People who died on June 17

2004

Gerry McNeil, Canadian hockey player (b: April 17, 1926 ; d: June 17, 2004)
   ► Biography of Gerry McNeil

2002

Willie Davenport (d: June 17, 2002)
   ► Biography of Willie Davenport

Fritz Walter, German footballer (b: October 31, 1920 ; d: June 17, 2002)
   ► Biography of Fritz Walter

1996

Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (b: July 18, 1922 ; d: June 17, 1996)
   ► Biography of Thomas Samuel Kuhn

1986

Kate Smith, American singer (b: May 1, 1909 ; d: June 17, 1986)
   ► Biography of Kate Smith

1982

Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b: April 13, 1920 ; d: June 17, 1982)
   ► Biography of Roberto Calvi

1979

Duffy Lewis, baseball player (b: April 18, 1888 ; d: June 17, 1979)
   ► Biography of Duffy Lewis

1961

Jeff Chandler, American actor (b: December 15, 1918 ; d: June 17, 1961)
   ► Biography of Jeff Chandler (actor)

1957

Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b: May 17, 1873 ; d: June 17, 1957)
   ► Biography of Dorothy Richardson

1956

Paul Rostock, German surgeon (b: January 18, 1892 ; d: June 17, 1956)
   ► Biography of Paul Rostock

1952

Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (b: October 2, 1914 ; d: June 17, 1952)
   ► Biography of Jack Parsons

1940

Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: October 12, 1865 ; d: June 17, 1940)
   ► Biography of Arthur Harden

1898

Edward Burne-Jones (d: June 17, 1898)
   ► Biography of Edward Burne-Jones

1797

Agha Muhammad Khan (d: June 17, 1797)
   ► Biography of Agha Muhammad Khan

1762

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b: January 15, 1674 ; d: June 17, 1762)
   ► Biography of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

1740

William Wyndham (d: June 17, 1740)
   ► Biography of William Wyndham

1734

Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (b: May 8, 1653 ; d: June 17, 1734)
   ► Biography of Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars

1719

Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b: May 1, 1672 ; d: June 17, 1719)
   ► Biography of Joseph Addison

1696

John III Sobieski (d: June 17, 1696)
   ► Biography of John III Sobieski

1694

Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (b: September 21, 1629 ; d: June 17, 1694)
   ► Biography of Philip Cardinal Howard

1565

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b: March 31, 1536 ; d: June 17, 1565)
   ► Biography of Ashikaga Yoshiteru

1463

Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b: November 26, 1436 ; d: June 17, 1463)
   ► Biography of Catherine of Portugal

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