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1605Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Indian Mughal Emperor (born 1542)

1505Ivan III, [Ivan the Great], Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia (1462-1505), dies at 65

October 27th Deaths
Date Event
925
Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies 
939
King Athelstan I of England (b. 895) 
1271
Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) 
1312
John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) 
1327
Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) 
1331
Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies 
1430
Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) 
1439
Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397) 
1449
Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56 
1485
Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies 
1505
Ivan III, [Ivan the Great], Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia (1462-1505), dies at 65 
1542
Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies 
1553
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy 
1561
Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510) 
1573
Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499) 
1580
John Bonga, beggar, dies 
1605
Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Indian Mughal Emperor (born 1542) 
1617
Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563) 
1651
Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies 
1652
Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies 
1659
Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged 
1670
Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617) 
1674
Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614) 
1675
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602) 
1725
Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 
1771
Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies 
1781
Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 
1789
John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730) 
1796
Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45 
1822
Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55 
1833
Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66 
1845
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), dies at 60 
1848
Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 
1864
Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 
1894
Alphons Czibulka, Hour of Glory 
1917
Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (b. 1897) 
1918
George Binns, The Camera Cure 
1919
John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies 
1919
Theodoor H de Meester, premier (1905-08), dies 
1925
Wilhelm Gericke, composer, dies at 80 
1927
Emmi Elert, Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach 
1927
Volmer Hjorth-Clausen, Detektivens barnepige 
1929
A.M. Willner, The Rogue Song 
1930
William Bechtel, Spite Marriage 
1932
Robert Kurrle, Sadie Thompson 
1933
Julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74 
1933
Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies 
1934
Roger Lion, Trois balles dans la peau 
1935
E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (b. 1897) 
1935
Otto Laubinger, The Stolen Face 
1938
Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57 
1938
Fred Duprez, Hey! Hey! USA 
1940
Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72 
1940
Fini Henriques, Fini Henriques 
1941
Ernest Everett Just, African-American embryologist (physiology of development, fertilization, cell division), dies of pancreatic cancer at 58 
1941
Hans Joachim Schaufuß, The Burning Secret 
1942
Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925) 
1942
Brenda Fowler, Judge Priest 
1942
Del Andrews, All Quiet on the Western Front 
1943
Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64 
1943
Isidor Traube, German Chemist (founded capillary chemistry, research on liquids), dies at 83 
1944
Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies 
1944
Tekla Trapszo, Pod Twoja obrone 
1945
Hanns Schwarz, The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel 
1947
W.G. Fay, Odd Man Out 
1948
Romeo Bosetti, Une dame vraiment bien 
1949
Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (b. 1916) 
1949
Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919) 
1949
Marcel Cerdan, Fame and the Devil 
1949
Frank Thayer, Sunset Blvd. 
1949
Boris Dobronravov, Petersburg Nights 
1951
Sabatino Lopez, Bufere 
1952
Bodil Hartvig, Balleteusens hævn 
1952
Anthony J. Xydias, Dynamite Dan 
1952
Richard Coburn, Magnolia 
1953
Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71 
1953
Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873) 
1953
Martin Schreep, Den store dag 
1953
Eduard Künneke, Der Vetter aus Dingsda 
1954
Franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78 
1954
Frank Druce, cricketer (252 runs in 5 Tests for England), dies 
1954
Franco Alfano, Two Lovers 
1955
Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 
1955
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66 
1955
Milton Herbert Gropper, No Man of Her Own 
1955
Catherine Countiss, A Modern Magdalen 
1955
Vladimir Deshevov, Post 
1956
Etta Lee, The Toll of the Sea 
1957
Juliette Roos, Suikerfreule 
1957
Michelette Burani, Enter Madame! 
1958
Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74 
1958
Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84 
1958
John Wooldridge, Raiders in the Sky 
1958
Walter von Molo, Fridericus 
1958
Marshall Neilan, Daddy-Long-Legs 
1958
Bert Howard, It's a Wonderful Life 
1960
Erich Nadler, Man of Straw 
1961
Severo Fernández, La luz de un fósforo 
1962
Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58 
1962
Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 
1962
Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 
1962
John Stumar, Something to Sing About 
1962
Isabel Bering, It Happened in Paris 
1962
Fatso Marco, Episode #4.2 
1964
Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63 
1964
Willi Bredel, writer, dies at 63 
1965
French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21 
1966
Nigel Haig, cricketer (England pace bowler in 5 Tests 1921-30), dies 
1967
Irehne Hobson, Episode #10.21 
1968
Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89 
1969
Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89 
1969
Konrad Mayerhoff, Gideon 
1972
Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65 
1973
Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (Mister Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 64 
1975
Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 
1975
Rex Stout, American mystery writer (b. 1886) 
1975
Georges Carpentier, A Gypsy Cavalier 
1977
James M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85 
1978
Suzanne Courtal, Forbidden Games 
1979
Ljubica Sekulic, Put oko sveta 
1980
Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 
1980
Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924) 
1980
John Van Vleck, American Physicist, Mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, dies at 81 
1981
John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94 
1981
Fernando Caprio, Capricious and Millionaire 
1982
Herwart Grosse, Prozess Richard Waverly 
1982
Fred Tanner, Die Schatten werden länger 
1984
Raymond Kessler, The Woman in Green 
1985
Walter Crisham, Moulin Rouge 
1985
Bernard Woolfe, High Steel 
1985
Geneva Hall, Maytime 
1985
William Bramley, West Side Story 
1985
Tola Mankiewiczówna, Pani minister tanczy 
1985
Branko Spoljar, Winnetou 
1985
Vilém Besser, Giant Shoe-Factory 
1986
Albert Velghe, Armand Pien: De maan 
1986
Edmond Bennett, Soldier of the Queen 
1986
Sherman Adams, Episode dated 4 November 1956 
1987
Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies 
1987
John O. Killens, Odds Against Tomorrow 
1987
Joel Alano, Ito ba ang ating mga anak 
1987
Svetolik Nikacevic, Escape from Sobibor 
1987
László Mönich, Kicsik-nagyok öröme 
1988
Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73 
1988
S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83 
1988
Lada Boyadjieva, Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi 
1988
Erika von Thellmann, The Good Soldier Schweik 
1988
Charles Hawtrey, Carry on Camping 
1988
Ivo Gubel, Kdyz hraje Slávia 
1988
Niek Engelschman, 1e deel 
1989
Albert Sylvester, The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler 
1989
A.J. Sylvester, Renegade and Turncoat 
1989
Robert de Jonker, Gebroken spiegels 
1989
William Kerwin, Blood Feast 
1989
Jörg Knochée, Karla 
1990
Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80 
1990
Ugo Tognazzi actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 68 
1990
Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90 
1990
Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900) 
1990
Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901) 
1990
Rafael Banquells, Gutierritos 
1990
Elliott Roosevelt, Episode dated 16 February 1950 
1990
Ugo Tognazzi, La Cage aux Folles 
1990
Bob Calinescu, Dimineata Mihaelei 
1990
Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 
1990
Waclaw Kowalski, Our Folks 
1990
Xavier Cugat, 2046 
1991
Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies 
1991
Pyke F C Koch, realistic painter, dies 
1991
George Barker, English poet (b. 1913) 
1991
Franz Kutschera, Die Erbschaft 
1991
Andrzej Panufnik, Strachy 
1991
Paul Erickson, White Fire 
1991
Catherine Heath, The Horse May Talk 
1992
Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies 
1992
David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917) 
1992
Marty Klein, Episode #2.25 
1992
Vladimír Hlavatý, Lost People 
1992
Åke Nilsson, Doctor Glas 
1992
Sidney Dubin, Shoot the Works 
1992
Kevin Lucas, Dazed and Confused 
1992
Carlos Muñoz, All the Way Boys 
1992
Viliam Canky, The Boxer and Death 
1992
Jorie Wyler, Osceola 
1992
Mel Koontz, Peter and the Tiger 
1993
Irene Korman, Phantasm II 
1993
Ulla-Bella Fridh, Episode #1.20 
1993
Betty Söderberg, Alarm 
1994
Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57 
1994
Robert White, Knife in the Dark 
1994
Kay Bell, The Ten Commandments 
1994
Edith Haskins, Dancing Lady 
1994
Richard Beauchamp, The Killing of Randy Webster 
1994
Hazel Steck, Believe in Me 
1995
Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 
1995
Susi Hush, tYelevision producer, dies at 49 
1995
Irma Campanaro, Our Relations 
1995
Richard Ryder, Forever Young 
1995
Michael Dutfield, The Fall of Saigon 
1995
Carlos Lucena, The Hit 
1995
Ben Niems, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 
1995
Susi Hush, Drowning in the Shallow End 
1995
Charles Knapp, Chinatown 
1995
Slobodan Selenic, Premeditated Murder 
1995
Stan Johnson, The Blue Dahlia 
1995
Leo Bardischewski, Céleste 
1996
Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84 
1996
James Aubrey Turner, scientist, dies at 57 
1996
John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82 
1996
Jack Tinker, Episode #1.1 
1996
Harry Woolman, The Sword and the Sorcerer 
1996
Ralph Oliver, Dead in the Water 
1997
François-Henry de Virieu, Episode dated 5 March 1995 
1997
Henry Goldscher, True Confessions 
1997
Gordon L. Seiple, The D.I. 
1998
Klári Tolnay, Pacsirta 
1998
Luis Prendes, Tuareg: The Desert Warrior 
1998
Rosamund John, Spitfire 
1998
Lee Cooley, Episode dated 19 December 1958 
1999
Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927) 
1999
Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903) 
1999
Stepánka Hanicincová, Trávnicka 
1999
Glen Vernon, Bedlam 
1999
Paulo Soledade, Garota de Ipanema 
1999
Lois Collier, A Night in Casablanca 
1999
Frank De Vol, Kiss Me Deadly 
2000
Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929) 
2000
Tim Ralfe,  
2000
Larry Rhine, The Colgate Comedy Hour 
2000
Alan Westbrook, Prison for Children 
2000
Vladislav Bush, The Siege of Venice 
2000
Walter Berry, La Cenerentola 
2000
Georgi Vdovenkov, Pushchik edet v Pragu 
2001
Freyda Rothstein, Blackout 
2001
Sophie Tatischeff, Jour de Fete 
2001
Adrian Weiss, The Bride and the Beast 
2002
Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925) 
2002
Sirkka Saarnio, The Earth Is a Sinful Song 
2002
Thomas J. Dowd, Goldilocks and the Three Bares 
2002
Tom Dowd, Airheads 
2002
André De Toth, House of Wax 
2003
Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937) 
2003
Rod Roddy, The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special 
2003
Tarun Kumar, Swati 
2003
Jerry Fuller, Oliver Buys a Farm 
2003
Johnny Boyd, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia 
2003
Patricia O'Neal, What's Up, Doc? 
2004
Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974) 
2004
Zdenko Runjic, Servantes iz Malog Mista 
2004
Lester Lanin, Scoop 
2004
Leif Hedenberg, At the Airport 
2004
Ruth Brennan, Lucky Thirteen 
2004
Claude Helffer, The Fire Within 
2004
Martin Flörchinger, Pinocchio 
2005
Margarita Nazarova, Polosatyy reys 
2005
Christine Gossett, Ramona 
2006
Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944) 
2006
Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970) 
2006
Joe A., Diary of a Porn Virgin 
2006
József Gregor, Pomádé király új ruhája 
2006
Reko Lundán, Tarpeettomia ihmisiä 
2006
Peter Henton, 4th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards 
2006
Marlin McKeever, Episode #11.25 
2006
María Cánepa, Coronation 
2007
Darius Truly, Dropping the Gloves 
2007
Patrick Yacono, Dark 
2007
Henk Vredeling, Episode dated 17 November 1999 
2007
Pierre Janssen, Episode #1.1 
2007
Moira Lister, Trouble in Store 
2007
Franci Slak, Ko zaprem oci 
2008
Ray Ellis, Eight Crazy Nights 
2008
Lisetta Nava, Arrivano i nostri 
2008
Ron Cooney, Seven Pounds 
2008
Frank Nagai, Nishi Ginza Station 
2008
Roy Stewart, Live and Let Die 
2008
Erwin Halletz, Die große Kür 
2008
Mary Perine, Bathing Beauty 
2008
Roger De Wilde, Herfst op Hagendonck 
2009
David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (b. 1940) 
2009
Pierre Doris, The Story of a Three-Day Pass 
2009
David Shepherd, Chaplin's Goliath 
2009
Damien Michaels, Love Games 
2009
Mile Popovski, A Weekend of Deceased Persons 
2009
August Coppola, The Sorcerer's Apprentice 
2009
Pamela Birch, Episode #1.1 
2009
John David Carson, Pretty Woman 
2010
Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician (b. 1950) 
2010
Denise Borino, American actress (b. 1964) 
2010
James Wall, American actor and stage manager (b. 1917) 
2010
Néstor Kirchner, The Take 
2010
James E. Wall, Banner of Innocence 
2010
Denise Borino-Quinn, Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request 
2010
Ean Wood, Edward II 
2011
James Hillman, founder of Archetypal Psychology (b. 1926) 
2011
Tibor Kárpáti, For Those I Loved 
2011
Tadeusz Bros, Rower Blazeja 
2011
David Rea, The Expendables 
2011
Reese Palmer, My Brother Marvin 
2011
Todd Swenson, The Hidden 
2011
T. Max Graham, Eraserhead 
2011
Tom Donovan, Another World 
2011
Sergei Govorukhin, Nikto, krome nas... 
2012
Robert W. Castle, Sleepers 
2012
Alan Shaxon, Noel's Christmas Presents 
2012
Dave Borthwick, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb 
2012
Jacques Dupin, Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge 
2012
Terry Callier, The Intouchables 
2012
Regina Dourado, O Baiano Fantasma 
2012
Göran Stangertz, Run for Your Life 
2012
Chris Gelfo, Love Always 
2012
Hans Werner Henze, Muriel, or The Time of Return 
2013
Lou Reed, American musician, dies from liver disease at 71 
2013
Vinko Coce, Dora 
2013
Luigi Magni, State buoni se potete 
2013
Roger McGee, Forbidden Planet 
2013
Dave Margolin, Blade Runner 
2013
Lou Reed, Trainspotting 
2014
Bud Mercer, Holiday Inn 
2015
Philip French, Legendary film critic dies at age 82 
2015
Ada Chaseliov, A Muralha 
2015
Philip French, The Imposter 
2015
Ayerdhal, Episode dated 18 April 2013 
2015
Gulam Noon, Sir Gulam Noon 
2015
Miyu Matsuki, Sword of the Stranger 
2015
Mitzura Arghezi, Titanic Waltz 
2015
Ralph Richeson, Hancock 
2015
Irv Ungerman, The Burning 
2015
George Germon, Episode dated 9 December 2006 
2016
Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning captain, Carlos Alberto, dies aged 72 
2016
'The Simpsons' writer Kevin Curran dies, aged 59 
2016
Howard Davies, theatre director, dies aged 71 
2016
The oldest member of Japan's imperial family, Prince Mikasa, dies aged 100 
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