Deceased on May 17
37 famous people found
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Chris CORNELL
American musician, singer and songwriter, lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden
1964 - 2017 -
Paul DUKAS
French composer, critic, scholar and teacher
1865 - 1935 -
Jules SUPERVIELLE
French poet and writer born in Uruguay
1884 - 1960 -
TALLEYRAND
French diplomat
1754 - 1838 -
Joseph FOURIER
French mathematician and physicist
1768 - 1830 -
Charles-Marie-Augustin DE GOYON
French politician
1803 - 1870 -
Armand-Emmanuel DU PLESSIS DE RICHELIEU
French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration
1766 - 1822 -
Francisco DE SANDOVAL Y ROJAS
A favourite of Philip III of Spain, was the first of the validos ('most worthy') through whom the later Habsburg monarchs ruled
1553 - 1625 -
Persifor Frazer SMITH
U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state
1798 - 1858 -
Jean Cavalier
Occitan Huguenot chief of the Camisards
1681 - 1740 -
Bud Anderson
Officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II
1922 - 2024 -
Charlie Colin
American musician, bassist for the rock band Train
1966 - 2024 -
Claudius POPELIN
French painter
1825 - 1892 -
Hervé Mangon
French politician
1821 - 1888 -
Nathaniel Rochester
American Revolutionary War soldier, and land speculator
1752 - 1831 -
Frans Van Cauwelaert
Belgian Roman Catholic politician and lawyer
1880 - 1961 -
John SHELTON
American actor
1915 - 1972 -
Harmon KILLEBREW
American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder
1936 - 2011 -
Asa PACKER
American businessman
1805 - 1879 -
Maurice TÉZÉ
French lyricist
1918 - 2016