List of Famous people who died in 2017
Robert J. Chassell
Robert "Bob" Chassell was one of the founding directors of Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985. While on the Board of Directors, Chassell was also the treasurer for FSF. He left the FSF to become a full-time speaker on free software topics. Bob was born on 22 August 1946, in Bennington, VT. He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2010, and died as a result on 30 June 2017.
Raffaele Calabro
Raffaele Calabro was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Peter Barcaba
Antoni Domènech
Nanni Svampa
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Robert Pierre Sarrabère
Robert Pierre Sarrabére was a Catholic bishop.
Octave Levenspiel
Octave Levenspiel was a professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University (OSU). His principal interest was chemical reaction engineering, and he was the author of a major textbook Chemical Reaction Engineering as well as numerous research publications.
Emin Özdemir
Émile Baffert
Émile Baffert was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1950, he was the winner of the last stage of the 1950 Tour de France. He was born in Grenoble.