In the year 1927

332 Notable deaths

David R. Francis

American politician (1850-1927).

Born October 1st, 1850 in Richmond.

Died January 15th, 1927 at 76 years old in St. Louis.

Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley

Cricket player of england. (1859-1927).

Born March 13th, 1859 in Westminster.

Died April 10th, 1927 at 68 years old in Shorne.

Rajendra Lahiri

Anti-british bengali revolutionary.

Born June 23rd, 1901 in Pabna District, Bengal Presidency.

Died December 17th, 1927 at 26 years old in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Gonda district (hanging to death).

Armand Guillaumin

French painter (1841-1927).

Born February 16th, 1841 in Paris.

Died June 26th, 1927 at 86 years old in Orly.

Archduchess Clotilde, Archduchess Joseph Karl of Austria

Austrian archduchess (1846-1927); daughter of prince august of saxe-coburg and gotha and princess clémentine of orléans.

Born July 8th, 1846 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died June 3rd, 1927 at 80 years old in Alcsútdoboz.

Ion I. C. Brătianu

Romanian politician (1864–1927).

Born August 20th, 1864 in Ștefănești.

Died November 24th, 1927 at 63 years old in Bucharest (infectious disease).

Ernest Starling

British physiologist (1866–1927).

Born April 17th, 1866 in London.

Died May 2nd, 1927 at 61 years old in Kingston.

Rachel Beer

British newspaper editor (1858-1927).

Born April 7th, 1858 in Mumbai. [ref]

Died April 29th, 1927 at 69 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells. [ref]

Gösta Mittag-Leffler

Swedish mathematician (1846–1927).

Born March 16th, 1846 in Stockholm. [ref]

Died July 7th, 1927 at 81 years old in Djursholm. [ref]

Jovan Cvijić

Serbian scientist (1865–1927).

Born October 11th, 1865 in Loznica.

Died January 16th, 1927 at 61 years old in Belgrade.

Enrique Simonet

Spanish painter (1866-1927).

Born February 2nd, 1866 in Valencia.

Died April 20th, 1927 at 61 years old in Madrid.

Vasily Polenov

Russian artist (1844-1927).

Born June 1st, 1844 in Saint Petersburg.

Died July 18th, 1927 at 83 years old in Polenovo.

Charles Doolittle Walcott

American paleontologist and 4th secretary of the smithsonian (1850-1927).

Born March 31st, 1850 in New York Mills.

Died February 9th, 1927 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..

Pëtr Voykov

Russian politician and iplomat, accused of involvement in the execution of the former emperor nicholas ii and his family..

Born August 13th, 1888 in Kerch.

Died June 7th, 1927 at 38 years old in Warsaw.

Paul César Helleu

French portrait artist (1859-1927).

Born December 17th, 1859 in Vannes.

Died March 23rd, 1927 at 67 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (surgical complications).

Wilhelm Stenhammar

Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (1871–1927).

Born February 7th, 1871 in Adolf Fredriks parish.

Died November 20th, 1927 at 56 years old in Jonsered (myocardial infarction, stroke).

Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen

Danish botanist (1857-1927).

Born February 3rd, 1857 in Copenhagen.

Died November 11th, 1927 at 70 years old in Copenhagen.

John Dillon

Irish politician (1851–1927).

Born September 4th, 1851 in Dublin.

Died August 4th, 1927 at 75 years old in Greater London.

Harry Johnston

British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927).

Born June 12th, 1858 in London.

Died July 31st, 1927 at 69 years old in Nottingham, Worksop.

Marianne Stokes

Austrian artist (1855-1927).

Born January 19th, 1855 in Graz.

Died August 13th, 1927 at 72 years old in London.

Henry Holiday

British artist (1839–1927).

Born June 17th, 1839 in London.

Died April 15th, 1927 at 87 years old in London.

Janko Vukotić

Montenegrin politician and duke (1866-1927).

Born February 18th, 1866 in Čevo.

Died February 4th, 1927 at 60 years old in Belgrade.

Jonas Basanavičius

Lithuanian activist (1851-1927).

Born November 23rd, 1851 in Ožkabaliai I.

Died February 16th, 1927 at 75 years old in Vilnius. [ref]

Louise Abbéma

French painter, sculptor, and designer of the belle époque (1853-1927).

Born October 30th, 1858 in Étampes.

Died July 29th, 1927 at 68 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Hermann Muthesius

German architect (1861-1927).

Born April 20th, 1861 in Großneuhausen.

Died October 29th, 1927 at 66 years old in Berlin (traffic collision).

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