Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1917

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 1917. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Jan. 1 Agnes Dean Abbatt
• Jan. 1 Paolo Fabrizi
• Jan. 2 Léon Flameng

  French cyclist (d. 1917).

• Jan. 3 Helen Kendrick Johnson
• Jan. 3 Henri Émile Sauvage
• Jan. 5 Isobel Lilian Gloag

  English painter (b. 1865).

• Jan. 6 Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack

  Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834).

• Jan. 9 Luther D. Bradley

  American cartoonist (b. 1853).

• Jan. 10 Buffalo Bill

  American soldier and hunter (d. 1918).

• Jan. 10 Feliks Leparsky

  Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875).

• Jan. 10 Viktor Madarász
• Jan. 16 George Dewey

  American admiral (born 1837).

• Jan. 16 Pasquale D'Ercole
• Jan. 16 Robert Rippon
• Jan. 16 Herbert von Petersdorff
• Jan. 18 IX conte di Elgin Victor Bruce
• Jan. 20 Giacinto Cibrario
• Jan. 20 Avshalom Feinberg
• Jan. 20 Luigi Grazioli
• Jan. 20 VII duca di Atholl John Stewart-Murray
• Jan. 21 Francesca Alexander
• Jan. 21 Vittorio Faustini
• Jan. 22 Bérenger Saunière
• Jan. 27 Frederic Horace Clark
• Jan. 27 William Hall Yale
• Jan. 28 Yikuang
• Jan. 29 Evelyn Baring

  1st earl of cromer, british statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (b. 1841).

• Jan. 29 I conte di Cromer Evelyn Baring
• Jan. 30 Muziano Maria Wiaux