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In the year 1927
332 Notable deaths
Arnold Edward Ortmann
Prussian-born united states naturalist and zoologist (1863–1927).
Born April 8th, 1863 in Magdeburg.
Died January 3rd, 1927 at 63 years old in Pittsburgh.
Bernhard Alexander
Hungarian philosopher & scholar (1850–1927).
Born April 13th, 1850 in Pest.
Died October 27th, 1927 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Mario Bezzi
Italian entomologist (1868–1927).
Born August 1st, 1868 in Milan.
Died January 14th, 1927 at 58 years old in Turin (gunshot wound, intoxication).
Benjamin Daydon Jackson
British botanist (1846-1927).
Born April 3rd, 1846 in London.
Died October 12th, 1927 at 81 years old in Westminster Hospital.
Giovanni Bonzano
Catholic cardinal (1867–1927).
Born September 27th, 1867 in Castelletto Monferrato.
Died November 26th, 1927 at 60 years old in Rome.
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer (1862–1927).
Born July 29th, 1862 in Jena. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1927 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Claudio Castelucho Diana
Spanish painter and sculptor (1870-1927).
Born July 5th, 1870 in Barcelona.
Died October 31st, 1927 at 57 years old in Le Plessis-Robinson.
Stoyan Mihaylovski
Bulgarian writer (1856–1927).
Born January 7th, 1856 in Elena.
Died August 3rd, 1927 at 71 years old in Sofia.
Ida Marie Lipsius
German writer and music historian (1837–1927).
Born December 30th, 1837 in Leipzig.
Died March 2nd, 1927 at 89 years old in Schmölen.
Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod
Czech writer and journalist (1860–1927).
Born February 21st, 1860 in Domažlice. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1927 at 67 years old in Podolí. [ref]
Frank MacKey
Polo player (1852–1927).
Born March 20th, 1852 in Schoharie County.
Died February 24th, 1927 at 74 years old in Minneapolis.
Michael Georg Conrad
German philosopher (1846-1927).
Born April 5th, 1846 in Gnodstadt.
Died December 20th, 1927 at 81 years old in Munich.
Carl Gräbe
German chemist (1841-1927).
Born February 24th, 1841 in Frankfurt.
Died January 19th, 1927 at 85 years old in Frankfurt.
Árpád Doppler
Hungarian-german composer (1857-1927).
Died August 13th, 1927 at 70 years old in Stuttgart.
Frederick Semple
American tennis player (1872–1927).
Born December 24th, 1872 in St. Louis.
Died December 21st, 1927 at 54 years old in St. Louis.
Ludwig Radlkofer
German botanist and university teacher (1829–1927).
Born December 19th, 1829 in Munich.
Died February 16th, 1927 at 97 years old in Munich.
Fenia Chertkoff
Feminist, intellectual, educator, political activist, and sculptor (1869-1927).
Born October 7th, 1869 in Odesa.
Died May 31st, 1927 at 57 years old in Buenos Aires.
Émile Coste
French fencer (1862-1927).
Born February 2nd, 1862 in Toulon. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1927 at 65 years old in Toulon.
Camille Enlart
French art historian and photographer (1862-1927).
Born November 22nd, 1862 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died February 14th, 1927 at 64 years old in Paris.
Wilhelm Blos
German politician (1849-1927).
Born October 5th, 1849 in Wertheim.
Died July 6th, 1927 at 77 years old in Bad Cannstatt.
Rudolf König
Austrian astronomist (1865–1927).
Born August 18th, 1865 in Vienna.
Died January 30th, 1927 at 61 years old in Hietzing.
Domingo del Santísmo Sacramento Iturrate Zubero
Spanish priest (1901-1927).
Died April 7th, 1927 at 25 years old in Belmonte (tuberculosis).
Ludwig Beissner
German dendrologist (1843–1927).
Born July 6th, 1843 in Ludwigslust.
Died December 21st, 1927 at 84 years old
Alfred von Domaszewski
Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist (1856–1927).
Born October 30th, 1856 in Timișoara.
Died March 25th, 1927 at 70 years old in Munich.
Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo
Catholic cardinal (1845–1927).
Born November 7th, 1845 in Frosinone.
Died July 11th, 1927 at 81 years old in Rome.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan