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In the year 1927
234 Notable deaths
Lev Sternberg
Russian and soviet ethnographer (1861-1927).
Born May 3rd, 1861 in Zhytomyr.
Died August 14th, 1927 at 66 years old in Duderhof.
August Kitzberg
Estonian writer (1855-1927).
Born December 29th, 1855 in Laatre Rural Municipality.
Died October 10th, 1927 at 71 years old in Tartu.
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).
Feliciano Viera
President of uruguay (1872-1927).
Born November 8th, 1872 in Salto.
Died November 12th, 1927 at 55 years old in Salto.
Louis Cheikho
Jesuit scholar (1859–1927).
Born February 5th, 1859 in Mardin. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1927 at 68 years old in Beirut.
Charles Waldstein
English archaeologist (1856–1927).
Born March 30th, 1856 in New York City.
Died March 21st, 1927 at 70 years old in Naples.
Florence Earle Coates
American writer and poet (1850-1927).
Born July 1st, 1850 in Philadelphia.
Died April 6th, 1927 at 76 years old in Philadelphia.
János Csernoch
Cardinal of the roman catholic church, archbishop of esztergom and primate of hungary (1852-1927).
Born June 18th, 1852 in Skalica. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1927 at 75 years old in Esztergom. [ref]
Gustav Wentzel
Painter (1859-1927).
Born October 7th, 1859 in Christiania.
Died February 10th, 1927 at 67 years old in Lillehammer.
James Kwast
Dutch-german pianist (1852–1927).
Born November 23rd, 1852 in Nijkerk. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1927 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Milena Preindlsberger Mrazović
Austro-hungarian journalist, writer and piano composer, editor.
Born December 28th, 1863 in Bjelovar.
Died January 20th, 1927 at 63 years old in Vienna.
Capistrano de Abreu
Brazilian historian (1853–1927).
Born October 23rd, 1853 in Maranguape.
Died August 13th, 1927 at 73 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Hermann Müller
Swiss botanist (1850-1927).
Born October 21st, 1850 in Tägerwilen.
Died January 18th, 1927 at 76 years old in Wädenswil.
Karel Farský
Czech priest, religion writer, publicist, writer and theologist.
Born July 26th, 1880 in Škodějov. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1927 at 46 years old in Prague. [ref]
William Libbey
American geographer, academic, sport shooter (1855–1927).
Born March 27th, 1855 in Jersey City.
Died September 6th, 1927 at 72 years old in Princeton.
Zhao Shiyan
Chinese communist martyr (1901-1927).
Born April 13th, 1901 in Youyang Zhou.
Died July 19th, 1927 at 26 years old in Shanghai.
Ödön Bodor
Hungarian athlete (1882-1927).
Born January 24th, 1882 in Kapuvár.
Died January 22nd, 1927 at 44 years old in Budapest.
Jan Kašpar
Czech aviator, aircraft constructor (1883-1927).
Born May 20th, 1883 in Pardubice. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1927 at 43 years old in Prague, Pardubice. [ref]
Patrick Leahy
Athletics competitor.
Born May 20th, 1877 in Charleville.
Died December 29th, 1927 at 50 years old in United States of America. [ref]
Vincenzo Cerulli
Italian astronomer (1859–1927).
Born April 20th, 1859 in Teramo.
Died May 31st, 1927 at 68 years old in Merate.
Petre Melikishvili
Georgian chemist (1850-1927).
Born July 11th, 1850 in Tbilisi.
Died March 23rd, 1927 at 76 years old in Tbilisi.
Émile Haug
French geologist.
Born June 19th, 1861 in Drusenheim. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1927 at 66 years old in Niederbronn-les-Bains. [ref]
Mario Bezzi
Italian entomologist.
Born August 1st, 1868 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1927 at 58 years old in Turin (intoxication, ballistic trauma). [ref]
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.
Claudio Castelucho Diana
Spanish painter and sculptor (1870-1927).
Born July 5th, 1870 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1927 at 57 years old in Le Plessis-Robinson. [ref]
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