June 27 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1162 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
• 1458 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
• 1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
• 1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
• 1627 – John Hayward, English historian
• 1636 – Date Masamune, founder of Sendai Japan (b. 1567)
• 1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
• 1672 – Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
• 1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
• 1773 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. c. 1706)
• 1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
• 1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
• 1825 – Domenico Vantini, Italian painter
• 1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
• 1829 – James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765)
• 1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
• 1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
• 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
• 1896 – John Berryman, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1825)
• 1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
• 1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
• 1917 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (b. 1896)
• 1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
• 1944 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
• 1949 – Frank Smythe, British mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
• 1954 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
• 1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
• 1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
• 1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Billy Snedden, Australian politician (b. 1926)
• 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
• 1991 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Molly Bish, American Abductee (b. 1983)
• 2000 – Pierre Pflimlin, French Politician (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2002 – John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944)
• 2003 – David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
• 2004 – George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2005 – Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector
• 2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
• 2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
• 2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
• 2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
• 2007 – William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
• 2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshall (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Gale Storm, TV Personality (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)