Famous people died in 17 January

Zhao Ziyang was the third Prime Minister of People's Republic of China

Albert Jacka was an Australian military man hailed for his gallantry during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I

Camilo José Cela was a renowned Spanish writer from the post war Spanish literature period

Paulus Potter was a celebrated Dutch painter during seventeenth century

Francis Galton was a famous English psychologist and geneticist who founded psychometrics and eugenics

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo

Richard Lower was a British physician who came up with several ground-breaking concepts in medical science

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Bobby Fischer is considered one of the greatest chess players of all times

Barbara Jordan was an American politician and leader of the Civil Rights Movement

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