Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2017

Wayne Lotter was a South African wildlife conservationist. Lotter was one of the co-founders of the PAMS Foundation, a not for profit conservation organisation based in Tanzania. Lotter also previously served as Vice President of the International Ranger Federation.

Martin A. "Marty" Sklar was a scriptwriter and construction developer. He was The Walt Disney Company's international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs Disney theme parks and resorts across the world. He was formerly vice president of Concepts and Planning for the company, before being promoted to president, then vice chairman and principal creative executive before his final role. Disney honored him with a Disneyland window dedication ceremony on his date of retirement, July 17, 2009.

Wesley Lee Fox was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps colonel with 43 years of service. Fox was a combat veteran — receiving the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, and is considered to be one of the Marine Corps' legendary heroes. After retiring from the Marines Corps, he wrote a book about his career — Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps; and, he served for 8 years as Deputy Commandant for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.

Juan Luis Buñuel Rucar fue un cineasta francés. Era hijo del también cineasta español Luis Buñuel.

Ricardo Emilio Piglia Renzi fue un escritor y crítico literario argentino.

Tzvetan Tódorov fue un lingüista, filósofo, historiador, crítico y teórico literario de expresión de nacionalidad búlgara-francesa.

Nelly Olin was a Minister of Environment in France under Dominique de Villepin's government. From 2004 to 2005, Olin was the Minister-Delegate for Social Security. She was a Senator for the Oise department. She died on 26 October 2017, aged 76.

Wayne Brett Westner was a South African golfer. He was twice winner of the South African Open and also won twice on the European Tour. In partnership with Ernie Els, they won the 1996 World Cup of Golf, played at the Erinvale Golf Club near Cape Town. Els won the individual event with Westner second and the pair won the team event by 18 shots.

Margit Schumann fue una deportista de la RDA que compitió en luge en la modalidad individual.

Dámaso González Carrasco, conocido como Dámaso González en los carteles, fue un torero español.