27 November Deaths

November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

Deaths

8 BC – Horace, Roman soldier and poet (b. 65 BC)
395 – Rufinus, Roman politician (b. 335)
450 – Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (b. 392)
511 – Clovis I, king of the Franks
602 – Maurice, Byzantine emperor (b. 539)
639 – Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyon
1067 – Sancha of León, Queen of León (b. c. 1018)
1198 – Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)
1252 – Blanche of Castile (b. 1188)
1346 – Saint Gregory of Sinai (b. c. 1260)
1382 – Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (b. 1340)
1474 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1397)
1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (b. 1568)
1620 – Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (b. 1577)
1632 – John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)
1703 – Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
1754 – Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
1811 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
1819 – Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
1830 – André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)
1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
1875 – Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
1881 – Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
1884 – Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
1899 – Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
1901 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
1908 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
1916 – Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
1919 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)
1920 – Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)
1921 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
1931 – Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)
1934 – Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
1940 – Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
1943 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
1944 – Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
1958 – Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)
1958 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
1960 – Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (b. 1875)
1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
1962 – August Lass, Estonian footballer (b. 1903)
1967 – Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
1970 – Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)
1973 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
1975 – Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)
1975 – Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
1977 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
1978 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)
1978 – George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)
1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
1985 – Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (b. 1920)
1988 – John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
1988 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and author (b. 1927)
1989 – Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)
1990 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)
1990 – Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)
1992 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1906)
1997 – Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (b. 1907)
1998 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
1999 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1937)
1999 – Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1925)
1999 – Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)
2000 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)
2000 – Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)
2000 – Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (b. 1922)
2002 – Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
2002 – Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)
2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
2003 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)
2005 – Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2006 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)
2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
2007 – Bernie Banton, Australian activist (b. 1946)
2007 – Robert Cade, American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (b. 1927)
2007 – Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
2007 – Bill Willis, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
2008 – V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
2009 – Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2010 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2011 – Len Fulford, English photographer and director (b. 1928)
2011 – Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2011 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2012 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (b. 1925)
2012 – Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2012 – Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)
2012 – Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (b. 1917)
2012 – Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)
2013 – Lewis Collins, English-American actor (b. 1946)
2013 – Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (b. 1929)
2013 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941)
2013 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
2013 – Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919)
2014 – Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)
2014 – Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)
2014 – P. D. James, English author (b. 1920)
2014 – Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926)
2014 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2015 – Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963)
2015 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929)
2015 – Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (b. 1971)
2015 – Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (b. 1924)
2016 – Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923)

Source: wikipedia