October 27 - Deaths

Deaths

• 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 – Abu al-Fida, Kurdish historian, geographer, and tribal leader (b. 1273)
• 1430 – Grand Duke Vytautas the Great of Lithuania (b. 1350)
• 1439 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
• 1449 – Ulugh Beg, Persian ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
• 1505 – Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
• 1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (b. 1511)
• 1561 – Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)
• 1573 – Laurentius Petri, Swedish religious figure (b. 1499)
• 1605 – Emperor Jellaladin Mahommed Akbar of Mughal (b. 1542)
• 1617 – Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1670 – Vavasor Powell, Welsh religious figure (b. 1617)
• 1674 – Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
• 1675 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
• 1789 – John Cook, American farmer and politician (b. 1730)
• 1917 – Arthur Rhys Davids, British pilot (b. 1897)
• 1927 – Squizzy_Taylor, Australian organized crime figure (b. 1888)
• 1935 – E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 – Helmuth Hubener, German anti-Nazi activist (b. 1925)
• 1947 – William Fay, Irish actor and theatre producer (b. 1872)
• 1949 – Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (b. 1916)
• 1949 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)
• 1953 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
• 1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
• 1962 – Rudolf Anderson, American pilot and officer (b. 1927)
• 1968 – Lise Meitner, German physicist (b. 1878)
• 1975 – Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
• 1977 – James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
• 1980 – Steve Peregrin Took, British singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
• 1980 – John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
• 1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)
• 1990 – Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Elliott Roosevelt, American author and advertising executive (b. 1910)
• 1990 – Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
• 1990 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
• 1991 – George Barker, British poet (b. 1913)
• 1992 – David Bohm, American-born British quantum physicist (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1925)
• 2002 – Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1949)
• 2004 – Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
• 2004 – Zdenko Runjić, Croatian composor (b. 1942)
• 2004 – Lester Lanin, American bandleader (b. 1907)
• 2005 – Bob Broeg, American sportswriter (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Brad Will, American anarchist and journalist (b. 1970)
• 2006 – Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Reko Lundán, Finnish writer (b. 1969)
• 2006 – Marlin McKeever, American football player (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Moira Lister, South African actress (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Satyen Kappu, Indian actor (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Chris Bryant, British screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2008 – Roy Stewart, Jamacian-born British actor and fitness industry figure (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Ray Ellis, American record producer and arranger (b. 1923)
• 2009 – David Shepherd, British cricket umpire (b. 1940)
• 2009 – August Coppola, American academic; father of Nicolas Cage (b. 1934)
• 2009 – John David Carson, American actor (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Denise Borino, American actress (b. 1964)
• 2010 – James Wall, American actor and stage manager (b. 1917)