List of Famous people who died in 2017

Richard "Racehorse" Haynes was a Texas criminal defense attorney. He became a star of the legal world after prevailing in a series of seemingly impossible murder trials in Texas in the 1970s and 1980s. Time magazine named him one of the top defense attorneys in the nation.

Nancy L. Zieman was an American author and designer widely known as the host of the television show Sewing with Nancy.

Michael Richard Hall was a British cyclist and race organiser who specialised in self-supported ultra-distance cycling races. In 2012, he won the inaugural World Cycle Race. In 2013 and 2016, he won the Tour Divide ultra-endurance mountain bike race across the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. In 2014, he won the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race, a road-based event from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast in the United States. From 2013, he was the principal organiser of the Transcontinental Race, an event similar to the TransAm Bicycle Race, but that traverses Europe. Michael Hall was also featured in the cycling film Inspired to Ride a film directed by Mike Dion.

Kevin Cadle was a British-based American sports presenter and former basketball coach.

Daisuke Satō was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and manga writer. He was known for his alternate history novels Seito and Red Sun Black Cross, among others. He wrote the story for his manga Imperial Guards and Highschool of the Dead. Imperial Guards was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007 and for the first Manga Taishō in 2008. He died on March 22, 2017 from ischaemic heart disease.

Joseph Rago was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American political writer, best known for his work at The Wall Street Journal.

Kundan Shah was an Indian film director and writer. He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and his 1985–1986, TV series Nukkad with Saeed Akhtar Mirza.

José Manuel Maza Martín was a Spanish prosecutor, judge, criminologist and writer. He served as the 89th Attorney General of Spain from November 2016 until his death on 18 November 2017.

Mariann Mayberry was an American television and stage actress.

Ilya Glazunov was a Russian artist from Saint Petersburg. He was the founder of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow where he also served as a rector up until his death. He held the title of People's Artist of Russia.