List of Famous people who died in 2017

Jean-Michel Guilcher was a French ethnologist. He was a researcher at the CNRS, and he taught ethnology at the University of Western Brittany. He was the author of eight books about traditional dances.

Sir Michael Ogio was a Papua New Guinean politician who led People's Democratic Movement party. He served as the ninth Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.

Abdelkrim Ghallab was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He is an important figure both in the literary and political field.

Muzaffer İzgü was a Turkish writer and teacher. He was known for his children's books and works of humour, and had authored 154 books, 98 of which were for children.

Carlos Fernández Gondín was a Cuban politician. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Cuba, and served as the country's Minister of the Interior from 2015 until his death.

Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey was a French Roman Catholic bishop.

Ching Li (1945-2017) was a Hong Kong actress popular in the 1970s. She appeared in more than 60 films, mostly by Shaw Brothers Studio.

Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. was an American jazz trombonist and composer.

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami was an Italian physicist. From March 2007 until August 2008, he was Chairman of the Italian Space Agency. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the first Italian to chair the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and from 2011 until 2015, he was President of INAF. He was also the chairman of the SKA project. He was married to fellow Italian astrophysicist Patrizia A. Caraveo.

Thomas Cuisset was a French photographer. He was a resident artist at the Villa Medici in 1992. He won the Prix Moins Trente in 1987, and the Prix de photographie from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2009.