People who died on July 17

2005

Edward Heath (d: July 17, 2005)
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Joe Vialls (d: July 17, 2005)
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2004

Pat Roach (d: July 17, 2004)
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2003

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b: December 14, 1914 ; d: July 17, 2003)
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David Kelly (d: July 17, 2003)
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2001

Katharine Graham, American publisher (b: June 16, 1917 ; d: July 17, 2001)
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1995

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (b: June 24, 1911 ; d: July 17, 1995)
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1980

Boris Delaunay (d: July 17, 1980)
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1975

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b: May 3, 1893 ; d: July 17, 1975)
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1967

John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b: September 23, 1926 ; d: July 17, 1967)
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1961

Ty Cobb, baseball player (b: December 18, 1886 ; d: July 17, 1961)
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1959

Billie Holiday, American singer (b: April 7, 1915 ; d: July 17, 1959)
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Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b: October 31, 1875 ; d: July 17, 1959)
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1918

Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (b: June 6, 1872 ; d: July 17, 1918)
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b: June 26, 1899 ; d: July 17, 1918)
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Nicholas II of Russia (d: July 17, 1918)
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d: July 17, 1918)
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d: July 17, 1918)
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d: July 17, 1918)
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Tsarevich Alexei of Russia (d: July 17, 1918)
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1917

Hector Malot, French writer (b: May 20, 1830 ; d: July 17, 1917)
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1887

Dorothea Dix, American journalist and activist (b: November 18, 1861 ; d: July 17, 1887)
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1878

Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (b: November 14, 1812 ; d: July 17, 1878)
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1793

Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (b: July 27, 1768 ; d: July 17, 1793)
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1790

Adam Smith, Scottish economist, father of modern economics (b: June 5, 1723 ; d: July 17, 1790)
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1709

Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (b: December 26, 1646 ; d: July 17, 1709)
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1704

Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (d: July 17, 1704)
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1645

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset (d: July 17, 1645)
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1588

Sinan, Ottoman architect (b: April 15, 1489 ; d: July 17, 1588)
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1571

Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (b: April 23, 1516 ; d: July 17, 1571)
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1566

Bartolomé de Las Casas (d: July 17, 1566)
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1531

Hosokawa Takakuni (d: July 17, 1531)
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1453

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (d: July 17, 1453)
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1070

Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (d: July 17, 1070)
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