27 September Deaths

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

765 – Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty
936 – Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (b. 867)
1111 – Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess
1125 – Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia (b.c. 1095)
1194 – Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
1249 – Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
1404 – William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
1536 – Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)
1612 – Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)
1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. c.1600)
1657 – Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (b. 1591)
1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
1590 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
1660 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
1674 – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (b. 1589)
1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
1719 – George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
1730 – Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)
1735 – Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
1742 – Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
1783 – Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
1832 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
1833 – Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
1838 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
1876 – Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
1886 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
1898 – Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
1911 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
1915 – Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
1917 – Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
1919 – Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
1935 – Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
1940 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
1940 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1942 – Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
1956 – Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
1960 – Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
1965 – Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
1965 – William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
1967 – Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
1975 – Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
1979 – Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
1979 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
1981 – Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1983 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1984 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
1986 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
1991 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
1997 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
1998 – Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
2003 – Jean Lucas, French racing driver (b. 1927)
2003 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2005 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
2005 – Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
2006 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
2007 – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
2008 – Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)
2009 – Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2009 – Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
2009 – William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
2010 – George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
2010 – Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)
2010 – Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)
2011 – David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2011 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
2011 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2012 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)
2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917)
2012 – John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
2012 – Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013 – Gates Brown, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2013 – Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
2013 – Elvin R. Heiberg III, American general and engineer (b. 1932)
2013 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
2013 – Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)
2014 – Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)
2014 – Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)
2014 – Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)
2014 – Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2014 – Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
2014 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
2015 – Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
2015 – Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (b. 1940)
2015 – Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
2015 – Denise Lor, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
2015 – Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (b. 1937)
2015 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)
2016 – David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)

Source: wikipedia