Famous people and celebrities who died in July 1917

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in July 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

• July 3 Albert Dossenbach
• July 3 Fabrizio Ruffo
• July 3 Zoltán Speidl
• July 5 Emil Goeldi
• July 5 Percival Molson
• July 8 Tom Thomson

  Canadian painter (born in 1877).

• July 12 Hugo Simberg
• July 13 James Dwight
• July 14 Octave Lapize

  French road cycling racer, known as "le frisa(c)," or "tatave", won the "tour de france", 1910.

• July 14 Tullio Pinelli
• July 14 Ludwig Drescher
• July 14 Luisa Margherita di Prussia
• July 16 Philipp Scharwenka

  Polish-german composer and educator (d. 1917).

• July 16 Luigi Avogadro di Collobiano Arborio
• July 16 Vincenz Hrubý
• July 16 Enrico Reffo
• July 17 Arturo Reggio
• July 19 Guillaume Guidé
• July 19 Makarij
• July 20 Ignaz Sowinski

  Galician architect (b. 1858).

• July 20 Jurij Vladimirovič Gilšer
• July 21 Matthias Zurbriggen
• July 27 Emil Theodor Kocher

  Prize laureate for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland.

• July 28 Giuseppe Frola
• July 28 Waldemar Tietgens
• July 31 Hedd Wyn

  Welsh language poet (b. 1887).

• July 31 Francis Ledwidge

  Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881).