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In the year 1927
226 Notable deaths
Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz
Czech member of czech council (1851-1927).
Born October 31st, 1851 in Prague.
Died November 23rd, 1927 at 76 years old in Tachov.
William Burnside
English mathematician.
Born July 2nd, 1852 in London. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1927 at 75 years old in West Wickham. [ref]
Adolf Miethe
German photochemist, photographer, pioneer in color photography.
Born April 25th, 1862 in Potsdam.
Died May 5th, 1927 at 65 years old in Berlin.
Tom Forman
American actor (1893-1926).
Born February 22nd, 1893 in Mitchell County.
Died November 7th, 1927 at 34 years old in Venice (gunshot wound).
Hermann Obrist
Sculptor (1863-1927).
Born May 27th, 1863 in Kilchberg. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1927 at 63 years old in Munich. [ref]
Friedrich Reinitzer
Austrian botanist and chemist (1857-1927).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Prague. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1927 at 69 years old in Graz.
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer (1886-1927).
Born February 13th, 1889 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 8th, 1927 at 38 years old in Paris (Hodgkin lymphoma).
Kay Laurell
Ziegfeld girl, actress, model (1890-1927).
Died January 31st, 1927 at 36 years old in London (puerperal disorders).
William James Ashley
British economic historian (1860–1927).
Born February 25th, 1860 in Bermondsey. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1927 at 67 years old in Canterbury.
Mikhail Artsybashev
Russian writer and playwright (1878–1927).
Born November 5th, 1878 in Dobroslavivka. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1927 at 48 years old in Warsaw (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 226
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain