List of Famous people who died in 2017

Ahmed Mohammed Khan was an Indian footballer. He participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Marcel Prud'homme, was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada.

Erkki Juhani Kurenniemi was a Finnish designer, philosopher and artist, best known for his electronic music compositions and the electronic instruments he has designed. He is considered to have been one of the leading early pioneers of electronic music in Finland. Kurenniemi was also a science populariser, a futurologist, a pioneer of media culture, and an experimental film-maker.

Bruce Gray was a Canadian actor.

Anna Jókai was a Hungarian author, poet and teacher. She began her writing career in 1974 and, during the 1980s, she participated in the Hungarian liberation movement. Between 1990 and 1992, she was the chairperson of the Hungarian Writers' Union.

Karl-Erik Nilsson was a light-heavyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships. He died in December 2017.

Gerhard Rudolf "Gerry" Andlinger was an international business executive, philanthropist, sportsman, and founder of the private investment firm Andlinger & Company, Inc.

Rosalie Sorrels was an American folk singer-songwriter. She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s. During the early 1960s she left her husband and began traveling and performing at music festivals and clubs throughout the United States. She and her five children traveled across the country as she worked to support her family and establish herself as a performer. Along the way she made many lifelong friends among the folk and beat scene. Her career of social activism, storytelling, teaching, learning, songwriting, collecting folk songs, performing, and recording spanned six decades.

Claude Auguste Martin was a French rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Gilbert Chabroux was a French politician.