October 17#Deaths

Events

=Pre-1600=

690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.{{cite book |last1=Uwitchett |first1=Denis |title=Chen gui and Other Works Attributed to Empress Wu Zetian. |page=20 |url=https://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1471iwFGrCg.pdf}}
1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
1346 – The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
1448 – An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.
1456 – The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
1534 – Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
1558 – Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.

=1601–1900=

1604 – Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
1660 – The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1662 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.
1713 – Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne.{{cite book| title = Kostianvirran taistelu : Pälkäne 1713| publisher = Seppo Korppoo & Tapio Korppoo| year =2013| author = Aleksei Blandov| location = Helsinki| isbn =978-952-93-2364-7}}
1771 – Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
1806 – Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
1811 – The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence.{{Cite book|title=Chañarcillo, cuando de las montañas brotó la plata|last=Cortés Lutz|first=Guillermo|publisher=Museo Regional de Atacama|series=Cuadernos de Historia |year=2017|volume=II|language=es|url=https://www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/sites/www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/files/images/articles-88574_archivo_01.pdf|edition=|page=25}}
1814 – Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
1850 – Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo.{{cite book|last=Masters|first=Bruce|title=The Arabs of the Ottoman Empire, 1516–1918: A Social and Cultural History|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-10706-779-0|page=169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvTPu0dQyeAC}}
1860 – First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
1861 – Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

=1901–present=

1907 – Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
1912 – Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
1919 – Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I{{cite web |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club/27191/17th-october-1919-the-fall-and-rise-of-football-in-leeds |website=Leeds United |title=17th October 1919: The Fall and Rise of Football in Leeds |date=17 October 2020 }}
1931 – Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
1940 – The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
1941 – World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
1943 – The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
1943 – Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
1945 – A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
1952 – Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.{{cite journal |last1=McVey |first1=Ruth |title=The Post-Revolutionary Transformation of the Indonesian Army |journal=Indonesia |date=1971 |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=131–176 |doi=10.2307/3350748 |issn=0019-7289|jstor=3350748|hdl=1813/53507 |hdl-access=free }}
1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
1961 – Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
1961 – The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.{{Cite book|last=Wistrich|first=Robert S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fd4nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|title=Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Delegitimizing Israel|date=2016-12-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-9671-8|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/a-response-to-david-grossman|title=Response to D.G.|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.israelhayom.com}}{{Cite web|date=2014-11-30|title=History's worst serial abusers|url=https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/historys-worst-serial-abusers/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Canadian Jewish News|language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Oron |first=Yitzhak |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 |date=1961 |publisher=The M. Dayan Center |language=en}} [https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2011/6/24/988261/-]
1965 – The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
1966 – The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
1969 – The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/02/05/bacara105.xml|title=Will we ever see it again?|last=Robb|first=Peter|date=May 2, 2005|website=Telegraph|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311122917/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2005%2F02%2F05%2Fbacara105.xml|archive-date=11 March 2007|access-date=14 July 2021}}
1970 – FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
1973 – OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
1977 – The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
1979 – Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.
1980 – As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
1988 – Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-338C 5X-UBC Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881017-0|access-date=2020-06-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
1989 – The 6.9 {{M|w|link=yes}} Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
1989 – The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
1991 – Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/18/world/2-bombs-kill-41-and-injure-140-in-india.html|title=2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India|newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press|date=18 October 1991}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19911115-evil-triumphs-over-good-during-ram-lila-celebrations-815064-1991-11-15|title=Terrorists strike during Ram Lila celebrations in Uttar Pradesh|author=RAHUL PATHAK |date=November 15, 1991 |magazine=India Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.calendar-365.com/1991-calendar.html|title=1991 Calendar|website=www.calendar-365.com}}
1992 – Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
2000 – The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
2001 – Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
2004 – A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Torre Este de Parque Central: 8 años después |trans-title=Parque Central East Tower: 8 years later |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/caracas/121016/torre-este-de-parque-central-8-anos-despues |access-date=16 October 2012 |website=El Universal |language=es}}
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa/islamic-state-in-raqqa-mounts-last-stand-around-city-stadium-idUSKBN1CM0VC?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews |title=Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium |work=Reuters |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2017/Oct-17/422965-us-backed-militias-take-major-raqqa-position-from-daesh-sdf.ashx|title=Daesh completely cleared from Syria's Raqqa: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|work=Daily Star |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}
2018 – The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
2018 – A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.{{Cite news|last1=Hodge | first1= Nathan |last2=Burrows |first2=Emma |last3=Tarasova |first3=Darya |last4=Britton |first4=Bianca |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/17/europe/crimea-kerch-explosion-intl/index.html |title=20 killed in Crimea college gun and bomb attack, Russia says|publisher= CNN|date=18 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-19}}
2019 – Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.{{citation |website=El Pais |title=El narco impone su ley en Sinaloa y exhibe la debilidad del Estado mexicano |date=October 19, 2019 |first=Javier |last=Lafuente |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/10/18/mexico/1571426946_411098.html |language=es |trans-title=Narcos impose their law in Sinaloa and demonstrate the weakenss of the Mexican State}}
2019 – The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.{{cite news |title=Protests erupt in Lebanon over plans to impose new taxes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/17/protests-erupt-in-lebanon-over-plans-to-impose-new-taxes/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=17 October 2019}}
2023 – An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.Taylor, Adam (18 October 2023). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/18/gaza-hospital-strike-al-ahli/# Everything we know about the Gaza hospital strike]". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

Births

=Pre-1600=

503 – Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (died 548)
1253 – Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (died 1303)
1493 – Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (died 1560)
1500 – Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (died 1591)
1538 – Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (died 1559)Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical Dictionary of Italians), Edited by Treccani, Vol. 93, 2018.
1577 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621)
1577 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)
1582 – Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (died 1637)
1587 – Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (died 1620)

=1601–1900=

1623 – Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1687)
1629 – Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646)
1688 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (died 1726)
1711 – Jupiter Hammon, American poet (died 1806)
1719 – Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (died 1792)
1720 – Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1795){{cite book | first=Bertil H. | last=Van Boer | title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period | location=Lanham | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-8108-7183-0 | page=24}}
1725 – John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)
1729 – Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (died 1817)
1735 – Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803)
1759 – Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814)
1760 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825)
1768 – Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1838)
1779 – Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (died 1808)
1779 – José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (died approx. 1820)
1780 – Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (died 1850)
1781 – Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833)
1784 – Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (died 1854)
1785 – Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (died 1816)
1792 – John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (died 1826)
1797 – Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (died 1841)
1803 – Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (died 1876)
1810 – Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)
1811 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876)
1813 – Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837)
1814 – Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (died 1888)
1817 – Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (died 1898)
1821 – Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (died 1882)
1828 – Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (died 1890)
1833 – José E. Días, Paraguayan general (died 1867)
1835 – Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (died 1894)
1835 – Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (died 1905)
1840 – André Gill, French caricaturist (died 1885)
1844 – Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (died 1929)
1845 – John J. Gardner, American politician (died 1921)
1853 – Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1920)
1859 – Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (died 1935)
1860 – Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (died 1927)
1864 – Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943)
1865 – James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950)
1867 – Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956)
1871 – Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929)
1876 – Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944)
1878 – Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953)
1880 – Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977)
1881 – Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (died 1959)
1882 – Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904){{cite book | first1=Yulia | last1=Mikhailova | first2=Ikuta | last2=Michiko | chapter=Forgotten Heroes: Russian Women in the War | editor-first=Rotem | editor-last=Kowner | title=Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5: Volume 1: Centennial Perspectives | location=Folkestone | publisher=Global Oriental | year=2007 | isbn= 978-1-9052-4603-8 | page=209}}
1883 – Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973)
1883 – Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966)
1886 – Spring Byington, American actress (died 1971)
1889 – Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988)
1890 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer (died 1928)
1892 – Theodor Eicke, German SS general (died 1943)
1892 – Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (died 1983)
1893 – Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979)
1894 – Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962)
1894 – Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968)
1895 – Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (died 1982)
1895 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1958)
1896 – Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (died 1978)
1898 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998){{cite book |title=Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World |page=24 |first1=Eri |last1=Hotta |isbn=9780674279964 |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=2022}}
1898 – Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991)
1898 – Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971)
1900 – C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (died 1932)
1900 – Jean Arthur, American actress (died 1991)
1900 – Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (died 1968)

=1901–present=

1901 – Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973){{Cite book | first1=David | last1=Diaz-Arias | first2=Ronny | last2=Viales Hurtado | first3=Juan José | last3=Marín Hernández | title=Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica | location=Lanham | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-5381-0241-1 | page=122}}
1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973)
1903 – Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)
1903 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940){{cite journal |last1=Meehan |first1=Adam |title=West, Nathanael (1903–1940) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM135-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}
1905 – Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996)
1906 – Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987)
1906 – Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993)
1907 – John Marley, American actor (died 1984)
1908 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)
1908 – Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)
1908 – Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)
1908 – Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)
1909 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)
1909 – Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)
1909 – Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)
1910 – Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995){{cite book | first1=Andrew Dean | last1=Nystrom | first2=Morgan | last2=Konn | first3=Deanna | last3=Swaney | title=Bolivia | location=London | publisher=Lonely Planet | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-7410-4018-0 | page=[https://archive.org/details/bolivia00andr/page/54 54] | url=https://archive.org/details/bolivia00andr/page/54 }}
1910 – Ester Wier, American author (died 2000)
1912 – Pope John Paul I (died 1978){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 17: Eminem, Michael McKean |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/17/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-17-Eminem-Michael-McKean/4091665849681/#:~:text=17%3A%20Eminem%2C%20Michael%20McKean%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=16 October 2023 |date=17 October 2022}}
1912 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)
1912 – Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982)
1913 – Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971)
1913 – Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006)
1913 – Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003)
1914 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)
1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)
1916 – José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)
1917 – Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013)
1917 – Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)
1917 – Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022)
1917 – Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989){{cite web |url= https://www.sotapolku.fi/henkilot/koivunen_aimo-allan_1917-11-14_alastaro/|title= Aimo Allan Koivunen|author= |date= 2016|website= www.sotapolku.fi|publisher= |access-date= 19 October 2018|language=fi}}
1917 – Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)
1917 – Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)
1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)
1918 – Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993)
1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014)
1919 – Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)
1919 – Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)
1919 – Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)
1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)
1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)
1920 – Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)
1921 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)
1921 – Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001){{cite book | first=Bob | last=Wechsler | title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History| location=Jersey City, NJ | publisher=KTAV Publications | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-6028-0013-7 | page=291}}
1921 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)
1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)
1922 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001)
1922 – Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)
1923 – Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)
1923 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)
1924 – Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010)
1924 – Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012)
1924 – Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)
1924 – Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019)
1925 – Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010)
1926 – Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019){{Cite web |title=Julie Adams obituary {{!}} Movies {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/07/julie-adams-obituary |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=theguardian.com|date=7 February 2019 |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald }}
1926 – Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)
1926 – Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011)
1928 – Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)
1928 – Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)
1929 – Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016)
1930 – Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003)
1930 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003)
1931 – José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)
1932 – Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)
1931 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)
1931 – Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)
1933 – William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024)
1933 – The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)
1934 – Alan Garner, English author and playwright
1934 – Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005)
1934 – Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015)
1935 – Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)
1935 – Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
1935 – Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)
1936 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1936 – Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
1936 – Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993)
1936 – Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018)
1937 – José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
1937 – Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
1937 – Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011)
1937 – Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023)
1938 – António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007)
1938 – Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019)
1939 – Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015)
1940 – Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
1940 – Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
1940 – Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018)
1941 – Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
1941 – Paul Ellison, American musician
1941 – Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022)
1942 – Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)
1942 – Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)
1944 – Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010)
1946 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)
1946 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)
1946 – Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
1946 – Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
1946 – Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
1946 – Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
1946 – Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)
1946 – Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
1946 – Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018)
1946 – José Perramón, Spanish handball player
1946 – Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
1946 – Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
1946 – Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
1947 – Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
1947 – Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
1947 – Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 17, 2022 includes celebrities Eminem, Ziggy Marley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-17-2022-includes-celebrities-eminem-ziggy-marley.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=16 October 2023 |date=17 October 2022}}
1947 – Robert Post, American educator and academic
1948 – Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
1948 – Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007)
1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018)
1948 – George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025)[https://variety.com/2025/tv/obituaries-people-news/george-wendt-dead-cheers-1236404992/ George Wendt, Who Played Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 76]
1949 – Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020)
1949 – Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
1950 – Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
1950 – Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)
1950 – Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)
1951 – Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer
1951 – Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
1951 – Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
1951 – Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
1953 – Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader
1953 – Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
1954 – Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
1955 – Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1955 – Mike Bratz, American basketball player
1956 – Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut
1956 – Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
1956 – Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive{{cite web |title=Ken Morrow |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ken-morrow-8449713 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1956 – Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
1957 – Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
1957 – Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)
1957 – Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
1957 – Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
1957 – Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
1957 – Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
1957 – Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
1958 – Howard Alden, American guitarist
1958 – Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)
1958 – Craig Murray, British diplomat
1959 – Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
1959 – Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
1959 – Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016)
1959 – Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959 – Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
1959 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)
1959 – Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
1959 – Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
1960 – Guy Henry, English actor
1960 – Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
1960 – Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)
1960 – Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
1961 – David Means, American short story writer
1962 – Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
1962 – Jay Humphries, American basketball player
1962 – Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
1963 – Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
1963 – Toby Young, English journalist and academic
1964 – Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
1964 – Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
1965 – Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1965 – Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
1966 – Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
1966 – Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
1966 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
1966 – Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
1967 – René Dif, Danish musician
1967 – Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
1967 – Simon Segars, English businessman
1967 – Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
1968 – Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
1968 – Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
1968 – David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
1969 – Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
1969 – Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker{{cite web|title=Jesús Ángel García|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/jesus-angel-garcia-8897|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=2 May 2020}}
1969 – Wood Harris, American actor
1969 – Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
1969 – Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
1970 – John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1970 – J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
1971 – Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1971 – Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
1971 – Martin Heinrich, American politician
1971 – Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)
1971 – Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 – Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor
1972 – Sharon Leal, American actress
1972 – Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
1972 – Tarkan, German-Turkish singer
1973 – Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
1973 – Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
1974 – Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
1974 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
1974 – Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
1974 – Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
1974 – Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player
1974 – Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
1974 – Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
1974 – Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
1975 – Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
1975 – Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
1976 – Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
1976 – Seth Etherton, American baseball player
1976 – Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
1976 – Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
1977 – Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer{{Cite web|url=http://m.espn.com/soccer//profile?id=19086&lang=EN&wjb=|title=ESPNFC: Dudu Aouate|website=ESPN}}
1977 – Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
1977 – Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 – Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
1977 – Ryan McGinley, American photographer
1977 – André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
1978 – Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
1978 – Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
1978 – Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
1978 – Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
1979 – Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022)
1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
1979 – Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
1980 – Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
1980 – Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
1980 – Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Angel Parker, American actress
1980 – Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
1980 – Justin Shenkarow, American actor
1981 – Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
1981 – Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter
1981 – Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist
1981 – Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
1981 – Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist
1982 – Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer
1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
1982 – Marion Rolland, French skier
1983 – Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress
1983 – Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
1983 – Felicity Jones, English actress
1983 – Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
1983 – Riki Miura, Japanese actor
1983 – Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
1983 – Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
1983 – Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
1983 – Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
1984 – Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Sami Lepisto |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sami-lepisto-8471279 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1984 – Chris Lowell, American actor
1984 – Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
1984 – Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
1984 – Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
1984 – Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
1984 – Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
1984 – Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
1985 – Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – Max Irons, English-Irish actor
1985 – Collins John, Dutch footballer
1985 – Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
1986 – Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer
1986 – Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
1986 – Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
1986 – Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
1986 – Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
1986 – Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
1987 – Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
1987 – Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
1987 – Elliot Grandin, French footballer
1987 – Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
1988 – Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
1988 – Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
1988 – Marina Salas, Spanish actress
1989 – Débora García, Spanish footballer
1989 – Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
1989 – Sophie Luck, Australian actress
1989 – Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist{{Cite web |title=Charles Oliveira Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/mma/fighter/_/id/2504169/charles-oliveira |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
1989 – David Timor, Spanish footballer
1990 – Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
1990 – Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
1990 – Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
1990 – Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
1990 – Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
1991 – Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
1992 – Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer
1992 – Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
1992 – Anthony Gill, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Anthony Gill |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630264/anthony-gill |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1992 – Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
1993 – Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
1993 – Vincent Poirier, French basketball player{{cite web |title=Vincent Poirier |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629738/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1995 – Jamal Adams, American football player{{cite web |title=Jamal Adams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115373/jamal-adams |publisher=ESPN |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1995 – Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player{{cite web |title=Ha-seong Kim |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ha-seong-kim-673490 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=16 October 2023}}
1996 – Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Jake DeBrusk Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/jake-debrusk-8478498 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}
1997 – Robert Williams III, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Robert Williams III |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629057/robert-williams-iii |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 October 2023}}
2001 – Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
2002 – Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Matthew Knies Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/matthew-knies-8482720 |publisher=National Hockey League}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

AD 33 – Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (born 14 BC)
532 – Pope Boniface II
866 – Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (born 836)
1271 – Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
1277 – Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (born c. 1254)
1346 – John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
1346 – Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
1456 – Nicolas Grenon, French composer (born 1375)
1485 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
1528 – Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World{{cite book |last=Kritzler |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Kritzler |title=Jewish pirates of the Caribbean: how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the New World in their quest for treasure, religious freedom – and revenge |date=2009 |publisher=Anchor Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7679-1952-4 |edition=First Anchor Books}}
1552 – Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498)
1575 – Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (born 1511)
1586 – Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (born 1554)
1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)

=1601–1900=

1616 – John Pitts, English priest and scholar (born 1560)
1660 – Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (born 1601)
1673 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1630)
1690 – Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (born 1647)
1757 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (born 1683)
1776 – Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (born 1681)
1780 – William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (born 1705)
1781 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (born 1705){{cite DNB |wstitle=Hawke, Edward |first=John Knox |last=Laughton |volume=25}}
1786 – Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1723)
1806 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758)
1836 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (born 1782)
1837 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1778)
1849 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (born 1810)
1868 – Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (born 1775)
1887 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824)
1889 – Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1828)
1893 – Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (born 1808)

=1901–present=

1910 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819)
1918 – Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (born 1886)
1920 – Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881){{Cite web|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/19343|title=Commandant Mick Fitzgerald honoured | An Phoblacht|website=www.anphoblacht.com}}
1928 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (born 1853)
1931 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (born 1884)
1937 – J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (born 1862)
1938 – Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
1948 – Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (born 1869)
1955 – Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (born 1873)
1956 – Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (born 1920)
1957 – Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (born 1884){{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=3}}
1958 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born 1896)
1958 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1876)
1962 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882){{cite book|first=Jane A.|last=Sharp|chapter=Natalia Goncharova|editor1-last=Bowlt|editor1-first=John E.|editor2-last=Drutt|editor2-first=Matthew|title=Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova|date=2000|publisher=Guggenheim Museum|isbn=978-0-89207-225-5|location=New York|page=163|url=https://archive.org/details/amazonsofavantga00exte}}
1963 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865)
1965 – Bart King, American cricketer (born 1873)
1966 – Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)
1966 – Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)
1967 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906)
1970 – Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1921)
1970 – Vola Vale, American actress (born 1897)
1970 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (born 1890)
1972 – Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)
1972 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (born 1887)
1973 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (born 1926)
1978 – George Clark, American race car driver (born 1890)
1978 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (born 1887)
1979 – S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (born 1904)
1979 – John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (born 1898)
1979 – Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (born 1909)
1981 – Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (born 1927)
1981 – Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (born 1895)
1981 – Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (born 1887)
1983 – Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905)
1987 – Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1925)
1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919)
1992 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (born 1912)
1992 – Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)
1993 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
1996 – Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (born 1966)
1997 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (born 1933)
1998 – Joan Hickson, English actress (born 1906)
1998 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920)
1999 – Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915)
2000 – Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (born 1924)
2000 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1964)
2001 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
2001 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922)
2001 – Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926)
2002 – Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (born 1935)
2004 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952)
2006 – Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (born 1924)
2006 – Christopher Glenn, American journalist (born 1938)
2007 – Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918)
2007 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)
2007 – Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939)
2008 – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (born 1955)
2008 – Levi Stubbs, American singer (born 1936)
2008 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1923)
2009 – Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (born 1931)
2009 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (born 1916)
2011 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919)
2012 – Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951)
2012 – Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912)
2012 – Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930)
2012 – Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922)
2012 – Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
2013 – Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (born 1926)
2013 – Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (born 1944)
2013 – Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (born 1926)
2013 – Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (born 1928)
2013 – Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (born 1966)
2014 – Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937)
2014 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943)
2014 – Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945)
2014 – Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919)
2015 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926)
2015 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946)
2015 – Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
2015 – Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947)
2017 – Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964){{cite web |last1=Mazerolle |first1=John |title=Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906 |website=CBC News |access-date=11 December 2019}}
2019 – Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951){{cite news |last1=Portnoy |first1=Jenna |title=Elijah Cummings, Baltimore congressman and civil rights leader, dies at 68 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/17/elijah-cummings-dies-baltimore/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=17 October 2021}}
2024 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931){{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-320eb99fe0824091babafac794dc2320|title=Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at 93|first1=Kaitlyn|last1=Huamani|first2=Bob|last2=Thomas|publisher=Associated Press|date=17 October 2024|accessdate=17 October 2024}}
2024 – Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (born 1947){{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Actor Toshiyuki Nishida Dies at 76 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/actor-toshiyuki-nishida-dies-at-76/.216837 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}
2024 – Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (born 1926){{Cite news |last=Gellene |first=Denise |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Andrew V. Schally, 97, Dies; Scientist Shared Nobel Glory With Rival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/science/andrew-v-schally-dead.html |access-date=October 23, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Andrew of Crete
Anstrudis
Catervus
Ethelred and Ethelberht
Florentius of Orange
François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Hosea
Ignatius of Antioch
John the Short (John Colobus)
Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
Nothhelm
Rule of Andrew
Richard Gwyn
Victor of Capua
October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
Loyalty Day (Argentina)
National Police Day (Thailand)
National Heroes Day (Somaliland){{Cite web |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Madaxweyne Muuse oo Asteeyey Maalinta Geesiyaasha Somaliland |url=https://wargeyskadawan.com/2018/10/25/madaxweyne-muuse-oo-asteeyey-maalinta-geesiyaasha-somaliland |access-date=2020-03-23 |website=Wargeyska Dawan |language=so}}

References

External links

{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
{{NYT On this day|month=10|day=17}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/17 |title=Historical Events on October 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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