List of Famous people who died in 2017

Egil Ragnar Monn-Iversen was a Norwegian musician, one of the most influential modern composers in Norway. He has had many important roles in Norwegian music, film, opera, television, comedy and theater. For some time he had so much influence in Norwegian culture that he got the nickname The Godfather, even though he has always considered himself a down-to-earth musician.

Francis Xavier Atencio, also known as X Atencio was an animator and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company. He is perhaps best known for writing the scripts and song lyrics of the Disney theme park attractions, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion.

Mehtab Kaur, was the second wife of the ninth and the last Maharaja of Patiala Yadavindra Singh (1914–1974). She was the mother of Amarinder Singh, the current Chief Minister of Punjab. Had it not been for the erstwhile Indian princely families being stripped of their titles in 1971, upon the death of her husband she would have been considered Rajmata, and in popular usage is commonly referred to as such.

Tharwat Bassily Ph.D., was an Egyptian businessman, he graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 1967, also he was founder and Chairman of the Board of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company S.A.E., one of the leading private pharmaceutical companies in Egypt. He was also the undersecretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a member of the Shura Council, and the founder of Coptic TV.