List of Famous people who died in 2017

Nobuyuki Ōuchi is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.

Diane Pearson was a British book editor and romance novelist, who has been translated into several languages.

Valentin Huot was a French racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1957 and 1958. Huot died on 21 November 2017, aged 88.

Max De Pree was an American businessman and writer. A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962. Max succeeded his brother Hugh as CEO in 1980 and served in that capacity to 1987, and he was a member of the company's Board of Directors until 1995. His book Leadership is an Art has sold more than 800,000 copies. In 1992, De Pree was inducted into Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame. He was involved with the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary since its establishment. He died at his home in Holland, Michigan in 2017.

Hadi Utomo was the second chairman of the Democratic Party (Indonesia) from 2005 to 2010. He was a retired colonel. Hadi Utomo was the brother-in-law of Indonesia's 6th president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Mountaga Diallo was a Senegalese diplomat and army general. He was an Ambassador of Senegal to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 17 February 2005 and died in office. He previously served as the Force Commander of MONUC from 2000 to 2004.

Héctor Raúl "Tato" Cifuentes Lira was a Chilean-born Argentine actor, singer and ventriloquist. In his career, he performed in Argentine and Uruguay.

Sergey Petrosyan was an Azerbaijani-Russian weightlifter of Armenian descent.

Tom McClung was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Lisbeth Korsmo was a Norwegian speed skater, cyclist, and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She also won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1981. She died on 22 January 2017 at the age of 69.