Here is a list who died on date 27 July today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for July 27
Name | Date |
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903 | Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir |
959 | Chai Rong, emperor of Later Zhou |
1144 | Salomea of Berg, High Duchess consort of Poland |
1061 | Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church |
1101 | Conrad II, king of Italy (b. 1074) |
1158 | Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (b. 1134) |
1276 | James I of Aragon (b. 1208) |
1365 | Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339) |
1382 | Joanna I of Naples (b. 1326) |
1469 | William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423) |
1656 | Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593) |
1689 | John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648) |
1759 | Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698) |
1770 | Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693) |
1841 | Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814) |
1844 | John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776) |
1863 | William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813) |
1865 | Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791) |
1875 | Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845) |
1876 | Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811) |
1883 | Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813) |
1916 | Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872) |
1917 | Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841) |
1921 | Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836) |
1924 | Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866) |
1931 | Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848) |
1938 | Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877) |
1942 | Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902) |
1946 | Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874) |
1948 | Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898) |
1951 | Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891) |
1958 | Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893) |
1960 | Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890) |
1962 | Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892) |
1963 | Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889) |
1964 | Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898) |
1965 | Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (b. 1901) |
1968 | Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882) |
1970 | António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889) |
1971 | Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924) |
1975 | Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1926) |
1978 | Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890) |
1980 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (b. 1919) |
1981 | William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
1984 | James Mason, English actor (b. 1909) |
1985 | Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889) |
1987 | Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903) |
1988 | Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901) |
1990 | Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1928) |
1991 | John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950) |
1992 | Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911) |
1993 | Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965) |
1994 | Kevin Carter, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960) |
1995 | Melih Esenbel, Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915) |
1998 | Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (b. 1903) |
1999 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912) |
2000 | Gordon Solie, American sportscaster (b. 1929) |
2001 | Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (b. 1961) |
2003 | Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919) |
2005 | Al Held, American painter and academic (b. 1928) |
2006 | Maryann Mahaffey, American academic and politician (b. 1925) |
2007 | James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961) |
2008 | Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2010 | Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (b. 1949) |
2012 | Norman Alden, American actor (b. 1924) |
2013 | Fernando Alonso, Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (b. 1914) |
2014 | Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923) |
2015 | Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959) |
2016 | Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b.1928) |
2017 | Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b.1943) |
2018 | Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist |
2022 | Tony Dow, American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945) |
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