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January 27th
189 Notable deaths
Edvardas Gudavičius
Lithuanian historian.
Born September 6th, 1929 in Kaunas.
Died January 27th, 2020 at 90 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Boris Ignatyev
Soviet footballer.
Born December 5th, 1940 in Moscow.
Died January 27th, 2026 at 85 years old (stomach cancer). [ref]
Vsevolod Sanayev
Russian soviet actor (1912-1996).
Born February 25th, 1912 in Tula.
Died January 27th, 1996 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Soviet film director, screenwriter, playwright (1908-1997).
Born February 18th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1997 at 88 years old in Moscow.
Boris Arapov
Russian composer (1905–1992).
Born September 12th, 1905 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 27th, 1992 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Henry Chapier
French film critic (1933-2019).
Born November 14th, 1933 in Bucharest.
Died January 27th, 2019 at 85 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Einar Lundborg
Swedish aviator.
Born April 5th, 1896 in Kolkata.
Died January 27th, 1931 at 34 years old in Malmslätt.
István Rózsavölgyi
Hungarian middle distance runner.
Born March 30th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died January 27th, 2012 at 82 years old in Budapest (heart disease, lung disease). [ref]
Hanns Jelinek
Austrian composer.
Born December 5th, 1901 in Vienna.
Died January 27th, 1969 at 67 years old in Vienna.
Willibald Kreß
German footballer (1906-1989).
Born November 13th, 1906 in Frankfurt.
Died January 27th, 1989 at 82 years old in Giessen (stroke).
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