List of Famous people who died in 2017

Jean-Jacques Guyon was a French equestrian and Olympic champion from Paris. He won an individual gold medal in eventing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Jean-Pierre Schmitz was a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer. Schmitz won the Midi Libre in 1957, the Tour de Luxembourg in 1954 and 1958, and one stage in the 1956 Tour de France. In 1955, Schmitz was second in the World Road race championship after Stan Ockers.

William Marion Hougland was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Kansas Jayhawks' 1952 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship team.

Jack George Shaheen Jr. was a writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes. He is the author of Reel Bad Arabs, The TV Arab (1984) and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture (1997).

Mohamed Fadhel Khalil was a Tunisian businessman, politician and diplomat. He served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 1992 to 1996. He was also the Tunisian Ambassador to Syria, Algeria and Austria. Additionally, he was the chief executive officer of the Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa, and the Governor of Kef Governorate (1981–1982), Jendouba Governorate (1987–1988), and Sfax (1988–1990).

Ben A. Barres was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Beginning in 2008, he was Chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to male in 1997, and became the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Joël Sarlot was a French politician and veterinarian.

Jack Rabinovitch OC, O.Ont was a Canadian philanthropist best known for founding the Giller Prize which is named after his late wife, Doris Giller, who was a literary columnist for the Toronto Star.

Charles-Eugène Marin was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, he was a physician and psychiatrist by career.

Ayan Faikov Sadakov was a Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.