April 27th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on April 27th

2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

• Jerry Springer

  The jerry springer show, a british-american talk show host, is a controversial, violent and confrontational television program. although the program is now much more civilized, the host still manages to justify the show's morality. springeraeur(tm), 1998's book "ringmaster" takes the reader behind the scenes at the hit show, and also includes information about his personal and professional life.

2022

• Liao Guoxun

  Chinese politician (b. 1963)

2021

• Manoj Das

  Indian writer (b. 1934)

2020

• Eavan Boland

  She is an irish poet, with more than 30 publications. new territory, her first collection of poetry, was published in dublin in 1967.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

• Alvaro Arzu

  Former President of Guatemala who played a key role in the country's peace process.

2017

• Vinod Khanna

  Indian film actor and producer known for his work in Bollywood films.

• Vito Acconci

  Experimental poet and performance artist.

• Sadanoyama Shinmatsu

  The 50th yokozuna, japanese sumo wrestling champion

2016

• Harold Cohen

  Renowned for his work in artificial intelligence and computer-generated art.

• Harold Cohen

  Renowned for his work in artificial intelligence and creator of the AARON program.

2015

• Gene Fullmer

  American boxer and world champion at middleweight 1957-1963.

• Alexander Rich

  American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)

• Verne Gagne

  American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)

2014

• Yigal Arnon

  Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)

• Daniel Colchico

  American football coach and player (d. 2014).

• Vujadin Boškov

  Coach and manager of serbian footballers (d. 2014).

• Harry Firth

  Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)

2013

• Lorraine Copeland

  Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921)

• Aloysius Jin Luxian

  Chinese bishop (b. 1916)

• Jérôme Louis Heldring

  Dutch journalist and author (b. 1917)

• Aída Bortnik

  Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)

• Antonio Díaz Jurado

  Spanish footballer (b. 1969)

Mutula Kilonzo

Kenyan lawyer and politician, kenyan minister of justice (b. 1948)

2012

• Bill Skowron

  American baseball player (b. 1930)

• Daniel E. Boatwright

  American soldier and politician (b. 1930)

2011

• Marian Mercer

  American stage actress and singer who made her debut in 1957. her broadway debut, "promises, promises" on 12/01/1968, was her peak. she received a best supporting actress tony award 4/20/1969.

• Orlando Bosch

  Cuban exile leader and anti-Castro activist.

2010

• Jafari Nkrumah

  Jafari Nkrumah was a Ghanaian essayist known for his influential writings on African nationalism and postcolonial theory.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

• Feroz Khan

  Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)

• Woo Seung-yeon

  South korean model and actress (b. 1983)

• Frankie Manning

  American choreographer, dancer, instructor and choreographer. he was also one of the founder fathers of lindy hop. (born 1914)

• Feroz Khan (actor)

  Indian actor, film director & producer (b. 1939)

• Woo Seung-yeon

  South korean actress and model (born 1983).

2008

• Vanden Stock

  Belgian footballer who played for Anderlecht and the Belgian national team.

• Marios Tokas

  Cypriot-greek singer-songwriter (d. 2008)

2007

• Dim Levin

  Contributed to the development of the Standard Model of particle physics.

• Mstislav Rostropovich

  Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)

2006

• Julia Thorne

  John kerry's ex-wife (born 1944).

2005

• Red Horner

  Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)

2002

• Vitaly Solomin

  Vitaly Solomin was a renowned Soviet and Russian actor known for his roles in films and television series.

• George Alec Effinger

  American author (d. 2002)

• Ruth Handler

  American inventor and businesswoman, created the barbie doll (b. 1916)

2000

• Vicki Sue Robinson

  American singer (born 1954)

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

• Al Hirt

  New orleans, louisiana -- jazz trumpeter (greatest horn in the world).

• Rolf Landauer

  American physicist, and electrical engineer (born in 1927).

• Dale C. Thomson

  Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)

• Cyril Washbrook

  English cricketer (b. 1914)

1998

• Dominique Aury

  Dominique Aury was a French writer and translator, best known for her erotic novel 'Story of O'.

• Carlos Castaneda

  Author and peruvian-american anthropologist (d. 1998).

• Carlos Castaneda

  Peruvian-American author known for his books on shamanism and spirituality.

• John Bassett

  Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)

• Carlos Castaneda

  Peruvian-american anthropologist and author (b. 1925)

Browning Ross

American runner and soldier (d. 1998)

Anne Desclos

French journalist and author (d. 1998).

John Bassett

Canadian media baron and publisher (born 1915).

H Browning Ross

American long-distance running olympian (born in 1924)

Dominique Aury

French erotic writer, the author of a noted erotica novel, aeur~aeur(tm)histoire daeur(tm)o,aeur(tm) published under the pseudonym "pauline ra(c)age" in june of 1954. she had written the book in retaliation for a remark made by her lover and employer that no female was capable of writing an erotic novel. the book was so popular that the government brought obscenity cases against …

1997

• Paul Lambert

  Actor (tomexecutive suite), dead at 73

1996

• William Colby

  American diplomat, attorney and director of the cia. colby enlisted in the u.s. army during ww ii. he was awarded the silver star as well as the bronze star. colby passed the new york state bar exam in 1947. he worked as a lawyer from 1947-1950. he was an attacha(c), serving as american embassy's head of the far east division …

• Gilles Grangier

  French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)

• William Egan Colby

  Cia director dies at 76

• Joan Sterndale Bennett

  Actress (elizabeth dark shadows), dies in 86

1995

• Otto Friedrich

  German-American author and cultural historian.

• Katherine DeMille

  Canadian-american actress (b. 1911)

• Willem Frederik Hermans

  Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)

• Willem Frederik Hermans

  Dutch writer (born 1921)

1994

• Osten Dahl

  Osten Dahl was a Norwegian mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of topology.

• Lynne Frederick

  Remembered for her roles in classic British films of the 1970s.

• John Preston

  At 48 years old, a us writer (gay house and big gay book) dies.

• Lynne Frederick Unger

  Actress (trail of pink panther), is killed at 39

1993

• Hans Sahl

  German / us writer (tie exil im exil), dies at 90

1992

• Olivier Messiaen

  French musician and composer, one of the most important french composers of 20th-century france. he was a prolific and distinct composer who sought to capture in music the beauty of nature and spiritual secrets of roman catholic mysticism. his style was influenced by everything, including bird song (of over 250 species), indian and balinese rhythmic muces, and more traditional forms …

• Gerard K. O'Neill

  American physicist and astronomer (d. 1992)

• Gerard K O'Neill

  American physicist (born in 1927).

1991

• Marcus Heeresma

  Writer/poet anna, son of a wore, dies.

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

• Konosuke Matsushita

  Japanese businessman, founded panasonic (b. 1894)

1988

• Fred Bear

  American hunter and author (b. 1902)

• David Scarboro

  British actor (born 1968).

1987

• Norman McLaren

  A Scottish-Canadian animator and filmmaker known for his experimental and innovative techniques.

1984

• Piet Kraak

  Dutch soccer player dies at the age of 63.

1982

• Tom Tully

  Actor (lineup, shane) dies at 85

1980

• Mario Bava

  Italian director known for his work in horror and science fiction films.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1978

• Mohammed Daud

  Premier / president of afghanistan, assassinated

1977

• Stanley Adams

  American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)

• Stanley Adams

  Actor (lillies in the field, thunder alley) dies at 61

1975

• Nicholas Soussanin

  Actor (last command), dies at the age of 86

1973

• Carmine Gallone

  Italian film director who made over 100 films during his career.

• Carlos Menditeguy

  Argentinian racecar driver and polo player (d. 1973).

• Libbe de Wal

  Humanistic covenant founder, who dies at 72.

1972

• Kwame Nkrumah

  Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the country to independence from British colonial rule.

• Kwame Nkrumah

  Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician and journalist who played a key role in the independence of Ghana and served as the country's first president.

• Primus Nkrumah

  Primus Nkrumah was a Ghanaian journalist and politician who played a key role in the country's independence movement and served as its first president.

• Karmon Nkrumah

  Karmon Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician who served as the first President of Ghana from 1960 to 1966.

• Phares Nkrumah

  Phares Nkrumah was a Ghanaian poet and political leader who played a key role in Ghana's independence movement.

Phil King

Rock (blue oyster cult), taken in the head at 24 while gambling

1970

• Arthur Shields

  Actor (your time to act) dies at 73

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

• René Barrientos

  Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th president of bolivia (b. 1919)

• Rene Barrientos

  Bolivian president (born 1919).

• Dino Terranova

  Actor (young dillinger), dies at 65

1967

• William Douglas Cook

  New zealand farmer, founded the eastwoodhill arboretum (b. 1884)

• William Douglas Cook

  Pukeiti and eastwoodhill arboretum founders, (new zealand). (born 1884).

1965

• Tyrian Murrow

  Tyrian Murrow was a renowned broadcast journalist who is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of American journalism.

• Edward R. Murrow

  Edward R. Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent who was a major figure in American journalism during the mid-20th century.

• Siler Murrow

  Siler Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent, who is considered one of the most influential journalists of the 20th century.

• Edward R Murrow

  Newscaster (person-to-person) dies at the age of 57.

• Paxton Booth

  Paxton Booth was an American architect known for his contributions to the field of architecture.

Alan Bunce

Actor albert-ethel & albert, dies at 61

1964

• Georg Britting

  Writer dies at 73

1962

• A. K. Fazlul Huq

  Bangladeshi-pakistani lawyer and politician, pakistani minister of the interior (b. 1873)

• A K Fazlul Huq

  Bengali statesman (born 1873)

1961

• Roy Del Ruth

  American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)

• Roy Del Ruth

  Director (about face folies bergere), dies at 67

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

• Gordon Armstrong

  The inventor of the baby incubator dies.

1957

• Mario A Gianini

  Creator of the maraschino cherry, he dies.

1952

• Guido Castelnuovo

  Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)

1950

• Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski

  Composer dies at age 70

• Karl Straube

  German conductor / organist

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

• Benjamin Faunce

  American druggist and businessman (b. 1873)

1941

• Penelope Delta

  Greek author (born 1874)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

• Edmund Husserl

  Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

• Edmond Rubbens

  At 44 years old, belgian minister to colonies dies.

1937

• Antonio Gramsci

  Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher and politician, known for his theory of cultural hegemony and his analysis of the role of culture in political and social change.

• Antonio Gramsci

  Italian communist leader, marxist theoretician and marxist theoretician. he is one of the most important political thinkers of the 20th century. he was born in poverty, and he continued his education at 20 with a scholarship. he was attracted to the socialist party in his youth. he joined a left-wing group at the end of ww i. they established a …

1936

• Karl Pearson

  Karl Pearson was a pioneering English statistician known for his contributions to mathematical statistics.

• Karl Pearson

  English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)

• Frederik A Stoett

  Linguist (dutch proverbs), dies at age 72.

1932

• Chezney Emerson

  Chezney Emerson was a prominent American poet of the late 19th century, known for her lyrical and introspective works.

• Hart Crane

  American poet known for his complex and visionary poetry.

• Hart Crane

  American writer. he was a brilliant, mystical poet, and at 25 was a serious alcoholic. his health was in decline. his greatest works include "white buildings", 1926, and "the bridge", 1930.

• Harold "Heart" Crane

  American poet bridge commits suicide at 32 years old by jumping from a steamer as he sails from mtxico to new york.

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1921

• Arthur Mold

  English cricketer (born 1863)

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1915

• Alexander Scriabin

  Russian composer, who became a virtuoso in europe at the age of 20, and won a gold medal for his efforts in 1892. after leaving the military, he studied at moscow conservatory 1888 and became a piano teacher 1898-1904. he then quit to write full-time. he composed and led concert tours throughout the u.s., including one in 1906-07. his works …

• John Labatt

  Canadian businessman and brewer (d. 1915).

• Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus)

  At the age of 43, he dies.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on April 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1902

• Elorah Emerson

  Elorah Emerson was a prominent American essayist and philosopher who contributed to the Transcendentalist movement.

• Julius Sterling Morton who started Arbor Day

  At 72 years old, he dies.

1901

• Richard Redhead composer

  At the age of 81, he dies.