Notable deaths on July 17

American lyricists and songwriters

Austrian skydiver and extreme sportsman (1969–2025)

Polish actress (1966–2025)

American singer, songwriter and scholar (1942–2024)

Chinese actress (1946–2024)

British botanist (1949–2024)

American basketball player (1940–2024)

Russian-Australian pair skater (2000–2020)

American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)

German historian, blogger and fraudster (1987–2019)

French racing driver (1989–2015)

British historian and academic (1916–2015)

American actress (1925–2014)

American astronaut (1933–2014)

Dutch clinical researcher (1954–2014)

Australian author (1957–2014)

German-American artist (1928–2014)

Malaysian businesswoman and actress (1976–2014)

Dutch politician (1952–2014)

Scottish footballer and manager

French-Algerian journalist (1921–2013)

Italian screenwriter

Musical artist

British politician (1954–2012)