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In the year 1927
208 Notable deaths
David George Hogarth
British archaeologist (1862-1927).
Born May 23rd, 1862 in Barton-upon-Humber. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1927 at 65 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Laurits Tuxen
Danish artist (1853-1927).
Born December 9th, 1853 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1927 at 73 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Janko Vukotić
Montenegrin politician and duke (1866-1927).
Born February 18th, 1866 in Čevo.
Died February 4th, 1927 at 60 years old in Belgrade.
William Le Queux
British writer.
Born July 2nd, 1864 in London. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1927 at 63 years old in Knokke-Heist. [ref]
Stanisław Przybyszewski
Polish writer, playwright and journalist.
Born May 7th, 1868 in Łojewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1927 at 59 years old in Jaronty. [ref]
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
United states ornithological artist (1874-1927).
Born February 7th, 1874 in Ithaca. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1927 at 53 years old in Unadilla (railway accident). [ref]
Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia
Prussian prince.
Born December 17th, 1891 in Jagdschloss Glienicke.
Died July 6th, 1927 at 35 years old in Lucerne (horse fall).
Eugen von Knilling
German politician.
Born August 1st, 1865 in Munich.
Died October 20th, 1927 at 62 years old in Munich.
Herman Gorter
Dutch poet and socialist (1864-1927).
Born November 26th, 1864 in Wormerveer. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1927 at 62 years old in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (myocardial infarction). [ref]
François Coli
French aviator (1881-1927).
Born June 5th, 1881 in Marseille.
Died May 8th, 1927 at 45 years old in sea. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 208
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