| 18811 | February 17 | Death | 1961 – Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887) |
| 18812 | February 17 | Death | 1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897) |
| 18813 | February 17 | Death | 1962 – Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907) |
| 18814 | February 17 | Death | 1962 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876) |
| 18815 | February 17 | Death | 1966 – Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880) |
| 18816 | February 17 | Death | 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 18817 | February 17 | Death | 1970 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900) |
| 18818 | February 17 | Death | 1976 – Bill Boswell, Australian public servant (b. 1911) |
| 18819 | February 17 | Death | 1976 – Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (b. 1910) |
| 18820 | February 17 | Death | 1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922) |
| 18821 | February 17 | Death | 1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922) |
| 18822 | February 17 | Death | 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917) |
| 18823 | February 17 | Death | 1982 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian-American actor and director (b. 1901) |
| 18824 | February 17 | Death | 1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895) |
| 18825 | February 17 | Death | 1988 – John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923) |
| 18826 | February 17 | Death | 1988 – Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924) |
| 18827 | February 17 | Death | 1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908) |
| 18828 | February 17 | Death | 1990 – Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (b. 1951) |
| 18829 | February 17 | Death | 1990 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901) |
| 18830 | February 17 | Death | 1990 – Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (b. 1906) |
| 18831 | February 17 | Death | 1994 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (b. 1951) |
| 18832 | February 17 | Death | 1997 – Joe Kieyoomia, American soldier (b. 1919) |
| 18833 | February 17 | Death | 1998 – Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (b. 1895) |
| 18834 | February 17 | Death | 1998 – Bob Merrill, American composer and songwriter (b. 1921) |
| 18835 | February 17 | Death | 2001 – Bob Geary, Canadian football player, coach, and manager (b. 1933) |
| 18836 | February 17 | Death | 2001 – Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (b. 1948) |
| 18837 | February 17 | Death | 2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979) |
| 18838 | February 17 | Death | 2004 – José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico (b. 1920) |
| 18839 | February 17 | Death | 2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (b. 1919) |
| 18840 | February 17 | Death | 2005 – Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1935) |