Famous Deaths on August 27, Who Died on August 27
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1146 | King Eric III of Denmark |
| 1255 | Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (b. 1247) |
| 1312 | Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1261) |
| 1394 | Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343) |
| 1450 | Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) |
| 1521 | Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1450) |
| 1545 | Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487) |
| 1576 | Titian, Italian painter and educator (b. 1488) |
| 1590 | Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521) |
| 1611 | Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548) |
| 1635 | Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562) |
| 1664 | Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598) |
| 1748 | James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700) |
| 1782 | John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist (b.1754) |
| 1828 | Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744) |
| 1857 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815) |
| 1865 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796) |
| 1871 | William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794) |
| 1875 | William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826) |
| 1891 | Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816) |
| 1903 | Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827) |
| 1909 | Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842) |
| 1922 | Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879) |
| 1929 | Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892) |
| 1931 | Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856) |
| 1935 | Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859) |
| 1944 | Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915) |
| 1945 | Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894) |
| 1948 | Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862) |
| 1950 | Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908) |
| 1956 | Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894) |
| 1958 | Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) |
| 1963 | W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868) |
| 1964 | Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895) |
| 1965 | Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887) |
| 1967 | Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934) |
| 1968 | Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906) |
| 1969 | Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884) |
| 1971 | Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898) |
| 1975 | Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892) |
| 1978 | Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943) |
| 1979 | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900) |
| 1980 | Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947) |
| 1981 | Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948) |
| 1990 | Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899) |
| 1992 | Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (b. 1933) |
| 1994 | Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960) |
| 1996 | Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933) |
| 1998 | Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912) |
| 1999 | Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909) |
| 2001 | Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936) |
| 2002 | Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922) |
| 2003 | Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (b. 1920) |
| 2004 | Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946) |
| 2005 | Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922) |
| 2006 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 2007 | Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930) |
| 2009 | Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913) |
| 2010 | Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (b. 1934) |
| 2012 | Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (b. 1936) |
| 2013 | Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910) |
| 2014 | Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939) |
| 542 | Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470) |
| 827 | Pope Eugene II |
| 923 | Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress |
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