List of Famous people who died in 1917

Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars was a Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor. His main work was Udsigt over den norske Historie, four volumes issued from 1873 to 1891. He co-edited the magazines Nyt norsk Tidskrift from 1877 to 1878, and Nyt Tidsskrift from 1882 to 1887. He was politically active for the Liberal Party of Norway and among the party's most central theoreticians.

Richard Liebreich was a German ophthalmologist and physiologist who was a native of Königsberg. He was of Jewish ancestry.

William Macdonald Sinclair (1850–1917) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, GCVO, PC, DL, styled Viscount Valletort between 1839 and 1861, was a British courtier, Conservative politician, and Volunteer officer.