List of Famous people who died in 1917

Richard Olney was an American statesman.

Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:

• 13 May 1887 – 4 October 1887
• 14 August 1890 – 2 December 1890
• 31 December 1894 – 27 March 1895
• 5 May 1895 – 26 October 1895
• 11 September 1897 – 12 January 1898
• 14 October 1898 – 17 January 1900
• 16 November 1900 – 3 February 1902
• 2 October 1902 – 9 May 1904
• 31 January 1905 – January 1906.

Ernst Pringsheim Sr. was a German physicist. He was born and died in Breslau.

Carlo Oriani was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1913 Giro d'Italia.

Jules (Julius) Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.

Valdemar Einar Psilander was a Danish silent film actor, who was the highest-paid performer of his period and received critical acclaim as the greatest male lead during the golden era of Danish cinema.

Woldemar Kernig, better known as Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig was a notable Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of people with meningitis. He is best known for his pioneering work on diagnostics. Kernig's sign is named after him.

William Henry Moody was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.

William Henry Harrison Miller was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States.