Notable Deaths on March 17

108 people 45 BC – 2025

March 17 has seen 108 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 45 BC – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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Sid Fleischman

2010 — Sid Fleischman

American author and screenwriter (born 1920)

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He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain

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In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient

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nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994

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He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996).

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Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic


Roman general (born 100 BC)
Titus Labienus was a high-ranking military officer in the late Roman Republic. He served as tribune of the Plebs in 63 BC. Although mostly remembered as one of Julius Caesar's best lieutenants in Gaul and mentioned…
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-45
Roman governor of Africa
Publius Attius Varus was the Roman governor of Africa during the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey. He declared against Caesar, and initially fought Gaius Scribonius Curio, who was sent against him in 49 BC.
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-45
Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor (born 121)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of…
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180
Gertrude of Nivelles
Frankish abbess
Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB was an abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is venerated in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions.
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659
bishop of Basel
Haito was the bishop of Basel from 802 and simultaneously abbot of Reichenau Abbey from 806.
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836
Prince of De, prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Li Yu, né Li You, briefly Li Zhen, formally the Prince of De (德王), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the oldest son of the penultimate emperor Emperor Zhaozong and Empress He and was crown…
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905
Kazan
emperor of Japan (born 968)
Emperor Kazan was the 65th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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1008
Harold Harefoot
king of England
Harold I, commonly known as Harold Harefoot, was King of England from 1037 to 1040. His nickname "Harefoot" is first recorded as "Harefoh" or "Harefah" in the twelfth century in the history of Ely Abbey, and according…
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1040
king of Scotland
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin was King of Alba (Scotland) between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.
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1058
Jocelin of Glasgow
Scottish monk and bishop (born 1130)
Jocelin was a Scottish Cistercian monk and cleric who became the fourth Abbot of Melrose before becoming Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland. He was probably born in the 1130s, and in his teenage years became a monk of Melrose…
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1199
Pierre de Montreuil
French architect
Pierre de Montreuil was a French architect. The name formerly given to him by architectural historians, Peter of Montereau, is a misnomer. It was based on his tombstone inscription Musterolo natus, a place name that was…
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1267
Philip of Montfort
French knight and nobleman
Philip Ι of Montfort was lord of La Ferté-Alais and Castres-en-Albigeois 1228–1270, lord of Tyre 1246–1270, and lord of Toron aft. 1240–1270. He was the son of Guy of Montfort and Helvis of Ibelin.
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1270
Go-Saga
emperor of Japan (born 1220)
Emperor Go-Saga was the 88th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1242 through 1246.
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1272
Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Al-Nasir Badr ad-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun, better known as al-Nasir Hasan, was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt, he was of Turkic origin. the seventh son of al-Nasir Muhammad to hold office, reigning twice in…
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1361
Louis of Enghien
French nobleman
Louis of Enghien titular Duke of Athens, Count of Brienne and Lord of Enghien in 1381–1394, Count of Conversano in 1356–1394.
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1394
Ibn Khaldun
Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (born 1332)
Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considered by a number of scholars to be a major…
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1406
Ashikaga Yoshikazu
Japanese shōgun (born 1407)
Ashikaga Yoshikazu was the fifth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1423 to 1425 during the Muromachi period of medieval Japan. Yoshikazu was the son of the fourth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
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1425
Giuliano de' Medici
Italian nobleman (born 1479)
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian nobleman, the third son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and a ruler of Florence.
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1516
Rana Sanga
Indian ruler (born 1482)
Sangram Singh I, most commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Maharana of Mewar from 24 May 1509 until his death in 1528. A member of the Sisodia dynasty, he controlled parts of present-day Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya…
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1527
Scottish theologian and academic (born 1500)
Alexander Ales or Alexander Alesius was a Scottish theologian who emigrated to Germany and became a Lutheran supporter of the Augsburg Confession.
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1565
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Who died on March 17?

Sid Fleischman — American writer (1920–2010)

Death year2010
Known forHis works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history
Deaths on this date108 (45 BC – 2025)

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