page_title: Deaths in January 2017
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in January 2017 / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Tony Atkinson at the Festival of Economics in TrentoItaliano: Tony Atkinson al Festival dell'Economia di Trento.
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2017.
  Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death and most importantly a source.
caption: Tony Atkinson
  1944 – 2017
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