Editing August 17 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edmond Audran]], French organist and composer (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Letellier |first1=Robert Ignatius |title=Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume I |date=5 October 2015 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-8425-9 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5jWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA281}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haverkamp |first1=Ernst |title=Gude, Hans Fredrik |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T035369}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Radoje Domanović]], Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian activist (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jagga |first1=Raakhi |title=Who was Madan Lal Dhingra, freedom fighter hanged at 24 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/madan-lal-dhingra-8896635/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Indian Express |date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moisei Uritsky]], Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (b. 1891)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ioan Slavici]], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Adam Gunn]], American decathlete (b. 1872)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]], American sociologist and author (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lynne E.|last=Ford|title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|year=2007|isbn=978-0-81605-491-6|page=209}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[José María of Manila]], Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy Fiske]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Day by day: 17 August 1940 |url=https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/learn/the-battle-of-britain/day-by-day/#17-august-1940 |website=The Battle of Britain Memorial |access-date=14 August 2020 |quote=Today say the death of Pilot Officer Billy Fiske of No 601 Squadron, one of the American volunteers to fly with the RAF in the Battle.  Fiske's Hurricane had been hit by return fire from a Ju 87 over Bognor Regis the day before and had forced-landed back at Tangmere on fire. At the time the airfield was being bombed, but groundcrew carried him clear. He had appeared to be recovering in hospital before his death from burns and shock. |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923000423/https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/learn/the-battle-of-britain/day-by-day/#17-august-1940 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Reidar Haaland]], Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fox (fencer)|Arthur Fox]], English-American fencer (b. 1878)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Ken Miles]], English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otto Stern]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Toennies |first1=J.P. |last2=Schmidt-Böcking |first2=H. |last3=Friedrich |first3=B. |last4=Lower |first4=J.C.A. |title=Otto Stern (1888–1969): The founding father of experimental atomic physics |journal=Annalen der Physik |date=20 December 2011 |volume=523 |issue=12 |pages=1045–1070 |doi=10.1002/andp.201100228|arxiv=1109.4864 }}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rattana Pestonji]], Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1914)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. 1880)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Conrad Aiken]], American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French pianist and composer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Griffiths |first1=Paul |title=Barraqué, Jean |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02103}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Temptations Singer Found Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-paul-williams-death/22970797/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=19 August 1973 |via=Newspapers.com |page=67}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Delmer Daves]], American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite news |title=SERVICES TOMORROW FOR DELMER L DAVES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/19/archives/services-tomorrow-for-delmer-l-daves-motion-picture-producer-writer.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 1977}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[John C. Allen]], American [[roller coaster]] designer (b. 1907)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Vivian Vance]], American actress and singer (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Cecil |title=From the Archives: Comedienne Vivian Vance Dies at 66 |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-vivian-vance-19790818-snap-story.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 August 1979}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ira Gershwin]], American songwriter (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Bordman |first1=Gerald |last2=Hischak |first2=Thomas S. |title=Gershwin, Ira |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45732}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gary Chester]], Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Rudolf Hess]], German soldier and politician (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite news |title=Rudolf Hess Is Dead in Berlin; Last of the Hitler Inner Circle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/18/obituaries/rudolf-hess-is-dead-in-berlin-last-of-the-hitler-inner-circle.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 1987}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Shaike Ophir]], Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Shaike Ophir Dead at 58 |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/shaike-ophir-dead-at-58 |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=20 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani general and politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Umar |first1=Ghulam |title=[News of President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's Death] |journal=Pakistan Horizon |date=1988 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=i–v |jstor=41393865 |issn=0030-980X}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)<ref name=fdr />
*  1988   &ndash; [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]], Australian actress (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=Victoria Shaw, model who went to Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-victoria-shaw/22018429/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 August 1988 |via=Newspapers.com |page=4}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pearl Bailey]], American actress and singer (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=John S. |title=Pearl Bailey, Musical Star and Humorist, Is Dead at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/19/obituaries/pearl-bailey-musical-star-and-humorist-is-dead-at-72.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 1990}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siano |first1=Joseph |title=Luigi Chinetti Sr., 93, Automobile Importer and Champion Racer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/20/obituaries/luigi-chinetti-sr-93-automobile-importer-and-champion-racer.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=20 August 1994}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Jack Morrison (rugby league)|Jack Morrison]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jack-morrison/summary.html|title=Jack Morrison - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer and referee (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Robert Mcg, Jr |title=Jack Sharkey, Boxing Champion, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/19/obituaries/jack-sharkey-boxing-champion-dies-at-91.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 1994}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Howard E. Koch]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=Howard Koch, a Screenwriter For 'Casablanca,' Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/18/obituaries/howard-koch-a-screenwriter-for-casablanca-dies-at-93.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 1995}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite AuDB | first=John |last=Lack |id2=whitten-edward-james-ted-27937 |title=Edward James (Ted) Whitten (1933–1995) |volume=19 |date=2021}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Władysław Komar]], Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)<ref name="pole">{{cite news |title=PLUS: TRACK AND FIELD; Two Polish Athletes Killed in Car Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/19/sports/plus-track-and-field-two-polish-athletes-killed-in-car-crash.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 1998}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)<ref name="pole" />
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jack Walker]], English businessman (b. 1929)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Thea Astley]], Australian author and educator (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |title=Thea Astley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1470360/Thea-Astley.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=28 August 2004}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[John N. Bahcall]], American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis |title=John N. Bahcall, 70, Dies; Astrophysicist at Princeton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/nyregion/john-n-bahcall-70-dies-astrophysicist-at-princeton.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 2005}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]], Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Radice |first1=William |title=Shamsur Rahman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/sep/15/culture.obituaries |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=15 September 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bill Deedes]], English journalist and politician (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ingrams |first1=Richard |title=Lord Deedes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/18/guardianobituaries.obituaries1 |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=17 August 2007}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. 1982)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franco Sensi]], Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cossiga]], Italian lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sassoon |first1=Donald |title=Francesco Cossiga obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/francesco-cossiga-obituary |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=18 August 2010}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aase Bjerkholt]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion]] (b. 1915)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Victor Poor]], American engineer, developed the [[Datapoint 2200]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Markoff |first1=John |title=Victor Poor, Who Helped Create Early Intel Chips, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/technology/victor-poor-intel-computer-chip-innovator-dies-at-79.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 August 2012}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Patrick Ricard (entrepreneur)|Patrick Ricard]], French businessman (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hevesi |first1=Dennis |title=Patrick Ricard, Who Expanded Spirits Company, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/business/global/patrick-ricard-expanded-spirits-company-dies-at-67.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=24 August 2012}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[John Lynch-Staunton]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4329|nolist=yes|2=The Hon. John Lynch-Staunton, Senator}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Odilia Dank]], American educator and politician (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Okla. lawmaker dies at 74 after cancer |url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/former-okla-lawmaker-dies-at-74-after-cancer/article_1b0ae510-9468-52ad-9539-f8abf061e501.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Norman Transcript |agency=The Associated Press |date=20 August 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jack Harshman]], American baseball player (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gabcik |first1=John |title=Jack Harshman |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jack-harshman/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[John Hollander]], American poet and critic (b. 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David Landes]], Jewish-American historian and economist (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/us/david-s-landes-historian-and-author-is-dead-at-89.html |title=David S. Landes, Historian and Author, Is Dead at 89 |date=7 September 2013 |access-date=7 October 2023 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Martínez (artist)|Frank Martínez]], American painter (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Gus Winckel]], Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Børre Knudsen]], Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolfgang Leonhard - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11087532/Wolfgang-Leonhard-obituary.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 September 2014}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Sophie Masloff]], American civil servant and politician, 56th [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Sophie Masloff, Ex-Mayor of Pittsburgh, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/sophie-masloff-ex-mayor-of-pittsburgh-dies-at-96.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 2014}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Miodrag Pavlović]], Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Pierre Vassiliu]], French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Yvonne Craig]], American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Yvonne Craig obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/23/yvonne-craig |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder]], German businessman (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former German football association chief Mayer-Vorfelder dead |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/former-german-football-association-chief-mayer-vorfelder-dead-115081800764_1.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[László Paskai]], Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cardinal Paskai, Hungarian Church leader, dies at 88 |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/cardinal-paskai-hungarian-church-leader-dies-at-88/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=The Catholic Herald |agency=Catholic News Service |date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Arthur Hiller]], Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=2016-08-17 |title=Arthur Hiller, 'Love Story' Director and Box-Office Magnet, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/movies/arthur-hiller-dead.html |access-date=2022-11-16 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie]], British countess (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The |date=2024-08-21 |title=Virginia, Countess of Airlie obituary: lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/virginia-countess-of-airlie-obituary-lady-of-the-bedchamber-to-elizabeth-ii-0s89hmrjs |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Silvio Santos]], Brazilian media mogul and television host (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lvares |first=Y.Dbora |date=2024-08-17 |title=Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-rio-de-janeiro-jair-bolsonaro-santos-b2597817.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Independent}}</ref>
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