In the year 1927
332 Notable deaths
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927).
Born May 26th, 1877 in San Francisco.
Died September 14th, 1927 at 50 years old in Nice (ligature strangulation). [ref]
Reginald Dyer
British indian army general (1864-1927).
Born October 9th, 1864 in Murree.
Died July 23rd, 1927 at 62 years old in Long Ashton.
Victoria Woodhull
American suffragist, editor (1838-1927).
Born September 23rd, 1838 in Ohio, Homer. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1927 at 88 years old in Bredon's Norton. [ref]
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927).
Born March 1st, 1892 in Tokyo.
Died July 24th, 1927 at 35 years old in Tabata.
Ferdinand I of Romania
King of romania (1865-1927; ruled 1914-1927).
Born August 24th, 1865 in Sigmaringen.
Died July 20th, 1927 at 61 years old in Sinaia.
Ram Prasad Bismil
Revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927).
Born June 11th, 1897 in Shahjahanpur.
Died December 19th, 1927 at 30 years old in Gorakhpur (hanging to death).
Constance Markievicz
Irish politician, first woman elected to the westminster house of commons and the dáil éireann, and first female cabinet member in europe.
Born February 4th, 1868 in Westminster.
Died July 15th, 1927 at 59 years old in Dublin.
Andrew Kehoe
American mass murderer and bomber (1872–1927).
Born February 1st, 1872 in Tecumseh.
Died May 18th, 1927 at 55 years old in Bath Township (dynamite).
Svante August Arrhenius
Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927).
Born February 19th, 1859 in Wik Castle. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1927 at 68 years old in Stockholm (functional gastrointestinal disorder).
Sam Warner
American film studio executive (1887-1927).
Born August 10th, 1887 in Krasnosielc.
Died October 5th, 1927 at 40 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
British-german racialist philosopher (1855–1927).
Born September 9th, 1855 in Southsea.
Died January 9th, 1927 at 71 years old in Bayreuth.
Jerome K. Jerome
English humorist (1859-1927).
Born May 2nd, 1859 in Walsall.
Died June 16th, 1927 at 68 years old in Northampton (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ashfaqulla Khan
Indian poet and fighter for independence (1900-1927).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Shahjahanpur.
Died December 19th, 1927 at 27 years old in Faizabad (hanging to death).
Charlotte of Belgium
Empress consort of mexico (1863-1867).
Born June 7th, 1840 in Laeken.
Died January 19th, 1927 at 86 years old in Meise (pneumonia).
Leonard Wood
5th chief of staff of the u.s. army (1860-1927).
Born October 9th, 1860 in Winchester.
Died August 7th, 1927 at 66 years old in Boston (brain cancer).
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the girl scouts (1860–1927).
Born October 31st, 1860 in Savannah.
Died January 17th, 1927 at 66 years old in Savannah (breast cancer).
Marcus Loew
American film pioneer and business magnate (1870–1927).
Born May 7th, 1870 in New York City.
Died September 5th, 1927 at 57 years old in Glen Cove (myocardial infarction).
Gaston Leroux
French author and journalist (1868–1927).
Born May 6th, 1868 in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1927 at 59 years old in Boulevard Gambetta. [ref]
Juan Gris
Spanish artist (1887–1927).
Born March 23rd, 1887 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1927 at 40 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris (kidney failure). [ref]
Inayat Khan
Founder of the sufi order in the west in 1914 and teacher of universal sufism.
Born July 5th, 1882 in Vadodara.
Died February 5th, 1927 at 44 years old in New Delhi.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
British army general (1868-1927).
Born August 13th, 1868 in Kensington Palace.
Died October 24th, 1927 at 59 years old in Shrewsbury.
Wayne Wheeler
American prohibitionist (1869–1927).
Born November 10th, 1869 in Brookfield Township.
Died September 5th, 1927 at 57 years old in Battle Creek.
Henry E. Huntington
American businessman (1850–1927).
Born February 27th, 1850 in Oneonta.
Died May 23rd, 1927 at 77 years old in Philadelphia.
Gustave Whitehead
Possible first powered manned flight (1874–1927).
Born January 1st, 1874 in Leutershausen. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1927 at 53 years old in Bridgeport (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Willem Einthoven
Dutch physiologist.
Born May 21st, 1860 in Semarang.
Died September 29th, 1927 at 67 years old in Leiden.
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu