Notable Deaths on August 27th
August 27th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
542 |
Saint Caesarius of Arles |
827 |
Pope Eugene II |
1208 |
Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies |
1312 |
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262) |
1394 |
Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) |
1450 |
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) |
1521 |
Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies |
1522 |
Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 |
1545 |
Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487) |
1572 |
Claude Goudimel, French composer |
1576 |
Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague |
1590 |
Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68 |
1608 |
Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66 |
1611 |
Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies |
1635 |
Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72 |
1635 |
Félix Lope de Vega, The Dog in the Manger |
1651 |
Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43 |
1664 |
Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598) |
1664 |
Francisco de Zurbarán, Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum |
1667 |
Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33 |
1746 |
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies |
1748 |
James Thomson, dies |
1748 |
James Thomson, Minions |
1773 |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721) |
1827 |
Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies |
1828 |
Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 |
1830 |
Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74 |
1840 |
William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office |
1841 |
Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65 |
1846 |
Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64 |
1846 |
Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer, dies at 63 |
1855 |
Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 |
1857 |
Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812) |
1865 |
Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64 |
1867 |
Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51 |
1868 |
Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 |
1871 |
William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794) |
1871 |
Paul de Kock, L'amante della luna |
1874 |
Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies |
1874 |
John Henry Foley, sculptor, dies |
1875 |
William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826) |
1879 |
Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 |
1883 |
August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 |
1887 |
Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74 |
1898 |
John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson's Law) dies with three of his children in a mountaineering accident in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland at 49 |
1910 |
Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death |
1914 |
John Weiss, German new testament, dies |
1919 |
Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies at 56 |
1920 |
Hildur Carlberg, The Parson's Widow |
1922 |
Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 |
1927 |
Nicola Sacco, |
1927 |
Manuel Jovés, Gran Casino |
1929 |
Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892) |
1930 |
Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62 |
1930 |
Elizabeth Baker Bohan, The Argonauts of California - 1849 |
1931 |
Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies |
1931 |
Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856) |
1931 |
Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846) |
1931 |
Frank Harris, Cowboy |
1932 |
Shirogoro Sawamura, Ofuji no otto |
1935 |
Tom Murray, The Gold Rush |
1937 |
Philo Goodfriend, What Did He Whisper? |
1937 |
Harry Harsha, Ali Baba Goes to Town |
1942 |
Walter Steinbeck, In letzter Minute |
1942 |
John Gottowt, Nosferatu |
1943 |
Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies |
1943 |
Joseph Levering, Back to the Farm |
1944 |
Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915) |
1945 |
Warburton Gamble, Tonight or Never |
1948 |
Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 |
1948 |
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, composer, dies at 50 |
1948 |
Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862) |
1948 |
Oley Speaks, Watch Your Stern |
1948 |
Arthur Trimble, Stop Barking |
1948 |
Charles Evans Hughes, Animated Weekly, No. 40 |
1948 |
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Vendaval Maravilhoso |
1949 |
Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 |
1949 |
A.J. Cantu, At the Circus |
1949 |
Abraham J. Cantu, Politiquerías |
1949 |
Arthur Chesney, The Lodger |
1950 |
Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 |
1950 |
Cesare Pavese, Le amiche |
1951 |
Arthur Ball, Wanderer of the Wasteland |
1952 |
Corliss Palmer, Bromo and Juliet |
1952 |
Krustyo Sarafov, The Sons of the Balkans |
1953 |
Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53 |
1953 |
Toppo Elonperä, Niin se on, poijaat! |
1954 |
Reece Gardner, The Village Blacksmith |
1955 |
Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies |
1956 |
Kenneth C. Beaton, Song of the Caballero |
1957 |
Cora Shannon, Trumpin' Trouble |
1958 |
Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57 |
1958 |
Helen Jerome, Seven Keys to Baldpate |
1958 |
Ernest O. Lawrence, |
1958 |
Priscilla Lawson, Flash Gordon |
1959 |
Edward F. Mull, Submarine Base |
1959 |
Jesse J. Goldburg, The Drug Store Cowboy |
1959 |
Voyt Williams Jr., Tomorrow, the World! |
1959 |
Fred Jackman, Mickey |
1961 |
Gail Russell, Angel and the Badman |
1961 |
May Williams, Episode #2.56 |
1961 |
Kálmán Rózsahegyi, A cigány |
1961 |
John C. Brownell, Three Wise Crooks |
1962 |
Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 |
1963 |
W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana |
1963 |
Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877) |
1963 |
Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888) |
1963 |
Robert Pierce, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey |
1963 |
W.E.B. Du Bois, |
1964 |
Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 |
1964 |
Gracie Allen, actress (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 |
1965 |
Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 |
1965 |
Gerald Bond, cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies |
1965 |
Le Corbusier, [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies at 77 |
1965 |
Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66 |
1967 |
Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 |
1967 |
Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63 |
1968 |
Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 |
1969 |
Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 |
1969 |
Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies |
1969 |
Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies |
1969 |
Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist, dies |
1971 |
Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 |
1971 |
Margaret Bourke-White, US photographer, dies at 67 |
1973 |
Meri Welles, The Pink Panther |
1974 |
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Episode #1.1 |
1975 |
Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 |
1976 |
Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923) |
1976 |
Ángel Garasa, The Little Priest |
1977 |
George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 |
1977 |
Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59 |
1977 |
Chic Sales Jr., Fly My Kite |
1978 |
Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 |
1979 |
Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 |
1979 |
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, is assassinated by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland |
1979 |
Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 |
1980 |
Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 |
1980 |
Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947) |
1980 |
Sam Levenson, Episode dated 12 August 1966 |
1980 |
Ewa Adamska, Zabijcie czarna owce |
1980 |
Douglas Kenney, Animal House |
1980 |
Floyd Starr, Episode dated 16 July 1963 |
1981 |
Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62 |
1981 |
Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948) |
1981 |
Valery Kharlamov, Legenda No. 17 |
1981 |
Feliciano Brunelli, Waiting for the Hearse |
1982 |
Georges Neveux, Juliette, or Key of Dreams |
1982 |
Vera Popova, Zoya |
1982 |
Hela Gerber, Denn das Weib ist schwach |
1983 |
Willy Van Heesvelde, Soldier of Orange |
1983 |
Francis Swann, The Candy Man |
1984 |
Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69 |
1984 |
Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73 |
1984 |
Bernard Youens, Episode #1.2387 |
1984 |
Nicholas DeMarco, The Dance Studio |
1984 |
William E. Sands, The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped |
1984 |
Billy Sands, Rocky |
1984 |
Orde Coombs, Terminal Bar |
1985 |
Johnny Lindell, Game 2 |
1985 |
Imre Zsoldos, Színészek a porondon |
1985 |
John Quillan, Cheers of the Crowd |
1986 |
Krzysztof Winiewicz, Passenger |
1986 |
Harry A. Romm, Ladies of the Chorus |
1986 |
Sergei Arutchyan, Dark Is the Night |
1987 |
Scott La Rock, American DJ (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962) |
1987 |
Charlie Smalls, The Wiz |
1987 |
Dindo Fernando, Pag-ibig na walang dangal |
1987 |
Joan Haythorne, Half an Hour |
1987 |
Scott La Rock, Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
1988 |
Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928) |
1988 |
Olavi Veistäjä, Laitakaupungin laulu |
1988 |
Enrico Fulchignoni, I due Foscari |
1988 |
Gunther von Fritsch, The Curse of the Cat People |
1988 |
Kathlyn Brox, Headin' South |
1988 |
Irene Higginbotham, On the Road |
1988 |
Charles Farrell, Night and the City |
1989 |
Burt Dunne, The Night of the Grizzly |
1989 |
Bill Shirley, Sleeping Beauty |
1990 |
Raymond St Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60 |
1990 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35 |
1990 |
Paul Brennan, Salesman |
1990 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Unbreakable |
1990 |
Richard Lauffen, Ödipussi |
1990 |
Tyra Ryman, Luffar-Petter |
1990 |
Raymond St. Jacques, They Live |
1991 |
Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies |
1991 |
Vince Taylor, [Brian Holden], Brit singer (Brand new Cadillac), dies |
1991 |
Martín Karadagián, Titanes en el ring |
1991 |
Howard Dimsdale, Bub Leaves Home |
1991 |
Gordon Heath, Animal Farm |
1991 |
Mike Naumenko, Yya-Khkha! |
1991 |
David Poole, Dance Little Lady |
1991 |
Attilio Martella, Seduced and Abandoned |
1991 |
Ruth von Zerboni, Table for Love |
1991 |
Teddy Stauffer, Marina |
1991 |
Gregorio Selser, Malvinas: Historia de traiciones |
1992 |
Kenneth Villiers, Things to Come |
1992 |
Ferdinand Diehl, Der Spielverderber |
1992 |
Hélène Perdrière, The Phantom of Liberty |
1992 |
Milan Holubár, Bílá spona |
1992 |
Gábor Hegyi, Eldorádó |
1993 |
Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71 |
1993 |
Bob Verstraete, Afscheid in Mallonië |
1993 |
Jack Lannan, Thunder Road |
1993 |
Ina Gould, Real Genius |
1993 |
Tibor Polgár, In Praise of Older Women |
1994 |
Roberto Goyeneche, [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies |
1994 |
Roberto Goyeneche, The South |
1994 |
Fred Griffiths, To Sir, with Love |
1994 |
Graham Ford, Brazil |
1994 |
Beba Bidart, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires |
1995 |
Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist, dies at 78 |
1995 |
Dick Bentley, entertainer, dies at 88 |
1995 |
Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70 |
1995 |
Dick Bentley, The Sundowners |
1995 |
Mary Beth Hughes, The Ox-Bow Incident |
1995 |
Anthony Baird, Dead of Night |
1995 |
Richard Frank, Amadeus |
1995 |
Dee Ervin, Hit and Run |
1996 |
Abram Games, graphic artist, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies |
1996 |
Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61 |
1996 |
Greg Morris, The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms |
1996 |
Bert Fortell, Kasimir und Karoline |
1996 |
Claus-Dieter Reents, The Gamblers |
1996 |
Charles R. Rondeau, Love and the Amateur Night/Love and the Cheaters/Love and the Love Nest/Love and the Unbearable Fiance |
1996 |
Eddie Knight, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
1996 |
Akiji Kobayashi, Harakiri |
1996 |
Wayne D. Overholser, Cast a Long Shadow |
1996 |
Dulcina de Moraes, 24 Horas de Sonho |
1997 |
Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC), dies at 48 |
1997 |
Jeep Swenson, actor (Batman & Robin), dies of heart failure at 40 |
1997 |
Sotiria Bellou, Small Crime |
1997 |
Dick N. Lucas, The Jungle Book |
1997 |
Brandon Tartikoff, Beggars and Choosers |
1997 |
Sally Blane, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang |
1997 |
Leslie Frewin, Stage Fright |
1997 |
Samuel A. Peeples, Where No Man Has Gone Before |
1998 |
Benny Hansen, Valhalla |
1998 |
Tofig Taghizade, Arsin mal alan |
1998 |
Dominic Mautino, Vertigo |
1998 |
Jerome Dempsey, Network |
1999 |
Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909) |
1999 |
Harold Jack Bloom, You Only Live Twice |
1999 |
Paul Saltman, Episode #10.5 |
1999 |
Franz Kraemer, Louis Riel |
2000 |
Ante Zaninovic, Disinfection |
2000 |
Ulrike Butz, Intimate Playmates |
2001 |
Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938) |
2001 |
Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (b. 1936) |
2001 |
Louis Duchesne, Subway |
2001 |
Witold Krzemienski, Szatan z siódmej klasy |
2002 |
Dr. Edwin Louis Cole, "Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement," Founder of the Christian Men's Network (CMN) |
2002 |
George Mitchell, Episode #1.10 |
2002 |
Luis De Lima, The Wages of Fear |
2002 |
Vincent Boorsma, 'n stukje humor |
2002 |
Jane Tilden, Tales from the Vienna Woods |
2002 |
Natasa Gerasimidou, I gynaikara ap' to Kilkis |
2003 |
Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920) |
2003 |
3 Steps Ahead, Brüno |
2003 |
Lisette Verea, A Night in Casablanca |
2003 |
Jinx Falkenburg, Cover Girl |
2003 |
Annabelle Weenick, Common Law Wife |
2004 |
Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946) |
2004 |
Mária Majláth, Colonel Redl |
2004 |
Suzanne Kaaren, The Devil Bat |
2004 |
William Pierson, Stalag 17 |
2004 |
Enrique Alonso, Teatro fantástico |
2004 |
Jozo Lepetic, The Sons of Great Bear |
2004 |
Willie Crawford, Game 5 |
2004 |
Jodle Birge, The Fight for the Red Cow |
2004 |
Larry McCormick, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
2004 |
Susan Peretz, Dog Day Afternoon |
2005 |
Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929) |
2005 |
Václav Chochola, Flights and Falls |
2005 |
Ronnie Dayton, Bikini Beach |
2005 |
Paolo Casella, Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead |
2005 |
Giorgos Mouzakis, Tis kakomoiras |
2005 |
Gene Morford, Little Shop of Horrors |
2005 |
Barbara Luther, A Ticklish Affair |
2005 |
Bert Farber, The Peter Lind Hayes Show |
2006 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director (b. 1922) |
2006 |
Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (b. 1889) |
2006 |
Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) (b. 1969) |
2006 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Anand |
2006 |
Robert H. Crandall, The Living Desert |
2006 |
Ulrich de Maizière, Mission to Murder Hitler |
2006 |
Lourelei Prior, The Women of World War II |
2006 |
Jessica Hammerschlag, Chasing Holden |
2006 |
Jon Dough, Latex |
2007 |
Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930) |
2007 |
Fritz Reed, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 |
2007 |
Michael W. Dawson, Lucky Numbers: A Musical |
2007 |
Doug Riley, Cannibal Girls |
2007 |
Hans Ruesch, The Savage Innocents |
2007 |
Alfred Peet, Black Rodeo |
2007 |
Richard T. Heffron, Futureworld |
2007 |
Emma Penella, The Executioner |
2008 |
Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1976) |
2008 |
Judit Schäffer, The Boys of Paul Street |
2008 |
Ahmad Mahmud, Raja bersiong |
2008 |
Richard Kassebaum, Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century |
2008 |
Mark Priestley, Better Than Sex |
2008 |
Lennart Swahn, Melodifestivalen 1986 |
2008 |
William S. Baker, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant |
2008 |
Stela Maris, Awakening of the Beast |
2008 |
Del Martin, No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon |
2008 |
Albert C. Gannaway, Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer |
2009 |
Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer and poet (b. 1913) |
2009 |
David Alter, |
2009 |
Anneliese Knoop-Graf, Die Widerständigen. Zeugen der Weißen Rose |
2009 |
Sergey Mikhalkov, U nikh est Rodina |
2009 |
Virgilio Savona, Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il conte di Montecristo |
2009 |
Fui-On Shing, The Killer |
2010 |
Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962) |
2010 |
Jürgen Hartmann, Crossclub: The Legend of the Living Dead |
2010 |
Ueli Beck, Kennwort Fähre |
2010 |
'Tough Tony' Borne, In Your Face |
2010 |
Trudy Vachon, Episode #1.19 |
2010 |
Ildikó Bokor, Tudsz így szeretni? |
2010 |
Anton Geesink, I grandi condottieri |
2010 |
Werner Michel, The Edge of Night |
2010 |
Colin Tennant, The Man Who Bought Mustique |
2011 |
N.F. Simpson, One Way Pendulum |
2011 |
Ron Haggart, The Fifth Estate |
2011 |
Bob Balhatchet, Escape from Alcatraz |
2011 |
Nico Minardos, The Gift |
2011 |
Danuta Chudzianka, Ostatni prom |
2011 |
Eve Brent, The Green Mile |
2011 |
Heribert Barrera, La Crida, història d'una resposta |
2011 |
Tae-jeong Kim, Game of Death |
2011 |
Stetson Kennedy, The Whirlwinds of Revolt |
2011 |
Iya Savvina, The Lady with the Dog |
2012 |
Art Heyman, A Cut Above: 100 Seasons of Duke Basketball |
2012 |
Malcolm W. Browne, Vietnam Report: The Long Pull Ahead |
2012 |
Malcolm Browne, Vietnam: Coming to Terms |
2012 |
Aurora Bautista, La tía Tula |
2012 |
Jerzy Szpunar, Echo |
2012 |
Maggy Dussauchoy, The Children of the Marshland |
2013 |
Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player, dies at 73 |
2013 |
Zelmo Beaty, 1968 NBA All-Star Game |
2013 |
Bill Peach, Australia Felix |
2013 |
Kenth Finell, Episode #25.2 |
2013 |
Lucy Smith, Kvitt eller dobbelt |
2013 |
Chris Kennedy, Doing Time for Patsy Cline |
2014 |
Carlos Vanoni, El cuarteador |
2014 |
Slawa Kwasniewska, Wodzirej |
2014 |
Marjorie Strider, Grimaces |
2014 |
Peret, Mission: Impossible II |
2014 |
Valeri Petrov, The Fall |
2014 |
Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend |
2014 |
Grzegorz Lasota, Jutro premiera |
2014 |
Patrizia Vaterlini, Amore estremo |
2014 |
Dailis Rozlapa, Put, vejini |
2014 |
Danielle Daumerie, Kananga do Japão |
2014 |
Al Carrell, Your New House |
2014 |
Benno Pludra, Die Reise nach Sundevit |
2015 |
Erik Lindström, The Man Without a Past |
2015 |
Darryl Dawkins, The Big Bang |
2015 |
Aleksandr Styopin, Downfall |
2015 |
Kydyrzhan Kydyraliyev, Altyn Kyrghol |
2016 |
Bible Speaks Today editor Alec Motyer dies aged 91 |
2016 |
Veteran Comedian Koo Bong-seo Dies Aged 90 |
2017 |
Tobe Hooper, Texas Chainsaw Massacre director, dies aged 74 |
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