List of Famous people who died in 2017

Janusz Kłosiński was a Polish film and theatre actor.

Ismaïl Khelil was a Tunisian politician.

Lars-Erik Skiöld was a Swedish wrestler. He was born in Malmö. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1980. He also competed at the 1976 Olympics, placing fourth. He won a silver medal at the 1977 World Wrestling Championships.

Lazhar Bououni was a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Justice and Human Rights. Prior to this, he was the Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Vito Ortelli was an Italian racing cyclist. Ortelli died on 24 February 2017, aged 95.

Márta Antal-Rudas was a javelin thrower from Hungary. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in ninth, second and fourth place, respectively.

Aleksandr Petrovych Salnikov was a Ukrainian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante was a Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer. He is the author of 20 books.

Jay Cronley was an American newspaper columnist for the Tulsa World and the author of many works of humorous fiction, including Fall Guy, Good Vibes, Quick Change, and Funny Farm. Cronley became a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame in 2002.