List of Famous people who died in 1917

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Herman Rottger

First Name Herman

Last Name Rottger

Born on August 12, 1881

Died on January 1, 1917 (aged 35)

Born in United States of America, New York

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Hermann Jacoby

First Name Hermann

Last Name Jacoby

Born on December 30, 1836

Died on May 18, 1917 (aged 80)

Born in Germany

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James Hamilton Peabody

First Name James

Last Name Peabody

Born on August 21, 1852

Died on November 23, 1917 (aged 65)

Born in United States of America, Vermont

James Hamilton Peabody was the 13th and 15th Governor of Colorado, and is noted by some for his public service in Cañon City and by others for his brutality in crushing the miners' strike in Cripple Creek in 1903–04.

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Jean Gaston Darboux

Jean-Gaston Darboux

First Name Jean

Last Name Darboux

Born on August 14, 1842

Died on February 23, 1917 (aged 74)

Born in France, Occitania

Jean-Gaston Darboux FAS MIF FRS FRSE was a French mathematician.

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Diamond Jim Brady

First Name Diamond

Last Name Brady

Born on August 12, 1856

Died on April 13, 1917 (aged 60)

Born in United States of America, New York

James Buchanan Brady, also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier and philanthropist of the Gilded Age.

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James Dwight

First Name James

Last Name Dwight

Born on July 14, 1852

Died on July 13, 1917 (aged 64)

Born in France, Île-de-France

James Dwight was an American tennis player who was known as the "Founding Father of American Tennis".

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Amédée Bollée

Amédée Ernest Bollée

First Name Amédée

Last Name Bollée

Born on January 10, 1844

Died on January 20, 1917 (aged 73)

Amédée-Ernest Bollée was a French bellfounder and inventor who specialized in steam cars. After 1867 he was known as "Amédée père" to distinguish him from his similarly named son, Amédée-Ernest-Marie Bollée (1867–1926).

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Eduardo Di Capua

First Name Eduardo

Last Name Capua

Born on May 12, 1865

Died on October 3, 1917 (aged 52)

Born in Italy, Campania

Eduardo Di Capua was a Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter.

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Charles Joseph Blake

First Name Charles

Last Name Blake

Born on January 1, 1839

Died on November 27, 1917 (aged 78)

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George Marmaduke Vavasour

First Name George

Last Name Vavasour

Born on September 13, 1891

Died on October 12, 1917 (aged 26)

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