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In the year 1927
332 Notable deaths
Boris Annenkov
Russian military personnel (1889-1927).
Born February 9th, 1889 in Drabivka.
Died August 25th, 1927 at 38 years old in Semey (gunshot wound).
Fritz Hofmann
German sprinter and gymnast (1871-1927).
Born June 19th, 1871 in Roßleben. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1927 at 56 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Georges Eekhoud
Belgian writer (1854–1927).
Born May 27th, 1854 in Antwerp.
Died May 29th, 1927 at 73 years old in Schaerbeek.
Elizabeth Maria Molteno
Prominent early advocate of civil and women's rights in south africa (1852-1927).
Born September 24th, 1852 in Beaufort West.
Died August 25th, 1927 at 74 years old in Trevone.
Laura Netzel
Swedish composer, pianist, conductor.
Born March 1st, 1839 in Rantasalmi.
Died March 10th, 1927 at 88 years old in Johannes parish.
Léon Denis
Spiritist philosopher (1846–1927).
Born January 1st, 1846 in Foug.
Died April 12th, 1927 at 81 years old in Tours.
Édouard Louis Trouëssart
French zoologist (1842–1927).
Born August 25th, 1842 in Angers.
Died June 30th, 1927 at 84 years old in Paris.
Maybanke Anderson
Sydney reformer (1845-1927).
Born February 16th, 1845 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died April 15th, 1927 at 82 years old
Romaine Fielding
American actor (1867–1927).
Born May 22nd, 1867 in Riceville.
Died December 15th, 1927 at 60 years old in Hollywood.
Frances Hoggan
British doctor (1843-1927).
Born December 20th, 1843 in Brecon. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1927 at 83 years old in Brighton.
Kristian Prestrud
Norwegian polar explorer (1881–1927).
Born October 22nd, 1881 in Vang.
Died November 11th, 1927 at 46 years old in Kristiansand (gunshot wound).
Shushanik Kurghinian
Armenian poet (1876–1927).
Born August 30th, 1876 in Gyumri.
Died November 24th, 1927 at 51 years old in Yerevan (tuberculosis).
Ambrosius of Georgia
Catholicos patriarch of all georgia (1861-1927).
Born September 7th, 1861 in Martvili.
Died March 29th, 1927 at 65 years old in Tbilisi.
Matilda Smith
British botanical illustrator and botanist (1854-1926).
Born July 30th, 1854 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1927 at 72 years old in Kew. [ref]
Ottokár Prohászka
Catholic bishop (1858-1927).
Born October 10th, 1858 in Nitra.
Died April 2nd, 1927 at 68 years old in Central seminary (Budapest).
Arthur Hoffmann
Member of the swiss federal council (1857-1927).
Born June 18th, 1857 in St. Gallen.
Died July 23rd, 1927 at 70 years old in St. Gallen.
Panteley Kiselov
Bulgarian general (1863-1927).
Born October 23rd, 1863 in Svishtov.
Died October 14th, 1927 at 63 years old in Sofia.
George L. Wellington
American politician (1852-1927).
Born January 28th, 1852 in Cumberland.
Died March 20th, 1927 at 75 years old in Cumberland.
Simeon Eben Baldwin
American judge (1840–1927).
Born February 5th, 1840 in New Haven.
Died January 30th, 1927 at 86 years old in New Haven.
José Pedro Montero
President of paraguay (1878-1927).
Born August 1st, 1878 in Asunción.
Died June 7th, 1927 at 48 years old in Asunción. [ref]
Lev Sternberg
Russian and soviet ethnographer (1861-1927).
Born May 3rd, 1861 in Zhytomyr.
Died August 14th, 1927 at 66 years old in Duderhof.
Antonio Berlese
Italian entomologist (1863-1927).
Born March 26th, 1863 in Padua.
Died October 24th, 1927 at 64 years old in Florence.
Feliciano Viera
President of uruguay (1872-1927).
Born November 8th, 1872 in Salto.
Died November 12th, 1927 at 55 years old in Salto.
August Kitzberg
Estonian writer (1855-1927).
Born December 29th, 1855 in Laatre Rural Municipality.
Died October 10th, 1927 at 71 years old in Tartu.
Louis Cheikho
Jesuit scholar (1859–1927).
Born February 5th, 1859 in Mardin. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1927 at 68 years old in Beirut. [ref]
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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller