Notable deaths on August 17

English actor (1938–2025)

Brazilian television presenter and business magnate (1930–2024)

British countess (1933–2024)

Canadian film and television director (1923–2016)

German politician and sports administrator (1933–2015)

Hungarian cardinal

American actress (1937–2015)

Norwegian Lutheran priest and anti-abortion activist

Serbian writer (1928–2014)

Musical artist

American mayor (1917–2014)

German political author and historian

American economist and historian

American painter (1924–2013)

Dutch World War II hero

American baseball player (1927–2013)

American poet and literary critic (1929–2013)

American politician (1938–2013)

Norwegian politician (1915–2012)

Canadian politician (1930–2012)

French entrepreneur and CEO

American engineer and computer pioneer

President of Italy from 1985 to 1992

Italian businessman (1926–2008)