List of Famous people who died at 17

Takayuki Yamasaki

First Name Takayuki
Last Name Yamasaki
Born on February 14, 1981
Died on April 1, 1998 (aged 17)

Takayuki Yamasaki is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

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Sayuri Takebe

First Name Sayuri
Last Name Takebe
Born on June 4, 1978
Died on October 1, 1995 (aged 17)

Sayuri Takebe is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

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Akira Shima

First Name Akira
Last Name Shima
Born on February 19, 1963
Died on September 18, 1980 (aged 17)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Akira Shima is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He was the first Ryūō title holder and is also a former managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.

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Jaclyn Linetsky

Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky
First Name Jaclyn
Born on January 8, 1986
Died on September 8, 2003 (aged 17)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky was a Canadian actress who played Megan O'Connor on 15/Love and the title character on Caillou.

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Jessica Jacobs

First Name Jessica
Last Name Jacobs
Born on November 14, 1990
Died on May 10, 2008 (aged 17)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Jessica Madison Jacobs was an Australian actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Melanie Atwood in the second series of The Saddle Club.

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Osamu Nakamura

First Name Osamu
Last Name Nakamura
Born on November 7, 1962
Died on July 2, 1980 (aged 17)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Osamu Nakamura is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a two-time winner of the Ōshō title, and the current president of the Professional Shogi Players Group.

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Vadim Schneider

First Name Vadim
Last Name Schneider
Born on March 10, 1986
Died on September 8, 2003 (aged 17)
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Chiho Murata

First Name Chiho
Born on May 1, 1984
Died on April 1, 2002 (aged 17)

Chiho Murata is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

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Dylan Klebold

First Name Dylan
Last Name Klebold
Born on September 11, 1981
Died on April 20, 1999 (aged 17)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were an American mass murder duo who killed 13 people and wounded 24 others on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. Harris and Klebold, who were seniors at the school, simultaneously committed suicide in the library, where they had killed ten of their victims. This became known as the Columbine High School massacre. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in history, leading it to be one of the most infamous shootings ever perpetrated.

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Alessandro Momo

First Name Alessandro
Last Name Momo
Born on November 26, 1956
Died on November 19, 1974 (aged 17)
Born in Italy, Lazio

Alessandro Momo was an Italian actor, most noted for his role in 1973's Malizia and in 1974's Scent of a Woman. He died in a motorcycle accident in Rome on 19 November 1974, a few days before he would have turned 18.

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