History Deaths on April 27

John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
#John_George_IV,_Elector_of_Saxony

Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)
#Fred_Bear

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
#Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480)
#Ferdinand_Magellan

Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
#Stanley_Adams_(actor)

Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)
#Cyril_Washbrook

Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (b. 1946)
#Vinod_Khanna

Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
#Willem_Frederik_Hermans

Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
#Edward_R._Murrow

Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
#Maeda_Toshiie

Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (b. 1926)
#Verne_Gagne

Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
#Jean_Bart

Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
#Henry_Parkes

Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335)
#Maria_of_Bosnia

Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
#Kwame_Nkrumah

Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)
#Aída_Bortnik

Zita, Italian saint (b. 1212)
#Zita

Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621)
#Ardashir_III
Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
#Marian_Mercer

Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b. 1931)
#Gene_Fullmer

Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
#Simeon_of_Moscow

Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1948)
#Mutula_Kilonzo

A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
#A._K._Fazlul_Huq

John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
#John_Ballance
Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
#Gerard_K._O'Neill

Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (b. 1916)
#Aloysius_Jin_Luxian

Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
#Mstislav_Rostropovich

William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)
#William_Colby

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560)
#Edward_Cromwell,_3rd_Baron_Cromwell

Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
#Carlos_Menditeguy

Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
#Al_Hirt

Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
#Jan_van_Goyen

Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
#Guido_Castelnuovo

Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
#Antonio_Gramsci

Bill Skowron, American baseball player (b. 1930)
#Bill_Skowron

Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
#Olivier_Messiaen

René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
#René_Barrientos

Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (b. 1939)
#Feroz_Khan_(actor)

John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
#John_Trenchard_(politician)

Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
#Karl_Pearson

Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)
#Isidore_of_Kiev

Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
#Alexander_Scriabin

Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)
#Yigal_Arnon

Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
#Vujadin_Boškov

Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
#Katherine_DeMille

William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
#William_Macready

Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
#Edmund_Husserl

Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
#Zebulon_Pike
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1938)
#Sadanoyama_Shinmatsu

Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
#Red_Horner

Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)
#Frankie_Manning

Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
#Arthur_Shields

Pope Leo XI (b. 1535)
#Pope_Leo_XI