Death year 1917 celebrities
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Pedro Militão dos Santos Kilkerry (March 10, 1885 – March 25, 1917) was a Brazilian journalist and Parnassian/Symbolist poet.
Alfred Eric Campbell (26 April 1879 or 1880 – 20 December 1917), was a British actor. He was a key member of Charlie Chaplin’s film ensemble, invariably playing an intimidating bully, and appeared in eleven of Chaplin’s films before he was killed i
Elsie Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.
Art Wheeler (May 12, 1872 – December 20, 1917) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
Florence Beatrice Emery (née) Farr (7 July 1860 – 29 April 1917) was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women’s rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, leader of the occult order, The Golden
Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1877 – December 16, 1917) was the first American professional wrestler to win the world heavyweight free-style championship, and credited for popularizing professional wrestling in the United States. He competed back wh
was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. A superb draughtsman, he is especial
Capitaine Jean Georges Fernand Matton was a World War I cavalryman and flying ace. He was credited with nine confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories.
Yosef Lishansky (Hebrew: יוסף לישנסקי; 1890 – 16 December 1917) was a Jewish paramilitary and a spy for the British in Ottoman Palestine. Upon his arrival in Palestine, Lishansky sought to join HaShomer but, denied membership, he foun
John Jacob Fanning (1863 – June 10, 1917), was a professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball from for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers and 1894 Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. He also played in the minor leagues from 1886 thr
John Schappert (died July 27, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) was a 19th-century professional baseball pitcher. Schappert pitched for the St. Louis Brown Stockings during the 1882 season. He pitched in 15 games, including 14 starts, and finished with a r