February 17th Deaths |
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| February 17th, 2008 (February 17 2008) | Death | Brian Harris, English footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (born in 1961) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (born in 1965) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Dermot O Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (born in 1943) | |
| February 17th, 2007 (February 17 2007) | Death | Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (born in 1910) | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Death | Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (born in 1929) | |
| February 17th, 2006 (February 17 2006) | Death | Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (born in 1948) | |
| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Dan O Herlihy, Irish actor (born in 1919) | |
| February 17th, 2005 (February 17 2005) | Death | Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (born in 1935) | |
| February 17th, 2004 (February 17 2004) | Death | Jose Lopez Portillo, President of Mexico (born in 1920) | |
| February 17th, 2001 (February 17 2001) | Death | Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (born in 1948) | |
| February 17th, 2001 (February 17 2001) | Death | Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (born in 1933) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Ernst Junger, German author (born in 1895) | |
| February 17th, 1998 (February 17 1998) | Death | Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (born in 1921) | |
| February 17th, 1997 (February 17 1997) | Death | Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter | |
| February 17th, 1996 (February 17 1996) | Death | Herve Bazin, French writer (born in 1911) | |
| February 17th, 1994 (February 17 1994) | Death | Randy Shilts, American author and activist (born in 1951) | |
| February 17th, 1990 (February 17 1990) | Death | Erik Rhodes, American actor (born in 1906) | |
| February 17th, 1990 (February 17 1990) | Death | Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1989 (February 17 1989) | Death | Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (born in 1908) | |
| February 17th, 1986 (February 17 1986) | Death | Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b.1895) | Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (born in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (born in 1917) | |
| February 17th, 1982 (February 17 1982) | Death | Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1977 (February 17 1977) | Death | Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (born in 1922) | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Death | Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1888) | |
| February 17th, 1970 (February 17 1970) | Death | Alfred Newman, American film composer (born in 1901) | |
| February 17th, 1962 (February 17 1962) | Death | Bruno Walter, German conductor (born in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1961 (February 17 1961) | Death | Nita Naldi, American actress (born in 1897) | |
| February 17th, 1958 (February 17 1958) | Death | Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (born in 1876) | |
| February 17th, 1943 (February 17 1943) | Death | Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (born in 1888) | |
| February 17th, 1943 (February 17 1943) | Death | Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (born in 1872) | |
| February 17th, 1939 (February 17 1939) | Death | Willy Hess, German violinist (born in 1859) | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Death | King Albert I of Belgium (born in 1875) | |
| February 17th, 1934 (February 17 1934) | Death | Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (born in 1862) | |
| February 17th, 1919 (February 17 1919) | Death | Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1841) | |
| February 17th, 1912 (February 17 1912) | Death | Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (born in 1876) | Evans Quotes |
| February 17th, 1909 (February 17 1909) | Death | Geronimo, Apache leader (born in 1829) | Geronimo Quotes |
| February 17th, 1890 (February 17 1890) | Death | Christopher Sholes, American inventor (born in 1819) | |
| February 17th, 1883 (February 17 1883) | Death | Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (born in 1806) | |
| February 17th, 1883 (February 17 1883) | Death | Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (born in 1845) | |
| February 17th, 1874 (February 17 1874) | Death | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (born in 1796) | |
| February 17th, 1856 (February 17 1856) | Death | Heinrich Heine, German writer (born in 1797) | Heinrich Heine Quotes |
| February 17th, 1854 (February 17 1854) | Death | John Martin, English painter (born in 1789) | John Martin Quotes |
| February 17th, 1841 (February 17 1841) | Death | Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (born in 1770) | |
| February 17th, 1780 (February 17 1780) | Death | Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (born in 1706) | |
| February 17th, 1768 (February 17 1768) | Death | Arthur Onslow, English politician (born in 1691) | |
| February 17th, 1732 (February 17 1732) | Death | Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (born in 1669) | |
| February 17th, 1715 (February 17 1715) | Death | Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (born in 1646) | |
| February 17th, 1680 (February 17 1680) | Death | Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (born in 1599) | |
| February 17th, 1680 (February 17 1680) | Death | Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (born in 1637) | |
| February 17th, 1673 (February 17 1673) | Death | Moliere, French playwright (born in 1622) | Moliere Quotes |
| February 17th, 1659 (February 17 1659) | Death | Abel Servien, French diplomat (born in 1593) | |
| February 17th, 1624 (February 17 1624) | Death | Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (born in 1536) | |
| February 17th, 1609 (February 17 1609) | Death | Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1549) | |
| February 17th, 1600 (February 17 1600) | Death | Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (born in 1548) | Giordano Bruno Quotes |
| February 17th, 1596 (February 17 1596) | Death | Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (born in 1536) | |
| February 17th, 1371 (February 17 1371) | Death | Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria | |
| February 17th, 1339 (February 17 1339) | Death | Otto, Duke of Austria (born in 1301) | |
| February 17th, 0440 (February 17 0440) | Death | Mesrop Mashtots | |
| February 17th, 0364 (February 17 0364) | Death | Jovian, Roman Emperor | |
