History Deaths on November 27

Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)

#Sean_Taylor

Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1925)

#Alain_Peyrefitte

Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)

#Abraham_de_Moivre

Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)

#Basilis_C._Xanthopoulos

Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and author (b. 1927)

#Jan_Hein_Donner

Mickey Baker, American guitarist (b. 1925)

#Mickey_Baker

Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)

#Ivo_Lola_Ribar

P. D. James, English author (b. 1920)

#P._D._James

Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)

#Clement_Studebaker

Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.

#Gustavus_Conyngham

Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)

#Fanny_Elssler

Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (b. 1875)

#Frederick_Fane

Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)

#Érik_Izraelewicz

Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)

#Jacopo_Sansovino

Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)

#Frank_Christian_(trumpeter)

Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)

#Jean_Albert_Gaudry

Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)

#Ada_Lovelace

Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)

#Nicolae_Iorga

Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)

#Constance,_Queen_of_Sicily

Blanche of Castile (b. 1188)

#Blanche_of_Castile

Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926)

#Jack_Kyle

Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)

#Elizabeth_Gray_Vining

Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)

#Andrew_Meikle

Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)

#Nílton_Santos

Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)

#Arthur_Honegger

Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)

#Manuel_Espinosa_Batista

Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)

#Gary_Speed

Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)

#Henry_Winstanley

Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)

#Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan

Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (b. 1577)

#Francis,_Duke_of_Pomerania

Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)

#Harvey_Milk

Wanda B?e?ska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)

#Wanda_B?e?ska

Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)

#Phillip_Hughes

Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (b. 1340)

#Philip_van_Artevelde

Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)

#Léon_M'ba

Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)

#Baby_Face_Nelson

Bernie Banton, Australian activist (b. 1946)

#Bernie_Banton

Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)

#Theobald_Boehm

Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)

#Dirk_Jan_de_Geer

Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)

#Irvin_Kershner

Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (b. 1920)

#Rendra_Karno

Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (b. 1924)

#Philippe_Washer

Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)

#Lotte_Lenya

Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929)

#Maurice_Strong

Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)

#Basil_Zaharoff

Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)

#Carlos_Arias_Navarro

Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)

#Helene_Madison

Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (b. 392)

#Galla_Placidia

Maurice, Byzantine emperor (b. 539)

#Maurice_(emperor)

John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)

#John_Carradine

Clovis I, king of the Franks

#Clovis_I

Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

#Eugene_O'Neill

Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)

#Constant_Fornerod

Horace, Roman soldier and poet (b. 65 BC)

#Horace

Gloria Fuertes, Spanish poet and author of children's literature (b. 1917)

#Gloria_Fuertes

Ivan Generali?, Croatian painter (b. 1914)

#Ivan_Generali?

Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)

#Ab_Fafié

John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)

#John_Eliot_(statesman)

Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)

#Lya_De_Putti

Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)

#Alexius_Meinong

Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)

#Douglas_Cameron_(politician)

May Gibbs, English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist, (b. 1877)

#May_Gibbs

Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

#Ken_Russell

Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923)

Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (b. 1971)

Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963)

Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)

Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919)

Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941)

Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (b. 1929)

Lewis Collins, English-American actor (b. 1946)

Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)

Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (b. 1917)

Len Fulford, English photographer and director (b. 1928)

Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)

V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)

Bill Willis, American football player and coach (b. 1921)

Robert Cade, American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (b. 1927)

Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)

Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)

Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)

Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)

Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)

Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)

Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)

Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (b. 1922)

Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)

Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)

Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1937)

Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (b. 1907)

Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1906)

David White, American actor (b. 1916)

Steve Tracy, American actor (b, 1952)

F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)

George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)

Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)

Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)

Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)

August Lass, Estonian footballer (b. 1903)

Artur Rodzi?ski, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)

Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)

Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)

Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)

Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)

Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)

André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)

Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (b. 1568)

Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1397)

Saint Gregory of Sinai (b. c. 1260)

Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyon

Rufinus, Roman politician (b. 335)