List of Famous people who died in 2017

Ene Mihkelson was an Estonian writer. She was a recipient of the Herder Prize and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.

Linda Hopkins was a Tony-winning American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes.

George Derek Ibbotson was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957.

Loïc Bouvard was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Morbihan department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Jack Pinoteau or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.

August Englas was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union.

Martin Nicholas Lohmuller, DD, JCD was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia from 1970 to 1994. At the time of his death, he was the oldest American Catholic bishop.

Velasio de Paolis, C.S., JCD, STL, was an Italian member of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and Pontifical Delegate for the religious institute of the Legionaries of Christ.

Rose Schwarz was a nurse and missionary who did work with the Reformed Church in Africa.

Peter Wende was a German historian who professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main and later director of the German Historical Institute London from September 1994 to August 2000.