Famous people died in 17 August

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller was a Canadian-born film director who belted out several hit films in the 1960s and 70s including the classic romantic film, ‘Love Story’

CanadianNovember 22, 1923111 views

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect

GermanMarch 27, 188689 views

Otto Stern

Otto Stern was a German born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943

GermanFebruary 17, 1888128 views

Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker in the first half of the 20th century

FrenchFebruary 4, 1881111 views

Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess was the Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler and the third most important politician in Nazi Germany after Hitler and Hermann Göring

GermanApril 26, 1894220 views

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a famous American feminist, sociologist and novelist

AmericanJuly 3, 1860153 views

Vivian Vance

Vivian Vance was an American actress, best known for playing the role of Ethel Mertz in the long-running American sitcom ‘I Love Lucy.’ This biography profiles her childhood, family, personal life, career, etc.

AmericanJuly 26, 1909233 views

Dashrath Manjhi

Dashrath Manjhi was a poor Indian laborer who single-handedly carved a path through a hillock

Indian1934182 views

Frederick The Great

Frederick II or Frederick the Great was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786

GermanJanuary 24, 1712256 views