People who died on May 27 100
Procopius (usurper)
d. 366 (b. 325)
Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 325)
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Murong Bao
d. 398 (b. 355)
Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (b. 355)
Eutropius of Orange
d. 475
Eutropius, bishop of Orange
Ordoño I of Asturias
d. 866 (b. 831)
Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831)
Simeon I of Bulgaria
d. 927 (b. 864)
Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864)
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Dirk III, Count of Holland
d. 1039 (b. 981)
Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 981)
Bruno of Würzburg
d. 1045
Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)
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Godfrey van Rhenen
d. 1178
Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
d. 1240 (b. 1166)
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
d. 1444 (b. 1404)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)
Ludovico Sforza
d. 1508 (b. 1452)
Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508)
Lucrezia Crivelli
d. 1508 (b. 1452)
Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508)
Thomas Müntzer
d. 1525 (b. 1488)
Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
d. 1541 (b. 1473)
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
John Calvin
d. 1564 (b. 1509)
John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)
François Ravaillac
d. 1610 (b. 1578)
François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
Diego Ramírez de Arellano
d. 1624
Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
d. 1661 (b. 1607)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
Gaspard Dughet
d. 1675 (b. 1613)
Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
Giovanni Legrenzi
d. 1690 (b. 1626)
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (d. 1690)
Dominique Bouhours
d. 1702 (b. 1628)
Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
d. 1707 (b. 1641)
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
d. 1781 (b. 1716)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
François-Noël Babeuf
d. 1797 (b. 1760)
François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
Jedediah Smith
d. 1831 (b. 1799)
Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
Niccolò Paganini
d. 1840 (b. 1782)
Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
Thomas Bulfinch
d. 1867 (b. 1796)
Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)
Aleksandr Stoletov
d. 1896 (b. 1839)
Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1896)
Robert Koch
d. 1910 (b. 1843)
Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
Ōzutsu Man'emon
d. 1918 (b. 1869)
Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
Kandukuri Veeresalingam
d. 1919 (b. 1848)
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
Achille Paroche
d. 1933 (b. 1868)
Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
Joseph Roth
d. 1939 (b. 1894)
Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939)
Ernst Lindemann
d. 1941 (b. 1894)
Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
Günther Lütjens
d. 1941 (b. 1889)
Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
Muhammed Hamdi Yazır
d. 1942 (b. 1878)
Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
Gordon Coates
d. 1943 (b. 1878)
Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
Enno Lolling
d. 1945 (b. 1888)
Enno Lolling, German physician (d. 1945)
Ed Konetchy
d. 1947 (b. 1885)
Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
Robert Ripley
d. 1949 (b. 1890)
Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
Jesse Burkett
d. 1953 (b. 1868)
Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
James Montgomery Flagg
d. 1960 (b. 1877)
James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (d. 1960)
Grigoris Lambrakis
d. 1963 (b. 1912)
Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
Jawaharlal Nehru
d. 1964 (b. 1889)
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
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W. Otto Miessner
d. 1967 (b. 1880)
W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
Ernst Niekisch
d. 1967 (b. 1889)
Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
Jeffrey Hunter
d. 1969 (b. 1926)
Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
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Béla Juhos
d. 1971 (b. 1901)
Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
Armando Picchi
d. 1971 (b. 1935)
Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1971)
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Gün Sazak
d. 1980 (b. 1932)
Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
Vasilije Mokranjac
d. 1984 (b. 1923)
Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (d. 1984)
Ismail al-Faruqi
d. 1986 (b. 1921)
Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
Ajoy Mukherjee
d. 1986 (b. 1901)
Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
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Giorgos Tzifos
d. 1986 (b. 1918)
Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
John Howard Northrop
d. 1987 (b. 1891)
John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
Hjördis Petterson
d. 1988 (b. 1908)
Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
Ernst Ruska
d. 1988 (b. 1906)
Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
Arseny Tarkovsky
d. 1989 (b. 1907)
Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)
Robert B. Meyner
d. 1990 (b. 1908)
Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1990)
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Leopold Nowak
d. 1991 (b. 1904)
Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
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Uncle Charlie Osborne
d. 1992 (b. 1890)
Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
Minoo Masani
d. 1998 (b. 1905)
Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
Kazimierz Leski
d. 2000 (b. 1912)
Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch
d. 2000 (b. 1917)
Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)
Maurice Richard
d. 2000 (b. 1921)
Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
Luciano Berio
d. 2003 (b. 1925)
Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)
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Rob Borsellino
d. 2006 (b. 1949)
Rob Borsellino, American journalist (b. 1949)
Paul Gleason
d. 2006 (b. 1939)
Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
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Craig Heyward
d. 2006 (b. 1966)
Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
Izumi Sakai
d. 2007 (b. 1967)
Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
Gretchen Wyler
d. 2007 (b. 1932)
Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
Ed Yost
d. 2007 (b. 1919)
Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (d. 2007)
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Franz Künstler
d. 2008 (b. 1900)
Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)
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Thomas M. Franck
d. 2009 (b. 1931)
Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)
Clive Granger
d. 2009 (b. 1934)
Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
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Mona Grey
d. 2009
Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer
Abram Hoffer
d. 2009 (b. 1917)
Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)
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Gérard Jean-Juste
d. 2009 (b. 1946)
Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)
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Carol Anne O'Marie
d. 2009 (b. 1933)
Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (b. 1933)
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William Refshauge
d. 2009 (b. 1913)
William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)
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Paul Sharratt
d. 2009 (b. 1933)
Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (b. 1933)
Payut Ngaokrachang
d. 2010 (b. 1929)
Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (b. 1929)
Jeff Conaway
d. 2011 (b. 1950)
Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
Margo Dydek
d. 2011 (b. 1974)
Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)
Gil Scott-Heron
d. 2011 (b. 1949)
Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
Simeon Daniel
d. 2012 (b. 1934)
Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)
Friedrich Hirzebruch
d. 2012 (b. 1927)
Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
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David Rimoin
d. 2012 (b. 1936)
David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
d. 2013 (b. 1917)
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)
Bill Pertwee
d. 2013 (b. 1926)
Bill Pertwee, English actor (d. 2013)
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Abdoulaye Sékou Sow
d. 2013 (b. 1931)
Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
Robert Genn
d. 2014 (b. 1936)
Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
Helma Sanders-Brahms
d. 2014 (b. 1940)
Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
Roberto Vargas
d. 2014 (b. 1929)
Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
Massimo Vignelli
d. 2014 (b. 1931)
Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
Erik Carlsson
d. 2015 (b. 1929)
Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1929)
Nils Christie
d. 2015 (b. 1928)
Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
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Andy King (footballer, born 1956)
d. 2015 (b. 1956)
Andy King, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
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Michael Martin (philosopher)
d. 2015 (b. 1932)
Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
Gregg Allman
d. 2017 (b. 1947)
Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)