The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2017.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
February 2017
1
E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014), heart attack. Anne Arrasmith, 70, American artist and curator. Keith Barber, 72–73, British geographer. Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection. David Peter Battaglia, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–1995). Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar). Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications. Mark Brownson, 41, American baseball player (Colorado Rockies). Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster. Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget), drowning as a result of a seizure. Constantin Dinulescu, 85, Romanian footballer (AS Progresul București). Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian. Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High). *Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax). William Melvin Kelley, 79, American novelist, complications from kidney failure. Basilio Lami Dozo, 88, Argentine military officer. Carter Manny, 98, American architect. Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, president of Morrisons. Oskar A. Munch, 88, Norwegian businessman (ABB Group). Bernardine Portenski, 67, New Zealand long-distance runner, ovarian cancer. Alma Redlinger, 92, Romanian painter. Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), depicted in Band of Brothers. Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism. Antoon Verschoot, 91, Belgian bugler. Esther K. Walling, 76, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1983–1989), cancer. A. N. Yiannopoulos, 88, Greek-born American legal academic.
2
Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer. Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997). Angelo Bissessarsingh, 34, Trinidadian historian and author, pancreatic cancer. Tom Drake, 86, American wrestler and politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1960–1992), Speaker (1983–1987). John Hilton, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), fall. Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician. Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist. George Maderos, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers). Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and literature professor. Peter McArthur, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ringwood (1976–1982). Perry McGriff, 79, American football player and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2002). Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer. Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager (AEK Athens, national team). Ruan Posheng, 100, Chinese politician, member of the National People's Congress (1979–1988). Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer. Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, American cell biologist. Su Hongjun, 76, Chinese astronomer. Gonzalo Taboada, 88, Spanish Olympic bobsledder (1956).