1917 deaths

French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)

Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

French sculptor (1840–1917)

French sociologist (1858–1917)

French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize)

German chemist (1835-1917)

Liliʻuokalani (; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography ''Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen'' (189

surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)

American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)

English anthropologist (1832–1917)

German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917)

English painter (1849–1917)

French mathematician (1842–1917)

last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar (1861-1917)

Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917)

French writer, poet and essayist (1846–1917)

Sultan of Egypt (1853–1917)

English physician and feminist (1836-1917)

Spanish politician (1870-1917)

Belarusian writer (1891–1917)

French cyclist

German mathematician (1849–1917)

5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)

Italian-American Catholic nun, misionary and saint (1850-1917)

Finnish painter (1873-1917)

Serbian military commander (1876–1917)

Yiddish-Hebrew writer (1836-1917)

Norwegian scientist (1867–1917)

Serbian field marshal (1847-1917)

Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)

French racing cyclist

German economist (1838–1917)

Uruguayan writer (1871–1917)

Austrian composer and violinist (1826–1917)

French racing cyclist (1887–1917)

First Lady of the United States (1841-1917)

German explorer and biologist (1839-1917)

Portuguese president (1840-1917)

Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran (4 July 1837 – 17 February 1917), was a French painter and art instructor. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France.

Polish physicist (1872–1917)

United States Navy admiral (1837–1917)

German economist (1835-1917)

American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1836-1917)

Prussian and British Royal

German general (1848-1917)

Russian politician (1839-1917)

French painter (1845-1917)

Venezuelan classical pianist

British boxer (1863-1917)

Romanian soldier (1894–1917)

British figure skater (1881-1917)

Prime Minister of Russia (1848-1917)

Greek composer (1861-1917)

British actor (1880–1917)

American politician and statesman (1835-1917)