History Deaths on May 27

Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)

#Gregg_Allman

Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)

#Simeon_Daniel

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)

#Robert_Koch

Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)

#Joseph_Roth

Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)

#Gérard_Jean-Juste

William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)

#William_de_Warenne,_5th_Earl_of_Surrey

Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)

#Kazimierz_Leski

Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)

#Luciano_Berio

Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)

#Nils_Christie

Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)

#Jesse_Burkett

Muhammed Hamdi Yaz?r, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)

#Muhammed_Hamdi_Yaz?r

Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)

#Clive_Granger

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)

#Jawaharlal_Nehru

Ed Yost, American inventor, created the hot air balloon (b. 1919)

#Ed_Yost

François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)

#François_Ravaillac

John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

#John_Howard_Northrop

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)

#Margaret_Pole,_Countess_of_Salisbury

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)

#Archibald_Campbell,_1st_Marquess_of_Argyll

Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)

#Jedediah_Smith

Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)

#Achille_Paroche

Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)

#Erik_Carlsson

Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)

#Gil_Scott-Heron

Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 325)

#Procopius_(usurper)

Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)

#Jeffrey_Hunter

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)

#Helma_Sanders-Brahms

?zutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)

#?zutsu_Man'emon

Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)

#Dominique_Bouhours

Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)

#Gaspard_Dughet

Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)

#Robert_Genn

Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

#Gordon_Coates

Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831)

#Ordoño_I_of_Asturias

Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)

#Arseny_Tarkovsky

Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)

#Paul_Gleason

Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)

#Friedrich_Hirzebruch

Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)

#Gretchen_Wyler

James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

#James_Montgomery_Flagg

Eutropius, bishop of Orange

#Eutropius_of_Orange

Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)

#Thomas_Bulfinch

Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)

#Diego_Ramírez_de_Arellano

Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)

#Ernst_Lindemann

Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)

#Murray_MacLehose,_Baron_MacLehose_of_Beoch

Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Ernst_Ruska

Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (b. 1452)

#Lucrezia_Crivelli

John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)

#John_Calvin

Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (b. 1929)

#Payut_Ngaokrachang

Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)

#Niccolò_Paganini

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)

#Maurice_Richard

Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (b. 864)

#Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria

Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)

#Margo_Dydek

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)

#John_Beaufort,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset

Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)

#Ed_Konetchy

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)

#Kandukuri_Veeresalingam

Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (b. 1950)

#Jeff_Conaway

Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)

#Thomas_Müntzer

Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)

#Ludovico_Sforza

François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)

#François-Noël_Babeuf

Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)

#Vasilije_Mokranjac

Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)

#Robert_Ripley

Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)

#Giovanni_Legrenzi

Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)

#Günther_Lütjens

Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)

#Hjördis_Petterson

Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)

#Armando_Picchi

Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)

#Aleksandr_Stoletov

Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)

#Massimo_Vignelli

Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)

Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)

Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)

Bill Pertwee, English actor (b. 1926)

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)

David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)

Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (b. 1928)

Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (b. 1933)

William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)

Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (b. 1933)

Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)

Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer

Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)

Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)

Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)

Rob Borsellino, American journalist (b. 1949)

Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)

Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)

Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)

Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)

Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)

Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)

Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)

Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)

Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)

Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)

Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)

Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)

Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)

Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)

John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (b. c. 1566)

Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht

Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)

Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 981)

Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (b. 355)