List of Famous people who died in 1917

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Alice Neville Dalton

First Name Alice

Last Name Dalton

Died on November 30, 1917

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John Alexander Ireland

First Name John

Last Name Ireland

Born on July 12, 1846

Died on July 7, 1917 (aged 70)

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Mary Charlotte Dickson

First Name Mary

Last Name Dickson

Born on February 29, 1884

Died on February 16, 1917 (aged 32)

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Louis Schmeisser

First Name Louis

Last Name Schmeisser

Born on February 5, 1848

Died on March 23, 1917 (aged 69)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

Louis Schmeisser was one of the best-known weapon technical designers of Europe. He is associated with the development and production of the Bergmann machine guns used during the First World War. He designed the Dreyse 1907 Pistol which was used in both World Wars.

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Emil Adolf von Behring

First Name Emil

Died on March 31, 1917

Born in Poland, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Emil von Behring, born Emil Adolf Behring, was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded in that field, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a "saviour of children," as diphtheria used to be a major cause of child death. He was honored with Prussian nobility in 1901, henceforth being known by the surname "von Behring."

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