People who died on August 17

2005

John Bahcall (d: August 17, 2005)
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2004

Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b: December 8, 1918 ; d: August 17, 2004)
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1992

Al Parker (d: August 17, 1992)
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1990

Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b: March 29, 1918 ; d: August 17, 1990)
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1988

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (b: August 12, 1924 ; d: August 17, 1988)
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1987

Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (b: April 26, 1894 ; d: August 17, 1987)
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1983

Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b: December 6, 1896 ; d: August 17, 1983)
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1979

Vivian Vance, American actress (b: July 26, 1909 ; d: August 17, 1979)
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1973

Jean Barraqué, French composer (b: January 17, 1928 ; d: August 17, 1973)
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Conrad Aiken, American writer (b: August 5, 1889 ; d: August 17, 1973)
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Paul Williams (The Temptations) (d: August 17, 1973)
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1969

Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 17, 1888 ; d: August 17, 1969)
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1954

Billy Murray, American singer (b: May 25, 1877 ; d: August 17, 1954)
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1925

Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (b: January 18, 1848 ; d: August 17, 1925)
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1901

Edmond Audran (d: August 17, 1901)
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1896

Bridget Driscoll (d: August 17, 1896)
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1880

Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b: February 5, 1810 ; d: August 17, 1880)
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1875

Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b: March 8, 1827 ; d: August 17, 1875)
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1850

Don José de San Martín (d: August 17, 1850)
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1834

Husein Grada??evi? (d: August 17, 1834)
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1786

King Frederick II of Prussia (b: January 24, 1712 ; d: August 17, 1786)
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1768

Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b: March 5, 1703 ; d: August 17, 1768)
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1723

Joseph Bingham (d: August 17, 1723)
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1720

Anne Lefèvre (d: August 17, 1720)
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1676

Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen (d: August 17, 1676)
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1673

Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b: July 30, 1641 ; d: August 17, 1673)
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1657

Robert Blake (admiral) (d: August 17, 1657)
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1510

Edmund Dudley (d: August 17, 1510)
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1304

Emperor Go-Fukakusa, emperor of Japan (b: June 28, 1243 ; d: August 17, 1304)
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