List of Famous people who died in 2017

Thandi Klaasen was a jazz musician from Sophiatown, Gauteng. She was the mother of singer Lorraine Klaasen.

Dom Henrique de Bragança, Duke of Coimbra was an Infante of Portugal (prince), as the youngest son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Head of the Portuguese Royal Family. His brother, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, is the current head of the royal family.

Morihiro Hashimoto was a Japanese darts player, nicknamed The Ogre.

Didier Motchane was a French politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989.

François Digard was a French politician who served as mayor of Saint-Lô between 1995 and 2014.

Smail Hamdani was an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister of Algeria from 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999.

Karl Korinek was an Austrian constitutional scholar and educator. Korinek taught law at the University of Graz, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the University of Vienna, and the Danube University Krems. In 1978, Korinek was appointed to the Austrian Constitutional Court; he served as the president of the court from 2003 until his retirement in 2008.

Sadanoyama Shinmatsu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nagasaki Prefecture. He was the sport's 50th yokozuna. After his retirement he was the head coach of Dewanoumi stable and served as head of the Japan Sumo Association.

Tadayoshi Nagashima was a Japanese politician, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

John Archie MacKenzie was a Scottish footballer who spent most of his career with Partick Thistle, where he was known as the "Firhill Flyer".