2017 deaths

Australian guitarist (1953–2017)

South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)

American electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017)

5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Sultan of Kedah

President of Botswana (1925-2017)

Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993

Canadian pornographic actress (1994-2017)

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017)

Nigerian writer (1944–2017)

American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923–2017)

American film director

American singer (1940–2017)

American musician (1936–2017)

American writer (1940-2017)

Soviet and Russian actor, file director and screenwriter (1928-2017)

French heiress, socialite and businesswoman

French actress and director (1938–2017)

American actor and singer (1950–2017)

French novelist (1925–2017)

American philosopher (1938–2017)

Willard Tobe Hooper was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time.

American astronaut (1937–2017)

British writer (1926–2017)

American artist (1933-2017)

American astronaut (1929–2017)

Turkish weightlifter (1967–2017)

Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (1969–2017)

American computer scientist (1924–2017)

Russian mathematician (1966–2017)

American sociologist (1929–2017)

Italian actor, writer and comedian (1932–2017)

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

Italian road bicycle racer (1979–2017)

poet from the United States of America (1927–2017)

Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2017)

Spanish writer (1931-2017)

American actor (1927-2017)

Soviet astronomer

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2017)

American boxer (1922–2017)

John Matthew Heard Jr. was an American actor. He made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), After Hours (1985), Beaches (1988), Deceived (1991), and as Peter McCalister in Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for his recurring role as corrupt police detective Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).

American physicist (1930-2017)

American actor and singer (1930-2017)

American philosopher (1935–2017)

American writer

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

Italian fashion model and actress (1935-2017)

American actor (1948–2017)

Soviet and Russian diplomat (1952-2017)

Australian sprinter (1938–2017)

British writer (1924–2017)

Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker

American musician (1947–2017)

American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)

Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017)

American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea

American actor (1937–2017)

British actor (1925–2017)

Dutch graphic designer (1927-2017)