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In the year 1927
208 Notable deaths
Jānis Čakste
President of latvia (1859-1927).
Born September 14th, 1859 in Viesturi Parish.
Died March 14th, 1927 at 67 years old in Riga.
Borisav Stanković
Serbian writer.
Born March 22nd, 1876 in Vranje. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1927 at 51 years old in Belgrade.
Albert Champion
Road bicycle racer.
Born April 5th, 1878 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 27th, 1927 at 49 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Annibale Maria di Francia
Founder of the roagationist fathers.
Born July 5th, 1851 in Messina.
Died June 1st, 1927 at 75 years old in Messina.
John Luther Long
American lawyer and writer.
Born January 1st, 1861 in Hanover. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1927 at 66 years old in Ontario County, Clifton Springs. [ref]
Enrique Gómez Carrillo
Guatemalan literary critic, writer, journalist and diplomat (1873-1927).
Born February 27th, 1873 in Guatemala City. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1927 at 54 years old in Paris.
Hudson Maxim
American inventor.
Born February 3rd, 1853 in Southeast Piscataquis.
Died May 6th, 1927 at 74 years old in Landing.
Edward Henry Potthast
American artist (1857-1927).
Born June 10th, 1857 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1927 at 69 years old in New York City. [ref]
Leonard Nelson
German mathematician and philosopher (1882-1927).
Born July 11th, 1882 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1927 at 45 years old in Göttingen (pneumonia).
Dawid Janowski
Polish chess player.
Born June 6th, 1868 in Vaŭkavysk.
Died January 15th, 1927 at 58 years old in Hyères (tuberculosis).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 208
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson