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May 27th
138 Notable deaths
Alexander Frumkin
Soviet chemist.
Born October 24th, 1895 in Chișinău.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 80 years old in Tula.
Trajko Rajković
Yugoslav basketball player (1937–1970).
Born December 7th, 1937 in Leskovac.
Died May 27th, 1970 at 32 years old in Ljubljana.
Aquilino Ribeiro
Portuguese writer and diplomat (1885–1963).
Born September 13th, 1885 in Sernancelhe. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1963 at 77 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Ali Lutfi Mahmud
Egyptian prime minister (1935-2018).
Born October 6th, 1935 in Faiyum.
Died May 27th, 2018 at 82 years old in Dar Al Fouad. [ref]
Cornelis de Jager
Dutch astronomer, university professor, pioneer of space science, science communicator and opponent of pseudoscience.
Born April 29th, 1921 in Den Burg.
Died May 27th, 2021 at 100 years old in Den Burg. [ref]
Adolf Urban
German footballer (1914–1943).
Born January 9th, 1914 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died May 27th, 1943 at 29 years old in Staraya Russa. [ref]
Tilly Edinger
German paleontologist (1897-1967).
Born November 13th, 1897 in Frankfurt.
Died May 27th, 1967 at 69 years old in Cambridge.
José Carlos Schwarz
Guinea-bissauan musician.
Born December 6th, 1949 in Bissau.
Died May 27th, 1977 at 27 years old in Havana (aviation accident).
Ștefan Birtalan
Romanian handball player and couch (1948–2024).
Born September 25th, 1948 in Zalău.
Died May 27th, 2024 at 75 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Gabriel Miró
Spanish author.
Born July 28th, 1879 in Alicante. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1930 at 50 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 138
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