In the year 1927
332 Notable deaths
Matilde Serao
Italian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927).
Born March 7th, 1856 in Patras.
Died July 26th, 1927 at 71 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction).
William Burnside
English mathematician (1852–1927).
Born July 2nd, 1852 in London.
Died August 21st, 1927 at 75 years old in West Wickham.
Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz
Czech member of czech council (1851-1927).
Born October 31st, 1851 in Prague.
Died November 23rd, 1927 at 76 years old in Tachov.
József Rippl-Rónai
Hungarian artist (1861-1927).
Born May 23rd, 1861 in Kaposvár.
Died November 25th, 1927 at 66 years old in Kaposvár.
Wu Chang-shuo
Qing dynasty painter (1844–1927).
Born September 12th, 1844 in Anji County.
Died November 29th, 1927 at 83 years old in Shanghai.
Charles Sprague Sargent
American botanist (1841-1927).
Born April 24th, 1841 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1927 at 85 years old in Boston. [ref]
Adolf Miethe
German photochemist, photographer, pioneer in color photography (1862-1927).
Born April 25th, 1862 in Potsdam.
Died May 5th, 1927 at 65 years old in Berlin.
Vilhelm Thomsen
Danish linguist (1842-1927).
Born January 25th, 1842 in Copenhagen.
Died May 12th, 1927 at 85 years old in Copenhagen.
Tom Forman
American actor (1893-1926).
Born February 22nd, 1893 in Mitchell County.
Died November 7th, 1927 at 34 years old in Venice (gunshot wound).
Otto Bache
Danish painter and illustrator (1839–1927).
Born August 21st, 1839 in Roskilde.
Died June 28th, 1927 at 87 years old in Copenhagen.
Khatanbaatar Magsarjav
Former prime minister of mongolia (1878-1927).
Born June 10th, 1878 in Bulgan Province.
Died September 3rd, 1927 at 49 years old in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian People's Republic.
Miguel de Bragança
Claimant to the throne of portugal (1853–1927).
Born September 19th, 1853 in Kleinheubach.
Died October 11th, 1927 at 74 years old in Seebenstein.
Hermann Obrist
Swiss sculptor, decorator and designer of applied arts (1863–1927).
Born May 27th, 1863 in Kilchberg.
Died February 26th, 1927 at 63 years old in Munich.
Friedrich Reinitzer
Austrian botanist and chemist (1857-1927).
Born February 25th, 1857 in Prague. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1927 at 69 years old in Graz.
J. Ottis Adams
American artist (1851-1927).
Born July 8th, 1851 in Indiana.
Died January 28th, 1927 at 75 years old in Indiana.
Sophie of Merenberg
German noble (1868-1927).
Born June 1st, 1868 in Geneva.
Died September 14th, 1927 at 59 years old in London.
Henry Larcom Abbot
American military officer (1831-1927).
Born August 13th, 1831 in Beverly. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1927 at 96 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer (1886-1927).
Born February 13th, 1889 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 8th, 1927 at 38 years old in Paris (Hodgkin lymphoma).
Mikhail Artsybashev
Russian writer and playwright (1878–1927).
Born November 5th, 1878 in Dobroslavivka. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1927 at 48 years old in Warsaw (tuberculosis). [ref]
Kay Laurell
Ziegfeld girl, actress, model (1890-1927).
Died January 31st, 1927 at 36 years old in London (puerperal disorders).
William James Ashley
British economic historian (1860–1927).
Born February 25th, 1860 in Bermondsey. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1927 at 67 years old in Canterbury.
Emily Sartain
American engraver and educator (1841-1927).
Born March 17th, 1841 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1927 at 86 years old in Philadelphia.
Friedrich von Scholtz
Prussian general (1851–1927).
Born March 24th, 1851 in Flensburg.
Died April 30th, 1927 at 76 years old in Ballenstedt.
Sarah Frances Whiting
American physicist and astronomer (1847-1927).
Born August 23rd, 1847 in Wyoming.
Died September 12th, 1927 at 80 years old in Wilbraham.
Johannes Theodor Baargeld
German artist (1892-1927).
Born October 9th, 1892 in Szczecin.
Died August 18th, 1927 at 34 years old in Dôme du Goûter.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir