History Deaths on December 27

Thomas Cartwright, English minister and theologian (b. 1535)

#Thomas_Cartwright_(theologian)

?ükrü Saraco?lu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)

#?ükrü_Saraco?lu

Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c.?1726)

#Johann_Rall

Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902)

#Kay_Boyle

Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)

#Charles_Lamb

Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958)

#Dave_Henderson

Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)

#Jaan_Kross

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)

#Benazir_Bhutto

Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

#Max_Beckmann

William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)

#William_Bowyer_(1663-1737)

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)

#Alexandre_Pierre_François_Boëly

Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)

#Stephen_F._Austin

Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956)

#Carrie_Fisher

Nilus the Younger, Byzantine abbot (b. 910)

#Nilus_the_Younger

Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

#Alfred_Carpenter

Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)

#Genrikh_Kasparyan

Gaozong of Tang, founding emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. 628)

#Emperor_Gaozong_of_Tang

Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)

#Hafizullah_Amin

Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939)

#Ulises_Estrella

Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)

#Rinaldo_Cuneo

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939)

#Ben_Ammi_Ben-Israel

Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#Lester_B._Pearson

Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)

#Hyacinthe_Rigaud

Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

#Ellsworth_Kelly

Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)

#Delaney_Bramlett

Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)

#Alan_Bates

Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1051)

#Bertha_of_Savoy

Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927)

#Stein_Eriksen

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)

#Edmund_Mortimer,_3rd_Earl_of_March

Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (b. 1929)

#Gianna_D'Angelo

Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)

#Fanny_Cradock

Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931)

#Jack_Swigert

Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)

#Jean_Mabillon

Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)

#Zona_Gale

Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)

#Chris_Bell_(American_musician)

John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)

#John_Brown_(industrialist)

Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)

#Joanna_Southcott

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)

#Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake

Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946)

#Jean_Rondeau

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

#Mehmet_Akif_Ersoy

Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)

#Johnny_Wilson_(ice_hockey)

Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (b. 1932)

#Meadowlark_Lemon

Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)

#Harry_Warner

Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Jerzy_Kawalerowicz

Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925)

#Michael_Dummett

Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)

#Mohamad_Chatah

Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)

#Achilles_Alferaki

Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)

#Shura_Cherkassky

Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (b. 1948)

#Farooq_Sheikh

Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)

#Osip_Mandelstam

Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)

#Hoagy_Carmichael

Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)

#Charles_Martin_Hall

William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)

#William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong

George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#George_Roy_Hill

Andrew White, English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579)

#Andrew_White_(Jesuit)

Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)

#Iván_Calderón_(baseball)

Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)

#Hugh_Blair

Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)

#Julian_Tuwim

George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)

#George,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach

Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)

#Hans_Albrecht_von_Barfus

Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931)

#Tingye_Li

Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)

#Henry_Home,_Lord_Kames

Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)

#Gustave_Eiffel

Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982)

Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920)

Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929)

John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)

Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)

Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934)

Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924)

Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938)

Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and educator (b. 1928)

Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973)

Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)

Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)

Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)

Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)

Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)

Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)

J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)

André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)

Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)

Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)

Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929)

Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892)

George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)

Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)

Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908)

Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)

Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)

Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)

Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)

Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)

Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)

Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)

Francesco Spiera, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1502)

Mahmood Shah Bahmani II, sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b. c. 1470)

Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027)

Emma of Blois, French duchess and regent

Balderic, bishop of Utrecht (b. 897)

Aeneas of Paris, Frankish bishop