Notable Deaths on May 27th
May 27th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
366 |
Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) |
866 |
Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies |
927 |
Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865) |
1039 |
Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies |
1178 |
Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies |
1444 |
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) |
1508 |
Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 |
1525 |
Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader |
1541 |
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473) beheaded for treason in Tower of London by Henry VIII |
1549 |
Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns |
1564 |
Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 |
1569 |
Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies |
1576 |
Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 |
1580 |
Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies |
1596 |
Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies |
1610 |
François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) |
1615 |
Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553) |
1627 |
Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 |
1638 |
Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 |
1652 |
Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 |
1661 |
Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 |
1675 |
Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) |
1690 |
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 |
1702 |
Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) |
1707 |
Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) |
1708 |
Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 |
1768 |
Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies |
1781 |
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) |
1790 |
Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 |
1797 |
Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 |
1831 |
Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) |
1840 |
Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 57 |
1840 |
Niccolò Paganini, Shine |
1855 |
Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies |
1863 |
Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31 |
1876 |
Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies |
1878 |
Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 |
1887 |
Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 |
1896 |
Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies |
1896 |
Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839) |
1902 |
Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies |
1910 |
Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies at 66 |
1911 |
Prins Hans, De kongelige skal fotograferes |
1914 |
Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies |
1916 |
Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies |
1916 |
Joseph-Simon Galliéni, |
1918 |
Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 |
1919 |
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848) |
1922 |
Barry Baxter, Captain Swift |
1924 |
Aaron Hoffman, Friendly Enemies |
1924 |
Frank Farrington, On the Brink of the Abyss |
1925 |
Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia |
1925 |
Fred R. Stanton, The Spirit of Good |
1926 |
Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904) |
1927 |
J. Alfred Tanner, The Vagabond's Valse |
1927 |
Oscar Stribolt, Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages |
1930 |
Elmore Elliott Peake, His Divorced Wife |
1930 |
Alice Knowland, No Wedding Bells for Me |
1934 |
Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies |
1935 |
Hermann Böttcher, Vier um die Frau |
1939 |
Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 |
1939 |
Joseph Roth, The Legend of the Holy Drinker |
1941 |
AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 |
1941 |
Ernst Lindemann, |
1941 |
Günther Lütjens, |
1941 |
Hans Karl Gottschalk, White Ecstasy |
1943 |
Mieczyslaw Wegrzyn, Kobieta |
1944 |
Mary Lou Cook, Fits and Benefits |
1945 |
Lew Payton, Jezebel |
1945 |
Ferdinand Munier, Queen Christina |
1946 |
Anna Olin, Pojkarna på Storholmen |
1947 |
Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885) |
1947 |
Theodore Seixas Solomons, The Barbarian |
1949 |
Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY |
1949 |
Robert L. Ripley, Believe It or Not #2 |
1949 |
Fred Stanley, Riley the Cop |
1950 |
James Altwies, The Set-Up |
1950 |
Leon Weaver, Jeepers Creepers |
1951 |
Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies |
1953 |
Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868) |
1954 |
Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies |
1954 |
Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter |
1954 |
Arthur Tavares, Germatic Love |
1955 |
Charles Stevens, Bluebeard |
1955 |
Eva Sawyer, Her Lesson |
1955 |
Sol Michaels, Charlie Chan at the Opera |
1956 |
Emmy Schønfeld, Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages |
1957 |
Julia Neilson, Beerbohm Tree, the Great English Actor |
1958 |
Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46 |
1958 |
Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies |
1958 |
Eddie Littell, The Cycle of Fate |
1958 |
Walter Lesch, Jä-soo! |
1958 |
Ainslie Pryor, The Left Handed Gun |
1960 |
Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 |
1960 |
George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74 |
1960 |
James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877) |
1960 |
Tarva Penna, The Avenging Hand |
1960 |
James Montgomery Flagg, The Good Sport |
1962 |
Mack Stengler, King of the Zombies |
1962 |
Charles Fremdling, In Old Chicago |
1962 |
Xenia Desni, Der Turm des Schweigens |
1962 |
Mae Gaston, The Balance |
1963 |
Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered |
1964 |
Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 |
1964 |
Gilbert McAllister, Comin' Thro the Rye |
1964 |
Mary Jane Gumm, La Fiesta de Santa Barbara |
1966 |
Sven Melin, Farligt löfte |
1967 |
Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889) |
1968 |
Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30 |
1969 |
Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 |
1970 |
Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 |
1971 |
Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 |
1975 |
Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53 |
1975 |
Ezzard Charles, The Knockout Parade |
1976 |
Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 |
1977 |
Virginia Gumm, La Fiesta de Santa Barbara |
1978 |
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
1978 |
Hanns Obonya, Torment of the Flesh |
1978 |
Shelly Novack, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here |
1980 |
Seiichi Suzuki, Sanshiro Sugata |
1980 |
Karin Granberg, The Andersson Family |
1981 |
János Pilinszky, Aranymadár |
1981 |
Reidar Särestöniemi, Reidarin värilliset aistimukset |
1981 |
Lennart Pilotti, Pistol |
1981 |
Arvo Tuominen, Stalinin kanava |
1983 |
Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 |
1983 |
Walter Kane, Night Parade |
1983 |
Arnold Van Wyk, The Eighth Plague |
1983 |
Joseph Lejtes, The Faithful City |
1983 |
Lilita Berzina, Zabytyje veshtchi |
1983 |
Peter Gibbons, Fraternity Row |
1983 |
Paul Mann, Inside Moves |
1983 |
Les Goldman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
1984 |
Vasilije Mokranjac, Mars na Drinu |
1984 |
Humberto Robles Arenas, Los desarraigados |
1984 |
Milba K. Lloyd, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife |
1984 |
Reginald Bosanquet, Knife in the Back |
1984 |
Vincent McMahon, WWF Championship Wrestling |
1985 |
Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80 |
1985 |
Bobby Readick, Harrigan's Kid |
1985 |
Kay Campbell, All My Children |
1986 |
Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 |
1986 |
Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921) |
1986 |
David Ellin, The Chosen |
1987 |
John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891) |
1987 |
Rafael Klatzkin, Ma'aseh B'Monit |
1987 |
Raphael Klatchkin, The Flying Matchmaker |
1987 |
Vladimir Koch, The Ninth Circle |
1987 |
Olof Eriksson, Ruuturitarit |
1987 |
Bruce Nugent, Before Stonewall |
1988 |
Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79 |
1988 |
Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 |
1988 |
Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies |
1988 |
Hjördis Petterson, Children's Island |
1988 |
Florida Friebus, The Best Dressed Man |
1988 |
Leonard Borisevich, Posle svadby |
1988 |
Nello Segurini, Una donna prega |
1989 |
Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies |
1989 |
Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907) |
1990 |
Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. 1908) |
1990 |
Christa Siems, Was sich neckt, das liebt sich |
1990 |
Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist, Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret |
1990 |
Annibale Papetti, Diary of a Passion |
1990 |
Inna Gulaya, Kogda derevya byli bolshimi |
1990 |
Vladimir Pekar, Umka |
1990 |
Emmy van Swoll, Deel 11 |
1990 |
Mieko Takamine, The Garden of Women |
1991 |
Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 |
1991 |
Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904) |
1991 |
James F. Collier, The Hiding Place |
1991 |
Jules Adger, Cabin in the Sky |
1991 |
Helge Mauritz, En vår i vapen |
1992 |
Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 |
1992 |
Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42 |
1992 |
John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70 |
1992 |
Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86 |
1992 |
Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890) |
1992 |
Machiko Hasegawa, Episode dated 23 February 2014 |
1992 |
Tony Accardo, |
1992 |
Vladimir Lippart, Ulitsa Nyutona, dom 1 |
1992 |
John Myhers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
1992 |
Ernie Winstanley, Detroit 9000 |
1992 |
Jone Salinas, In the Name of the Law |
1993 |
Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies |
1993 |
Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85 |
1993 |
Jan Wiley, She-Wolf of London |
1993 |
Patti Sacks, Cover Girl |
1993 |
Serge Leroy, Le 4ème pouvoir |
1993 |
Rani, Dara |
1993 |
Bobby Joe Green, Chicago Bears vs. Kansas City Chiefs |
1993 |
Werner Stocker, Herbstmilch |
1993 |
Joe Gormley, Above Us the Earth |
1993 |
Betty Huntley-Wright, Gourmet Night |
1993 |
Roger MacDougall, The Man in the White Suit |
1994 |
Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87 |
1994 |
Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 |
1994 |
Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95 |
1994 |
Red Rodney, Bird |
1995 |
C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64 |
1995 |
Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78 |
1995 |
Zannino, Midnight Express |
1995 |
Olga Andre, The Hat Box Mystery |
1995 |
Armas Vallasvuo, The Unknown Soldier |
1995 |
Severn Darden, Battle for the Planet of the Apes |
1995 |
Coolidge Abel-Bey, Fragrance |
1996 |
Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79 |
1996 |
Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82 |
1996 |
Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85 |
1996 |
Zsuzsa Simon, Egy éj Velencében |
1996 |
Sándor Naszódy, John Hus |
1996 |
Frank Papp, The Aldrich Family |
1997 |
Daniel Nalbach, Street Smart |
1997 |
Matt Gunther, Idol Eyes |
1997 |
Gerhard Wollner, Didi und die Rache der Enterbten |
1997 |
Drago Mitrovic, Face to Face |
1997 |
Walter Janovitz, The Jazz Singer |
1997 |
Vruyr Panoyan, Life Triumphs |
1997 |
Henry Barakat, The Curlew's Cry |
1998 |
Mark Williams, Aliens |
1998 |
Kendall O'Connor, Cinderella |
1998 |
Desa Beric, Cipelice na asfaltu |
1998 |
Robert Muller, Woman of Straw |
1999 |
Leah Ray, Double or Nothing |
1999 |
Anna Strosová, Konecne si rozumíme |
1999 |
Francine Everett, Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. |
1999 |
Gilda Sarmento, Episode dated 6 January 1975 |
2000 |
Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917) |
2000 |
Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921) |
2000 |
Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912) |
2000 |
André Lacombe, The Bear |
2000 |
Inga Abel, Auf in die Fremde |
2000 |
Maurice Richard, Legends of Hockey |
2001 |
Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929) |
2001 |
István Bozóky, A fejenincs Írástudó |
2001 |
Ramon Bieri, Badlands |
2001 |
Nikolay Eryomenko, Tsarskaya okhota |
2001 |
Helen Oakley Dance, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing |
2001 |
Victor Kiam, Sylvia La Plage |
2002 |
Aimo Hiltunen, The Unknown Soldier |
2002 |
Henry A. Potter, Journey to the Screen: The Making of 'Pearl Harbor' |
2002 |
Vitali Solomin, Siberiade |
2002 |
Nandrea Lin, As the World Turns |
2003 |
Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925) |
2003 |
Tony Carreon, American Ninja |
2003 |
Luciano Berio, Rondò |
2003 |
Frances Arndt, Staying Together |
2003 |
Ernie Wallengren, Pilot |
2003 |
John Carlyle, Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet |
2003 |
Dave Monahan, Vitaphone Diversions |
2003 |
Dave Monahan, Tortoise Beats Hare |
2003 |
Verdi Boyer, West Point of the Air |
2003 |
François Bondy, Am Anfang war der Dieb |
2004 |
Werner Tübke, Das Gewissen |
2004 |
Patience Cleveland, Donnie Darko |
2004 |
Hildegard Wensch, Rückwärts |
2004 |
Romolo Siena, Crazy Boat |
2004 |
Ryszard Ber, Cudzoziemka |
2004 |
Victor Reuther, Truman: Part I |
2004 |
Gilbert Servien, Dirty Hands |
2005 |
Lee Jones Schoenburg, Making 'The Misfits' |
2005 |
Vojka Cordic, We Are Not Angels |
2005 |
Dan Sales, Alone in the Dark |
2005 |
Gordon Felio, Okay Bill |
2005 |
Max Lundgren, Gangsterfilmen |
2005 |
Charles von Luttichau, How Hitler Lost the War |
2005 |
Marion Pertwee, Bill Pertwee |
2005 |
Nikolai Gudz, Sovist |
2005 |
Annamirl Bierbichler, The Last Hole |
2005 |
Wojciech Standello, Austeria |
2005 |
Joe Morheim, The Happy Road |
2006 |
Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966) |
2006 |
Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939) |
2006 |
Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928) |
2006 |
Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949) |
2006 |
Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944) |
2006 |
Alex Toth, Space Ghost |
2006 |
Judy J. Kushner, A Night to Dismember |
2006 |
Derek Scott, Dyan Cannon |
2006 |
Thelma Leeds, The Toast of New York |
2006 |
Barbara Cohen, The Nightmare Before Christmas |
2006 |
Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Shadow Kill |
2006 |
David Butler, Jesus of Nazareth |
2006 |
Mübeccel Vardar, Lovelorn |
2006 |
Paul Gleason, Die Hard |
2007 |
Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967) |
2007 |
Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919) |
2007 |
Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932) |
2007 |
Paul Edward Yost, The Great Bank Robbery |
2007 |
Bengt Ellis, Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon |
2007 |
Coda Crowder, College Holiday |
2007 |
G. Srinivasan, Guru |
2007 |
Gretchen Wyler, Private Benjamin |
2007 |
Brian Tooley, |
2007 |
Izumi Sakai, The Friends |
2008 |
Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900) |
2008 |
Jim Duffy, The Running Man |
2008 |
Farlan Myers, Tarzan and the Mermaids |
2008 |
Tsun-Shou Sung, Di er dao cai hong |
2009 |
Clive Granger, Swansea, Wales, Welsh-born British economist, dies at 74 |
2009 |
Jack Reilly, The Mike Douglas Show |
2009 |
Stephen Cinabro, U.S. Marshals |
2009 |
Jacek Maziarski, Pejzaz horyzontalny |
2009 |
Sumner Lyon, A for Achievement |
2009 |
Leina Krespi, Joanna Francesa |
2009 |
Paul Sharratt, Laura McKenzie's Traveler |
2010 |
Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (b. 1929) |
2010 |
Yvonne Howell, Hop Off |
2010 |
John Finn, Tora Tora Tora: The Real Story of Pearl Harbor |
2010 |
Peter J. Hall, Doctor Faustus |
2010 |
Peter Keefe, Denver, the Last Dinosaur |
2010 |
Payut Ngaokrachang, The Adventure of Sudsakorn |
2011 |
Jeff Conaway, American actor (b. 1950) |
2011 |
Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974) |
2011 |
Gil Scott-Heron, American poet, musician and author (b. 1949) |
2011 |
Margo Dydek, Episode #6.105 |
2011 |
Ricardo Cassinelli, La Périchole |
2011 |
Ernestine Mercer, Casper |
2011 |
Brandon Everage, 2003 Rose Bowl |
2011 |
Gregg Sherwood, The Golden Gloves Story |
2011 |
Janet Brown, For Your Eyes Only |
2011 |
Clair E. Leucart, A Few Good Men |
2011 |
Johnny Brewer, 1965 NFL Championship Game |
2011 |
Ralph Schoenfeld, Lafe Lingers On |
2011 |
Armando Bandini, Ace High |
2011 |
Jeff Conaway, Grease |
2011 |
Skot Bradford, My Short Film |
2011 |
Gil Scott-Heron, State of Play |
2012 |
Zita Kabátová, Autumn Spring |
2012 |
Johnny Tapia, Tapia |
2012 |
David Rimoin, Under the Rainbow |
2012 |
Dee Caruso, Which Way to the Front? |
2013 |
Bill Pertwee, English Actor, dies at 86 |
2013 |
Jean Bach, A Great Day in Harlem |
2013 |
György Bárdy, Stars of Eger |
2013 |
Bill Pertwee, Dad's Army |
2013 |
Little Tony, W le donne |
2013 |
Yunona Kareva, Sheremetevo-2 |
2013 |
Denis Holmes, Sabrina |
2013 |
Michel-Antoine Burnier, Sartre, Years of Passion |
2014 |
Helma Sanders-Brahms, Germany Pale Mother |
2014 |
Massimo Vignelli, Helvetica |
2014 |
John F. Hall, The Guardian |
2015 |
William Newman, Mrs. Doubtfire |
2015 |
Dennis Sheehan, The Thing About My Folks |
2015 |
Elisabeth Wiedemann, Otto - Der Film |
2015 |
Bill Foster, Episode #18.142 |
2016 |
Come Dancing star Peggy Spencer dies aged 95 |
2017 |
Britain's Got Talent star Tina Humphrey dead aged 45 after battle with cancer |
2017 |
Italy's 'Queen of Cashmere' Biagiotti dies aged 73 |
2017 |
Tree of Smoke author Denis Johnson dies aged 67 |
2017 |
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, dies aged 89 |
2018 |
Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk to the moon, dies aged 86 |
2018 |
Atari Co-Founder Ted Dabney Dies At 81 |
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