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September 27th
151 Notable deaths
Imre Makovecz
Hungarian architect.
Born November 20th, 1935 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2011 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Matvey Blanter
Russian composer (1903-1990).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Pochep. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1990 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Kazimierz Moczarski
Polish writer and journalist.
Born July 21st, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died September 27th, 1975 at 68 years old in Warsaw.
Hilla von Rebay
American artist of german descent (1890–1967).
Born May 31st, 1890 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1967 at 77 years old in Fairfield County. [ref]
Remy de Gourmont
French writer.
Born April 4th, 1858 in Bazoches-au-Houlme. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1915 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Pál Turán
Hungarian mathematician.
Born August 18th, 1910 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1976 at 66 years old in Budapest (leukemia).
Julián Besteiro
Spanish academic and politician.
Born September 21st, 1870 in costanilla de Santiago. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1940 at 70 years old in Carmona (sepsis). [ref]
Roy Stryker
American photographer.
Born November 5th, 1893 in Great Bend. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1975 at 81 years old in Grand Junction.
Albert Renger-Patzsch
German photographer.
Born June 22nd, 1897 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1966 at 69 years old in Wamel. [ref]
Lev Chernyi
Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poet executed by the bolsheviks.
Born February 19th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 1921 at 43 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 151
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