List of Famous people who died in 2017

Şerif Arif Mardin was a prominent Turkish sociologist, political scientist, academic and thinker. In a 2008 publication, he was referred to as the "doyen of Turkish sociology."

John Freely was an American physicist, teacher, and author of popular travel and history books on Istanbul, Athens, Venice, Turkey, Greece, and the Ottoman Empire. He was the father of writer and Turko-English literary translator Maureen Freely.

Avraham Sharir was an Israeli politician.

Paul Angerer was an Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter.

Sir (Paul) Patrick (Gordon) Bateson, was an English biologist with interests in ethology and phenotypic plasticity. Bateson was a Professor at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the Zoological Society of London from 2004 to 2014.

Slim Mahfoudh was a Tunisian actor. He acted on the stage, in feature films like L'Étoile du Nord and on television series like Al Khottab Al Bab and Choufli Hal.

Jean Périmony was a French comedian, educator, theater director, and costume designer. He was born in Dole, Jura.

Kim Ki-duk was a South Korean film director and professor. Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film Yongary, Kim Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with Kim Soo-yong and Lee Man-hee, Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama. He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron.

Hans Heinz Moser was a Swiss television and film actor.

Philippe Rahmy was a Swiss poet and writer.