Famous people died in 17 July

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was one of America’s most trusted broadcast journalists, best known for anchoring the ‘CBS Evening News.’ Explore more about his childhood, family, personal life, etc.

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz musician, singer and song writer

AmericanApril 7, 1915136 views

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia

RussianJune 18, 1901120 views

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born British artist best remembered for his painting ‘Whistler's Mother’.

AmericanJuly 11, 1834119 views

Alexandra Feodorovna

Alexandra Feodorovna was the last Tsaritsa of the Russian empire

GermanJune 6, 1872129 views

Peter III of Russia

Peter III was the Emperor of Russia who served for merely six months, before he was deposed in 1762

RussianFebruary 21, 1728260 views

Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a Scottish Philosopher and Political Economist

ScottishJune 16, 1723214 views

Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix was an American social reformer who worked for the betterment of the life of the insane

AmericanApril 4, 1802180 views

Nicholas II

Read about the profile, childhood, life and timeline of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland in the biography below.

RussianMay 18, 1868114 views