In the year 1927
234 Notable deaths
Miguel Pro
Mexican jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927).
Born January 13th, 1891 in Guadalupe.
Died November 23rd, 1927 at 36 years old in Mexico City (gunshot wound).
Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov
Buddhist lama (1852-1927).
Born May 13th, 1852 in Ulzy-Dobo.
Died June 15th, 1927 at 75 years old in Verkhneudinsky Uyezd.
Li Dazhao
Co-founder of the chinese communist party (1889–1927).
Born October 29th, 1889 in Laoting County.
Died April 28th, 1927 at 37 years old in Beijing (hanging to death).
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
German artist and poet (1874 –1927).
Born July 12th, 1874 in Świnoujście. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1927 at 53 years old in Paris (asphyxia). [ref]
Boris Kustodiev
Russian painter and stage designer (1878-1927).
Born March 7th, 1878 in Astrakhan.
Died May 28th, 1927 at 49 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Eugène Atget
French photographer (1857-1927).
Born February 12th, 1857 in Libourne. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1927 at 70 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Yusef of Morocco
Sultan of morocco (1882-1927).
Born January 1st, 1882 in Meknes.
Died November 17th, 1927 at 45 years old in Fez.
Ahad Ha'am
Hebrew essayist and thinker (1856–1927).
Born August 18th, 1856 in Skvyra.
Died January 2nd, 1927 at 70 years old in Tel Aviv.
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted
British entrepreneur and politician (1853-1927).
Born November 5th, 1853 in Whitechapel.
Died January 17th, 1927 at 73 years old in London.
Prince Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
German prince (1864-1927).
Born March 7th, 1864 in Benrath.
Died October 22nd, 1927 at 63 years old in Sigmaringen.
Andranik Ozanian
Armenian politician and military personnel (1865-1927).
Born February 25th, 1865 in Şebinkarahisar.
Died August 31st, 1927 at 62 years old in Fresno, Chico.
Saad Zaghloul
Prime minister of egypt.
Born July 1st, 1859 in Metoubes. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1927 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Giuseppe Moscati
Italian biochemist and saint.
Born July 25th, 1880 in Benevento.
Died April 12th, 1927 at 46 years old in Naples.
Max Hoffmann
German general (1869-1927).
Born January 25th, 1869 in Homberg (Efze).
Died July 8th, 1927 at 58 years old in Bad Reichenhall.
Sascha Schneider
German artist (1870–1927).
Born September 21st, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 18th, 1927 at 56 years old in Świnoujście.
Charles Nungesser
French flying ace and adventurer (1892-1927).
Born March 15th, 1892 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1927 at 35 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).
Adolph Joffe
Soviet diplomat (1883-1927).
Born October 22nd, 1883 in Simferopol.
Died November 17th, 1927 at 44 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Kevin O'Higgins
Irish politician (1892-1927).
Born June 7th, 1892 in Stradbally.
Died July 10th, 1927 at 35 years old in Booterstown.
Florence Mills
African american cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian (1896–1927).
Born January 25th, 1895 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 1st, 1927 at 32 years old in New York City.
J. B. Bury
Anglo-irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927).
Born October 16th, 1861 in County Monaghan.
Died June 1st, 1927 at 65 years old in Rome.
Paul Bäumer
German flying ace (1896-1927).
Born May 11th, 1896 in Meiderich.
Died July 15th, 1927 at 31 years old in Copenhagen.
Charles Emil Ruthenberg
American politician (1882-1927).
Born July 9th, 1882 in Cleveland.
Died March 2nd, 1927 at 44 years old in Chicago (appendicitis).
Albert J. Beveridge
American historian and politician (1862–1927).
Born October 6th, 1862 in Highland County. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1927 at 64 years old in Indianapolis. [ref]
Vladimir Bekhterev
Russian neurologist.
Born February 1st, 1857 in Saralı.
Died December 24th, 1927 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
Russian grand-duchess (1865-1927).
Born January 25th, 1865 in Meiningen.
Died March 24th, 1927 at 62 years old in Leipzig (cancer).
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)