Introduction
An Obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, most commonly along with the details of the person's life and information about the upcoming funeral. World Obituaries 2017 lists the obituaries of important and influential individuals who died in the year 2017. The list has names of esteemed personalities who have made significant contributions through out their tenure. It is a token of gratitude to realize their contributions and visionary to pave way for future establishments. Most of the recruitment exams in India have questions related to the obituaries of famous personalities.
Obituaries
The list below has the names of prominent personalities who have died in 2017 across the globe.
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Former President | Iran |
| Alexander M Kadakin | Russian Ambassador to India | Russia |
| Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan | Sitar maestro, Maharashtra | India |
| Buddy Greco | Jazz and pop singer and Pianist | USA |
| C.G. Weeramantry | Jurists | Srilanka |
| Clare Hollingworth | Veteran British war correspondent & Journalist | UK |
| C.V. Vishveshwara | Scientist and black hole physicist. | India |
| Chandrakant Chhajed | Politician, Maharashtra | India |
| Deepak Roy | Film director | India |
| Devdutt | Journalist | India |
| Eugene Cernan | Astronaut | USA |
| Gangmumei Kabui | Historian & Politician, Manipur | India |
| Gita Sen | Actress | India |
| H S Mahadeva Prasad | Politician, Karnataka | India |
| John Berger | Novelist and visionary writer | France |
| John Hurt | British actor & Harry Porter actor | Britain |
| Jean Vuarnet | Former French skier | USA |
| K M Philip | Former MRF director | India |
| K V Pusa | Potlician, Nagaland | Inida |
| Mario Soares | Former prime minister and president | Portugal |
| Masaya Nakamura | Father of Pac-Man | Japan |
| Mary Tyler Moore | Actress | USA |
| Mangal Negi | Political And Social Activist, Chhattisgarh | India |
| Naqsh Lyallpuri | Urdu poet and lyricist | India |
| Oliver Smithies | Eneticist and physical biochemist. | USA |
| Om Puri | Actor | India |
| Roman Herzog | Former president | German |
| Saral Deb | Politician, West Bengal | India |
| Surjit Singh Barnala | Former Chief Minister of Punjab & governor of Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar islands. | India |
| Tarun Prasad | Politician, Chhattisgarh | India |
| William Christopher | Actor | USA |
| William Peter Blatty | Author and Director | USA |
| Zygmunt Bauman | Sociologists | UK |
| Zhou Youguang | Father of Pinyin | China |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Al Jarreau | Legendary jazz singer | USA |
| Alan Simpson | Screenwriter | UK |
| Asim Basu | Theatre personality, actor, director, artist, painter and writer from Odisha | India |
| Altamas Kabir | Former Chief Justice of India (39th CJI) | India |
| Bano Qudsia | Urdu novelist and playwriter | Pakistan |
| Banasree Sengupta | Bengali singer , West Bengal | India |
| Dick Bruna | Author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer | Netherland |
| E Ahamed | Former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader | India |
| Gangadayal Awasthi | Social worker and RSS activist, Maharashtra | India |
| Jiro Taniguchi | Writer | Japan |
| Joginder Singh | Former CBI Director | India |
| Jambuwantrao Dhote | Former Nagpur MP and firebrand leader | India |
| Kaci Kullmann | Chair-woman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | Norway |
| Kenneth J Arrow | Nobel-winning economist, Mathematician | USA |
| Nizamuddin | Indian National Army veteran | India |
| Piet Keizer | Former professional football player | Netherland |
| Pathani Patnaik | Educationist and litterateur, Odisha | India |
| Pandit Dharmsheel Chaturvedi | Writer and journalist, Uttar Pradesh | India |
| P. Shiv Shankar | Former Union Minister , Telangana | India |
| Racharla Samrajyam | Freedom Fighter, Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Sir Peter Mansfield | Physicist and Nobel laureate | UK |
| Suranjit Sengupta Das | Awami League Leader | Bangladesh |
| Shibaji Banerjee | Former Mohun Bagan goalkeeper , West Bengal | India |
| T V Parasuram | Journalist | India |
| Vitaly Churkin | Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations | Russia |
| Ved Prakash | Hindi novelist, Uttar Pradesh | India |
| V. K. Srinivasan | Noted bureaucrat, columnist , Telangana | India |
| Yudhisthir Joshi | Marathi journalist , Maharashtra | India |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Filmmaker and Children’s Author | USA |
| Ahmed Kathrada | South African anti-apartheid activist | South Africa |
| Arvind Padmanabhan | Journalist | India |
| Ashwin Sundar | Former Car Racer | India |
| Asokamitran | Tamil Writer | India |
| Arun Sarma | Playwrighter | India |
| Chuck Berry | Guitarist, singer and songwriter | USA |
| Chinu Modi | Gujarati poet, novelist, story-writer | India |
| Dr. Thomas Starzl | Father of modern transplantation | USA |
| David Rockefeller | Philanthropist | USA |
| Derek Walcott | Poet and playwrighter | Saint Lucia |
| Dr N M Nampoothiri | Historian and writer | India |
| Diphan | Malayalam film director | India |
| Dev Raj Sikka | Meteorologist | India |
| George Olah | Chemistry Nobel laureate | USA |
| Gurdev Singh Badal | Politician, Panjgrain constituency | India |
| Haji Abdul Salam | Politician (Wabagai assembly constituency), Manipur | India |
| John Surtees | F1 Legend | UK |
| Kalikaprasad Bhattarcharya | Bengali folk music singer | India |
| M Chandrakasu | Former Puducherry Minister | India |
| Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Politician, Odisha | India |
| Raymond Kopa | Former Football player | France |
| Rene Preval | Former President | Haiti |
| Ronald Drever | Physicist | UK |
| Ronnie Moran | Former Football player | UK |
| Rabi Ray | Politician, Puri parliamentary constituency, Odisha | India |
| Syed Shahabuddin | Former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer | India |
| Taarak Mehta | Gujarati Writer | India |
| T. R. Andhyarujina | Eminent Jurist and Senior Advocate | India |
| Umesh Sood | Former football player | India |
| Yumnam Yaima Singh | Politician (Oinam Constituency), Manipur | India |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Allan Holdsworth | Guitar Pioneer | USA |
| Ajey Jhankar | Author and filmmaker | India |
| Akhilesh Das Gupta | Ex-Union minister and Badminton Association of India, UP | India |
| Ali Mohammad Naika | Former speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | India |
| Begum Yaman K. Khan | Sufi legend | India |
| Carme Chacon | Former Defence Minister | Spain |
| Don Rickles | Comedian | USA |
| Devineni Rajashekhar | Former Andhra Pradesh minister | India |
| Emma Morano | Last known survivor of 19th Century dies | Italy |
| Gilbert Baker | LGBT Rainbow flag creator | USA |
| Germaine Mason | Olympic silver medallist | Britain |
| Girish Chandra Saxena | Former J&K Governor | India |
| Ikutaro Kakehashi | Roland founder and music pioneer | Japan |
| James Rosenquist | Pop art pioneer | USA |
| Jonathan Demme | Oscar-winning director | USA |
| Kishori Amonkar | Hindustani classical vocalis | India |
| Mark Wainberg | HIV/AIDS researcher | Canada |
| Munshi Venu | Malayalam actor | India |
| Narayan Sanyal | Top Maoist Leader | India |
| Narsingh Baitha | Former Bihar Minister | India |
| Nora Chopra | Journalist | India |
| Robert W. Taylor | Computer pioneer | USA |
| Rasa Popov | Legendary writer for children | Serbia |
| Vinod Khanna | Bollywood actor and politician | India |
| Vinu Chakravarthy | Actor-director of Tamil Films | India |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| A.R. Penck | Artist | German |
| Arjun Tulshiram Pawar | Former Maharashtra Minister, Kalwan | India |
| Anil Madhav Dave | Union environment minister, Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Chris Cornel | Musician, singer and songwriter | USA |
| Constantine Mitsotakis | Former Prime Minister | Greece |
| Captain Chand Roop | Dronacharya award and wrestler | India |
| Dasari Narayana Rao | Veteran Filmmaker | India |
| Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | Former junta Chief | Mauritania |
| Kanwar Pal Singh Gill | Former Punjab Director General of Police | India |
| Karan Singh | Himachal Pradesh Cabinet Minister | India |
| Kiran Ashar | Former cricketer | India |
| Lura Biagiotti | Fashion designer | Italy |
| Leila Seth | First woman chief justice of a Delhi high court Justice (retd) | India |
| Mauno Koivisto | First leftist president | Finland |
| Min Bahadur Sherchan | Mountaineer | Nepal |
| Manuel Noriega | Former Panamanian dictator | Panama |
| Mathunny Mathews | Indian Businessman | Kuwait |
| Pratap Singh Baghel | Former Madhya Pradesh minister - Dhar | India |
| Parvathamma Rajkumar | Film producer | India |
| R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha | Chairman of Ramco Group | India |
| Reema Lagoo | Actress | India |
| Rammohan Rao | Former Principal Information Officer (PIO) | India |
| Stanley Weston | ACTV Founder & GI Joe Inventor | USA |
| Stanley Greene | Photojournalist | USA |
| Sir Roger Moore | James Bond actor | UK |
| Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy | Former Puducherry Chief Minister | India |
| Ueli Steck | Climber | Switzerland |
| Ustad Raees Khan | Sitar player | Pakistan |
| Wajahat Attre | Music director | Pakistan |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Adam West | TV's Batman actor | USA |
| Adnan Khashoggi | Arms dealer | Saudi Arabia |
| Ajmer Singh Aulakh | Punjabi playwright | India |
| Amrit Pal | Bollywood actor | India |
| Atmasthanandaji Maharaj | President of Ramakrishna Mission | India |
| Baldwin Lonsdale | Former President | Vanuatu |
| Basudev Chatterji | Historian, former ICHR chairman | India |
| Carla Fendi | Fashion legend | Italy |
| C Narayana Reddy | Telugu poet and writer | India |
| Desh Bandhu Gupta | Founder and chairman of Lupin Limited | India |
| Era Sezhiyan | Tamil politician | India |
| Helmut Kohl | Father of German reunification | German |
| John Avildsen | Director | USA |
| Juan Goytisolo | Writer | Spain |
| ‘Kaviko’ Abdul Rahman | Tamil poet | India |
| K.R. Mohanan | Filmmaker | India |
| Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann | Former President of the UN General Assembly | USA |
| Michael Nyqvist | Actor | Sweden |
| Mehrunnisa Dalwai | Prominent Muslim activist | India |
| N Gurusamy | Former CPI legislator | India |
| O N Dhar | Former bureaucrat | India |
| Palvai Govardhan Reddy | Politician, Telangana | India |
| P N Bhagwati | Former Chief Justice of India | India |
| S S Khaplang | National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, NSCN (K) leader | Myanmar |
| Sam Beazley | Harry Potter's actor | UK |
| Shivraj | Character actor, Hindi | India |
| Scientist P K Kaw | Plasma physicist | India |
| Sabita Chowdhury | Bengali and Hindi films Singer | India |
| T.S.V. Hari | Journalist | India |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| A. Mohanakrishnan | Water expert and former Cauvery Technical Cell Chairman | India |
| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | IS supreme leader | Iraq |
| Chester Bennington | Singer | USA |
| Dharam Singh | Politician (Former Karnataka CM) | India |
| Elsa Martinelli | Actress | Italy |
| Gour Ghosh | Former Bengal and Jharkhand First-Class cricketer | India |
| Inder Kumar | Actor | India |
| John Blackwell | Drummer | USA |
| Kubersingh Saklecha | Freedom fighter & Social worker | India |
| K.E. Mammen | Freedom fighter | India |
| Liu Xiaobo | Writer (Nobel laureate) | China |
| Maryam Mirzakhani | Mathematician | Iran |
| Minaketan Das | Actor | India |
| Madhukar Toradmal | Actor-writer | India |
| Mangesh Tendulkar | Cartoonist | India |
| Martin Landau | Actor | USA |
| Mervyn Rose | Tennis Player (Former Grand Slam champion) | Australia |
| Nelsan Ellis | Actor | USA |
| Naresh Chandra | Former Indian Ambassador to U.S. | India |
| Nar Bahadur Bhandari | Politician (Former Sikkim CM) | India |
| P Chandra Sekharan | Forensic expert | India |
| Ravinder Randev | Journalist | India |
| Ray Phiri | Jazz musician | South Africa |
| Red West | Actor-song writer | USA |
| Simone Veil | Feminist politician | France |
| Sumita Sanyal | Actress | India |
| Shivajirao Patil | Politician | India |
| Sudripta Roy | IAS (Former Himachal Pradesh chief secretary) | India |
| Uzhavoor Vijayan | Politician | India |
| UR Rao | Space scientist ( Former ISRO Chief) | India |
| Yash Pal | Scientist | India |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Ajmer Sanwar Lal Jat | Former Union minister and BJP MP | India |
| Ahmed Khan | Legendary footballer and Olympian | India |
| Brian Aldiss | Science fiction author | UK |
| Dick Gregory | Comedian, civil rights activist | USA |
| Gyan Singh Sohanpal | Former West Bengal minister | India |
| Joe Bologna | Actor-screenwriter | Newyork |
| Jyoti Gupta | Woman hockey player | India |
| Jerry Lewis | US comedian | USA |
| Jay Thomas | ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Cheers’ Actor | US |
| MK Damodaran | Former Advocate General of Kerala | India |
| Pushpa Mittra Bhargava | Veteran Molecular biologist | India |
| Robert Hardy | Harry Potter actor | UK |
| Rishang Keishing | Former Manipur CM | India |
| Ramananda Sengupta | India’s oldest cinematographer | India |
| Santosh Mohan Dev | Senior Congress leader and former Union minister | Assam, India |
| Sam Shepard | Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright | U.S |
| Sitaram Panchal | Acclaimed Bollywood actor | India |
| Sifiso Thabethe | Bodybuilder | South Africa |
| Shanmuga sundaram | Actor | India |
| S Paul | Veteran photographer | India |
| Ted Corbett | Veteran sports journalist | UK |
| Tom Pritchard | New Zealand’s oldest cricketer | NZ |
| Tony de Brum | Politician | Marshal Lands |
| Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar | Eminent Dhrupad singer | Rajasthan,India |
| Vishvjit P Singh | Rajya Sabha Ex-MP | India |
| Vijay Nambisan | Poet, Writer | India |
| Yisrael Kristal | World’s oldest man | Israel |
| Name of the Person | Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Arjan Singh | Marshal of the IAF | India |
| Arun Sadhu | Marathi writer, journalist | India |
| Charles Bradley | Charles Bradley | USA |
| Dr. K. S. Chugh | Doctor (Father of Nephrology in India) | India |
| Dwijen Bandyopadhyay | Bengali actor | India |
| Edith Windsor | LGBT rights activist | USA |
| Eman Ahmed | Former world’s heaviest woman | Egypt |
| Frank Vincent | Actor | USA |
| Hugh Hefner | Playboy magazine founder | USA |
| John Ashbery | Poet | USA |
| Jomde Kena | Politician (Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister ) | India |
| Jake LaMotta | Boxing | USA |
| Kiyanilie Peseyie | Nagaland Politician | India |
| Liliane Bettencourt | world’s richest woman | France |
| Mahant Chandnath | Politician | Rajasthan, India |
| Mohammed Taslimuddin | Politician (RJD leader ) | India |
| Makhan Lal Fotedar | Politician | India |
| PP Rao | Constitutional law expert and Advocate | India |
| Qamarul Islam | Politician (Ex-Karnataka minister) | India |
| R.N. Sudarshan | Kannada Actor | India |
| RM Bhagawati | Journalist | India |
| Sumiteru Taniguchi | Nagasaki Survivor and Nuclear Arms Foe | Japan |
| Shirish Atre-Pai | Marathi poet | India |
| Sultan Ahmed | Politician | India |
| Syed Mustafiz Ahmed | Politician | India |
| Stanislav Petrov | Former Soviet military officer | Russia |
| Suryamani Panda | Freedom fighter | India |
| Tom Alter | Actor | India |
| Violet Mosse Brown | World’s Oldest Person | Jamaica |