In the year 1927
234 Notable deaths
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and choreographer.
Born May 27th, 1878 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1927 at 49 years old in Nice. [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.
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.
Born June 11th, 1897 in Shahjahanpur.
Died December 19th, 1927 at 30 years old in Gorakhpur (hanging). [ref]
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.
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 August 25th, 1859 in Walsall. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1927 at 67 years old in Northampton (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
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).
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
Film pioneer, owner of loew's/m-g-m.
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.
Born May 6th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1927 at 59 years old in Nice. [ref]
Juan Gris
Spanish artist (1887–1927).
Born March 23rd, 1887 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1927 at 40 years old in Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt (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.
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. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1927 at 67 years old in Leiden.
Edward B. Titchener
American psychologist (1867–1927).
Born January 11th, 1867 in Chichester.
Died August 3rd, 1927 at 60 years old in Ithaca.
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Indian politician.
Born February 12th, 1868 in Delhi.
Died December 29th, 1927 at 59 years old
Kang Youwei
Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927).
Born March 19th, 1858 in Nanhai District.
Died March 31st, 1927 at 69 years old in Qingdao.
Hugo Ball
German author, poet and one of the leading dada artists (1886–1927).
Born February 22nd, 1886 in Pirmasens.
Died September 14th, 1927 at 41 years old in Gentilino, Sant'Abbondio (stomach cancer).
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson