List of Famous people who died in 2017

Shanmugasundaram was an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He began his career as an actor by starring in Ratha Thilagam (1963) and Karnan (1964), and continued his career for seven decades. He has acted in over 500 Films in Tamil cinema industry. He died on 15 August 2017.

Alain Berbérian was a French film director and writer of Armenian descent.

Helen Dunmore FRSL was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. She won the National Poetry Competition award.

David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort GCC, known as David Somerset until 1984, was an English peer and major landowner.

Edgardo Bruna del Campo was a Chilean actor, musician, theater director, and social activist, recognized for his long career in various productions and plays.

Joseph Leo Baxendale was an English cartoonist and publisher. Baxendale wrote and drew several titles. Among his best known creations are the Beano strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, and The Three Bears.

Miho Nakayama was a Japanese comedian. Her real name was Mihoko Ishida .

Lawrence N. Shaw was an American physicist, curator, artist and founder of Pi Day. Shaw worked at the San Francisco science museum The Exploratorium for 33 years, performing just about every function for the museum. He was a key member of the arts and technology community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Gerd Friedrich Bollmann was a German politician. A member of the SPD, Bollman served in the Bundestag from 2002 to 2013, representing the electoral district of Herne – Bochum II.

Klaus Huber was a Swiss composer and academic based in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students were Brian Ferneyhough, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Kaija Saariaho. He received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2009, among other awards.