List of Famous people who died in 2017

Dennis Stamp was an American professional wrestler and referee from Amarillo, Texas. He was best known for wrestling extensively during the 1970s and 1980s for the American Wrestling Association, and for the National Wrestling Alliance territories.

Philipp Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld was a German politician for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 2003 to 2013, and then served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 to 2017. He was elected to the local council of Köfering in 1990, and the district council of Regensburg in 2002. Outside of politics, he was a farmer, accountant and tax consultant.

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal was an Indian media proprietor and founder-chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers that has a presence in 14 states of India with 62 editions and has an estimated readership of over 15 million. He started Dainik Bhaskar newspaper at Bhopal in 1958. In 1983 he launched the Indore edition and in 1996 it was produced in Rajasthan. He was on the board of D.B. Corp Limited from its inception.

Trento Longaretti was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists, including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini. He stated that painting is an "elixir for long life", and continued to paint and exhibit as a centenarian.

Buhe or Bu He, also known as Yun Shuguang, was a Chinese politician of Mongol descent. The eldest son of the powerful Inner Mongolia leader Ulanhu, Buhe served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 1982 and 1993. Between 1993 and 2003 he was Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.

Bajram Rexhepi, was a Kosovar politician who served as the first elected post-war prime minister and later as interior minister of Kosovo and as a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).

Roberto Hernández Jr. was a Mexican journalist and sportscaster from Monterrey. He headed the sportscasting team of Multimedios Televisión and Radio and was a commentator for games of the local team UANL Tigres. He was also a columnist for Milenio Diario, the national newspaper owned by Multimedios.

Anri Girshevich Volokhonsky was a Russian poet and translator.

Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath was a Swedish actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows.

Albert Samuel Gallin, better known as Sandy Gallin, was an American producer and talent manager, winner of an Emmy Award.