Here is a list who died on date 27 April today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for April 27
Name | Date |
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630 | Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621) |
1160 | Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (b. 1081) |
1272 | Zita, Italian saint (b. 1212) |
1321 | Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250) |
1353 | Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir |
1403 | Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335) |
1404 | Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342) |
1463 | Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385) |
1521 | Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480) |
1599 | Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) |
1605 | Pope Leo XI (b. 1535) |
1607 | Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560) |
1613 | Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532) |
1656 | Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596) |
1694 | John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668) |
1695 | John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640) |
1702 | Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651) |
1782 | William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710) |
1813 | Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779) |
1873 | William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793) |
1882 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803) |
1893 | John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839) |
1896 | Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815) |
1915 | John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838) |
1932 | Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899) |
1936 | Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857) |
1937 | Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891) |
1938 | Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859) |
1952 | Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865) |
1961 | Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893) |
1962 | A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873) |
1965 | Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908) |
1967 | William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884) |
1969 | René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919) |
1970 | Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896) |
1972 | Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909) |
1973 | Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914) |
1977 | Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915) |
1988 | Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902) |
1989 | Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894) |
1992 | Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908) |
1995 | Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911) |
1996 | William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920) |
1998 | John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915) |
1999 | Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922) |
2002 | George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) |
2005 | Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909) |
2006 | Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944) |
2007 | Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) |
2009 | Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914) |
2011 | Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (b. 1935) |
2012 | Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (b. 1930) |
2013 | Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938) |
2014 | Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929) |
2015 | Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b. 1931) |
2017 | Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (b. 1946) |
2021 | Manoj Das, Indian writer (b. 1934) |
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