Baptist von Keller
1774 – 1845
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