List of Famous people who died in 2017

Lika Kavzharadze was a Georgian film actress best known for her role in Tengiz Abuladze's 1976 drama film The Wishing Tree.

Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, GCMG was the second President of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was a leading figure in the independence movement and then the new government, and played a crucial role in facilitating and protecting Botswana's steady financial growth and development. He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-President Festus Mogae, who became the third President of Botswana.

Ulf Gottfrid Stark was a Swedish author and screenwriter.

Amparo Pacheco was a Spanish actress.

Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE was a Seychellois politician who founded the Seychelles Democratic Party and was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977.

Trisha Brown was an American choreographer and dancer, and one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater and the postmodern dance movement.

Serge Baguet was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Manfred Weiß was a German politician, jurist and member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He served as a member of the Landtag of Bavaria, the state parliament, from 1978 until 2013, and the Minister of Justice of Bavaria from 1999 to 2003.

Mona Fong Yat-wah, Lady Shaw was a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager. She was born Li Menglan in Shanghai. She achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s, especially singing English covers of top hits of the time. She married media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw and became Deputy Chairman and General Manager of Shaw Brothers Studio and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB).

Takeshi Kusaka was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Toshima, Tokyo. He was the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. He remarried with actress Fujiko Kimura in 2010.