History Deaths on August 27

Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)

#Childe_Hassam

Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)

#Gordon_Matta-Clark

Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)

#Malcolm_Browne

Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)

#Margaret_Bourke-White

Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)

#Chen_Liting

Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)

#Art_Heyman

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (b. 1247)

#Little_Saint_Hugh_of_Lincoln

Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)

#Erika_Mann

Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913)

#Sergey_Mikhalkov

Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)

#Charles_Evans_Hughes

Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)

#Willem_Hubert_Nolens

Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)

#Caesarius_of_Arles

William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)

#William_Chapman_Ralston

Titian, Italian painter and educator (b. 1488)

#Titian

Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)

#Francis_Marion_Smith

Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1261)

#Arthur_II,_Duke_of_Brittany

Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)

#Emil_Christian_Hansen

Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Ernest_Lawrence

Pope Eugene II

#Pope_Eugene_II

Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909)

#Hélder_Câmara

Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)

#Emma_Penella

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954) (Double Trouble)

#Stevie_Ray_Vaughan

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Hrishikesh_Mukherjee

John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)

#John_Laurens

Re?at Çi?iltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)

#Re?at_Çi?iltepe

Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)

#Anton_Geesink

Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)

#Gracie_Allen

Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)

#Piotr_Gamrat

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)

#Thomas_Chandler_Haliburton

W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)

#W._E._B._Du_Bois

Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)

#Reginald_West,_6th_Baron_De_La_Warr

Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)

#Tomás_Luis_de_Victoria

Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Pet?fi Bridge (b. 1894)

#Hubert_Pál_Álgyay

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)

#Princess_Marina_of_Greece_and_Denmark

Herman Poto?nik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)

#Herman_Poto?nik

Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (b. 1961)

#Pascal_Chaumeil

King Eric III of Denmark

#Eric_III_of_Denmark

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)

#Willie_Crawford

Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)

#Samuel_C._Pomeroy

Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)

#Brian_Epstein

Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)

#Neville_Alexander

Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)

#Lope_de_Vega

Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)

#Jacques_Friedel

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)

#Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma

Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)

#Pope_Sixtus_V

William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)

#William_Whiting_Boardman

Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934)

#Dave_Thomas_(golfer)

Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)

#Luna_Vachon

Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1450)

#Josquin_des_Prez

Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)

#Le_Corbusier

Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)

#Haile_Selassie

Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)

#Eise_Eisinga

Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)

#Darryl_Dawkins

Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)

#Greg_Morris

Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)

#Frank_Harris

Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)

#Rufus_Wilmot_Griswold

Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Valeri_Petrov

Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)

#Benno_Pludra

Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)

#Kusumoto_Ine

Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)

#Bennett_Cerf

Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)

#Francisco_de_Zurbarán

Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

#Cesare_Pavese

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)

#James_Thomson_(poet,_born_1700)

Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)

Bill Peach, Australian journalist (b. 1935)

Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)

Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)

Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969) (Napalm Death)

Seán Purcell, Irish footballer (b. 1929)

Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)

Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (b. 1920)

Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)

Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (b. 1938)

Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)

Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)

Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960)

Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)

Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)

Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)

Ieva Simonaityt?, Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)

Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)

Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)

Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)

Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)

Emperor Ch?kei of Japan (b. 1343)

Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress

Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general