History Deaths on July 27

Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (b. 1959)

#Kidd_Kraddick

Norman Alden, American actor (b. 1924)

#Norman_Alden

Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)

#Bob_Heffron

Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)

#Dorothea_Bleek

Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937)

#Paul_Schell

Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence (1963-67), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-71) (b. 1915)

#Piet_de_Jong

Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)

#Babe_Adams

Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)

#Claire_Lee_Chennault

Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)

#Karl_Pärsimägi

Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911)

#Max_Dupain

Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)

#Myrddin_Fardd

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423)

#William_Herbert,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke_(died_1469)

Ilya Segalovich, Russian businessman, co-founded Yandex (b. 1964)

#Ilya_Segalovich

Marten Toonder, Dutch author and illustrator (b. 1912)

#Marten_Toonder

Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)

#Charles_Fryatt

Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)

#Montgomery_Blair

James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)

#James_Mason

Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (b. 1928)

#Horst_Stein

Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)

#Joe_Tinker

Harry Edison, American trumpet player (b. 1915)

#Harry_Edison

Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)

#Willem_van_Otterloo

William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)

#William_Lowndes_Yancey

William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

#William_Wyler

Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)

#Francesco_Marchisano

Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b.1943)

#Sam_Shepard

Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)

#Hooks_Dauss

Kevin Carter, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960)

#Kevin_Carter

Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b.1928)

#Einojuhani_Rautavaara

Joanna I of Naples (b. 1326)

#Joanna_I_of_Naples

Rick Ferrell, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)

#Rick_Ferrell

Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)

#Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis

Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)

#Mikhail_Lermontov

Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)

#Tom_Crean_(explorer)

Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892)

#Richard_Aldington

Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)

#Woolf_Barnato

Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist

#Marco_Aurelio_Denegri

Maryann Mahaffey, American academic and politician (b. 1925)

#Maryann_Mahaffey

Gordon Solie, American sportscaster (b. 1929)

#Gordon_Solie

Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor (b. 1877)

#Garrett_Morgan

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931)

#A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam

Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

#Gertrude_Stein

Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)

#Paul_Kogerman

James I of Aragon (b. 1208)

#James_I_of_Aragon

Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903)

#Travis_Jackson

Conrad II, king of Italy (b. 1074)

#Conrad_II_of_Italy

Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (b. c. 1047)

#Hugh_d'Avranches,_Earl_of_Chester

Chai Rong, emperor of Later Zhou

#Chai_Rong

Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)

#Bud_Day

Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)

#Auguste_Forel

Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (b. 1903)

#Bob_Hope

António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)

#António_de_Oliveira_Salazar

Tony Martin, American actor and singer (b. 1913)

#Tony_Martin_(American_singer)

Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)

#Smoky_Joe_Wood

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)

#Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi

Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)

#Ferruccio_Busoni

Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)

#Robert_Dinwiddie

Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Youssef_Chahine

Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (b. 1961)

#Rhonda_Sing

Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (b. 1929)

#Samuel_Pisar

Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898)

#Winifred_Lenihan

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)

#Aleksandr_Danilovich_Aleksandrov

Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)

#Salomo_Glassius

John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)

#John_Dalton

Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)

#Jerry_Doyle

Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)

#Vance_Hartke

Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)

#Albertus_van_Raalte

Lindy Boggs, American politician and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (b. 1916)

#Lindy_Boggs

Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

#Emil_Theodor_Kocher

George Freese, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)

#George_Freese

Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)

#Aleksander_Kunileid

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)

#Rudolf_IV,_Duke_of_Austria

James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943)

Anthony Shaw, English general (b. 1930)

Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923)

Fernando Alonso, Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (b. 1914)

Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (b. 1930)

Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (b. 1944)

Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949)

R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (b. 1917)

Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948)

Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (b. 1949)

Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923)

James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961)

Al Held, American painter and academic (b. 1928)

Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1952)

Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (b. 1903)

Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (b. 1907)

Melih Esenbel, Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)

Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)

Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter

John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950)

René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (b. 1912)

Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1928)

Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901)

Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1926)

Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)

Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (b. 1901)

James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (b. 1895)

Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)

Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)

William Jonas, English footballer (d. 1890)

Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)

Giovanni Sforza, Italian condottiere (b. 1466)

Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (b. 1134)

Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church

Salomea of Berg, High Duchess consort of Poland

Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir