| 44551 | April 17 | Death | 1960 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938) |
| 44552 | April 17 | Death | 1962 – Henricus Tromp, Dutch rower (b. 1878) |
| 44553 | April 17 | Death | 1967 – Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908) |
| 44554 | April 17 | Death | 1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888) |
| 44555 | April 17 | Death | 1976 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) |
| 44556 | April 17 | Death | 1977 – William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913) |
| 44557 | April 17 | Death | 1983 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain) (b. 1939) |
| 44558 | April 17 | Death | 1984 – Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912) |
| 44559 | April 17 | Death | 1984 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933) |
| 44560 | April 17 | Death | 1985 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (b. 1922) |
| 44561 | April 17 | Death | 1985 – Evadne Price, Australian actress and astrologer (b. 1888) |
| 44562 | April 17 | Death | 1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901) |
| 44563 | April 17 | Death | 1987 – Dick Shawn, American actor and singer (b. 1923) |
| 44564 | April 17 | Death | 1988 – Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900) |
| 44565 | April 17 | Death | 1990 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936) |
| 44566 | April 17 | Death | 1993 – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927) |
| 44567 | April 17 | Death | 1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
| 44568 | April 17 | Death | 1995 – Frank E. Resnik, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928) |
| 44569 | April 17 | Death | 1996 – Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905) |
| 44570 | April 17 | Death | 1997 – Chaim Herzog, Irish-Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918) |
| 44571 | April 17 | Death | 1998 – Linda McCartney, American singer-songwriter, photographer, and activist (Paul McCartney and Wings) (b. 1941) |
| 44572 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930) |
| 44573 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (b. 1936) |
| 44574 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist (b. 1932) |
| 44575 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – Earl King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) |
| 44576 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, Russian conjoined twins (b. 1950) |
| 44577 | April 17 | Death | 2003 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (b. 1910) |
| 44578 | April 17 | Death | 2004 – Soundarya, Indian actress and producer (b. 1971) |
| 44579 | April 17 | Death | 2004 – Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (b. 1908) |
| 44580 | April 17 | Death | 2006 – Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (b. 1907) |