History Deaths on February 27

Leonard Nimoy, American actor (b. 1931)

#Leonard_Nimoy

Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)

#Yi_Cheol-seung

Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)

#Julio_César_Strassera

Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1625)

#Charles_Paulet,_1st_Duke_of_Bolton

Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (b. 1916)

#Nanaji_Deshmukh

John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)

#John_Lanchbery

Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)

#Ivan_Pavlov

Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

#Frankie_Lymon

Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (b. 1504)

#Johann_Faber_of_Heilbronn

Dale Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)

#Dale_Robertson

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)

#Ganesh_Vasudev_Mavalankar

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)

#John_Arbuthnot

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)

#Konrad_Lorenz

Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (b. 1960)

#Aaron_Allston

Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (b. 1921)

#Ma_Jiyuan

Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934)

#Van_Cliburn

Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)

#Marius_Barbeau

Frank Buckles, American soldier (b. 1901)

#Frank_Buckles

Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

#Hosteen_Klah

Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1943)

#Adolfo_Zaldívar

J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)

#J._Pat_O'Malley

Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (b. 1928)

#Fred_Rogers

Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)

#Breaker_Morant

Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)

#Joan_Greenwood

Prince Vasily I of Moscow (b. 1371)

#Vasily_I_of_Moscow

Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)

#Necmettin_Erbakan

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)

#Chandra_Shekhar_Azad

Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)

#Joshua_W._Alexander

Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)

#Orry-Kelly

Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (b. 1710)

#Count_of_St._Germain

Helga Vlahovi?, Croatian journalist and producer (b. 1945)

#Helga_Vlahovi?

Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)

#Lillian_Gish

John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)

#John_Evelyn

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)

#Alexander_Borodin

Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1969)

#Ramon_Dekkers

Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)

#Tanikaze_Kajinosuke

George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

#George_H._Hitchings

Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1959)

#Boris_Nemtsov

France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (b. 1935)

#France-Albert_René

Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (b. 580)

#Pepin_of_Landen

Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)

#Louis_Vuitton_(designer)

Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)

#Schofield_Haigh

Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)

#Jacques_Plante

Terry Rand, American basketball player (b. 1934)

#Terry_Rand

Gary Winick, American director and producer (b. 1961)

#Gary_Winick

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)

#Henry_Cabot_Lodge_Jr.

Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1926)

#Duke_Snider

Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (b. 1920)

#Tina_Strobos

Samuel Parris, English-American minister (b. 1653)

#Samuel_Parris

George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)

#George_Tobias

Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octaves (b. 1931)

#Ivan_Rebroff

S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)

#S._I._Hayakawa

Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1959)

James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1943)

Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)

William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (b. 1925)

Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (b. 1914)

Linda Smith, English comedian and author (b. 1958)

Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (b. 1908)

Otis Chandler, American publisher (b. 1927)

Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (b. 1910)

Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (b. 1928)

Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (b. 1918)

Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (b. 1934)

J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)

Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903)

Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)

John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)

Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)

Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)

Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)

Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1645)

Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (b. 1524)

William VIII of Montferrat (b. 1420)

Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (b. c. 1363)

Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop

Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 917)

Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman