27 September Deaths

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

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 race car 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)
2017 – Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)

Source: wikipedia