List of Famous people who died in 2017

José María Romero de Tejada Gómez, was a Spanish conservative jurist who was the Attorney General of Catalonia from 2013 until his death in 2017.

Peter Vogel was a German artist, best known for his interactive electronic sculptures and sound art pieces.

Patricio Echegaray was an Argentine politician. He was born in San José de Jáchal, Argentina. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina from 1986 until his death in 2017. Before, Echegaray served as the 26th General Secretary of the Juvenile Communist Federation from 1980 through 1985. He was a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2000 to 2003.

Judith Miller was a French psychoanalyst, born in Antibes. She was the daughter of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and Sylvia Bataille. Her spouse was Lacanian Jacques-Alain Miller.

David John Saul was a Bermudian politician who was the Premier of Bermuda from 1995 to 1997.

Mário Viegas Carrascalão was an East Timorese-Indonesian politician and diplomat. Carrascalão, a founder of the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) in 1974 and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2000, served as the Governor of East Timor from 1983 to 1992 during the Indonesian occupation of the country. However, he re-joined the East Timorese government following the 1999 independence referendum and the transition to independence. He later served as a Deputy Prime Minister within the IV Constitutional Government of then-Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão from 2009 to 2010.

Novella Christine Nelson was an American actress and singer. She established her career as a singer, both on the off-Broadway and Broadway stage and in cabaret-style locales.

Ramiro Alejandro Celis, known by El Niño de Dzununcán, was a Mexican bullfighter.

Joaquim Molins i Amat was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Congress of Deputies and the Parliament of Catalonia. He died on July 13, 2017, due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

Li Kwan-ha, CBE, QPM, CPM was the first ethnic Chinese to be the Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong, serving from 1989 to 1994.