History Deaths on October 27

Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert the Bruce

#Elizabeth_de_Burgh

Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Ugo_Tognazzi

Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)

#Lou_Reed

James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)

#James_McGirr

Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch philosopher, poet and educator (b. 1443)

#Rodolphus_Agricola

Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (b. 1952)

#Angelo_Maria_Cicolani

Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (b. 1511)

#Michael_Servetus

Beatrice of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal

#Beatrice_of_Castile_(1242-1303)

Albert II of Germany (b. 1397)

#Albert_II_of_Germany

Sant? Ky?den, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761)

#Sant?_Ky?den

Luigi Magni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1928)

#Luigi_Magni

Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (b. 1927)

#Rudolf_Anderson

Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1878)

#Lise_Meitner

Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (b. 1915)

#Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa

John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)

#John_II,_Duke_of_Brabant

Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)

#Ivan_III_of_Russia

Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1921)

#Jerry_Cooke_(photographer)

Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)

#Marcel_Cerdan

Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (b. 1944)

#Göran_Stangertz

Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)

#Thomas_Wass

Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (b. 1927)

#Robert_Mills_(physicist)

Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273)

#Abulfeda

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958 - 1963) (b. 1895)

#Miguel_Ydígoras_Fuentes

Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)

#Gilles_de_Roberval

Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1589)

#Gabriel_Báthory

Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (b. c.1220)

#Ulrich_III,_Duke_of_Carinthia

Brad Will, American journalist and activist (b. 1970)

#Brad_Will

Ralph Winwood, English lawyer and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1563)

#Ralph_Winwood

Ayerdhal, French author (b. 1959)

#Ayerdhal

Rex Stout, American detective novelist (b. 1886)

#Rex_Stout

Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)

#Judith_Auer

Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England

#Walter_de_Merton

Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1611)

#Henry_II,_Count_of_Nassau-Siegen

Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)

#Isaac_Brock

Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1940)

#Jozsef_Gregor

Enrico Mattei, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1906)

#Enrico_Mattei

Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)

#Théodore_Tuffier

Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)

#Joe_Niekro

Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (b. 1350)

#Vytautas

Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American violinist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1900)

#Xavier_Cugat

Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (b. 1932)

#Frank_Nagai

Moira Lister, South African actress (b. 1923)

#Moira_Lister

James M. Cain, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

#James_M._Cain

Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician and sultan (b. 1394)

#Ulugh_Beg

Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614)

#Hallgrímur_Pétursson

David Bohm, American-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1917)

#David_Bohm

Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1213)

#Hugh_IV,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, chairman of Leicester City F.C (b. 1958)

#Vichai_Srivaddhanaprabha

Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Austrian lyric bass-baritone (b. 1929)

#Walter_Berry_(bass-baritone)

Betsy Drake, French-American actress and singer (b. 1923)

#Betsy_Drake

Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)

#Thrasyvoulos_Zaimis

Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (b. 1926)

#Hans_Werner_Henze

Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)

#Squizzy_Taylor

Akbar, Mughal emperor (b. 1542)

#Akbar

Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (b. 1950)

#Néstor_Kirchner

Æthelstan, English king (b. 894)

#Æthelstan

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#John_Hasbrouck_Van_Vleck

Elliott Roosevelt, American general and author (b. 1910)

#Elliott_Roosevelt

Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (b. 1952)

#Regina_Dourado

Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

#Arthur_Rhys-Davids

Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)

#Mahaut,_Countess_of_Artois

Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1931)

#Leonard_Herzenberg

Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

#Terry_Callier

Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)

#Pradeep_Kumar

Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)

#Warren_Wood

Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (b. 1499)

#Laurentius_Petri

Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (b. 1933)

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (b. 1930)

Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1922)

Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1968)

Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)

Vinko Coce, Croatian opera and pop singer (b. 1954)

Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1940)

Noel Davern, Irish lawyer and politician, Minister for Education and Skills (b. 1945)

Rodney S. Quinn, American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (b. 1923)

Robert Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded Marmon Group (b. 1926)

James Hillman, American psychologist and author (b. 1926)

David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1940)

August Coppola, American author and academic (b. 1934)

John David Carson, American actor (b. 1952)

Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (b. 1925)

Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (b. 1923)

Chris Bryant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)

Marlin McKeever, American football player (b. 1940)

Reko Lundán, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1969)

Zdenko Runji?, Croatian songwriter and producer (b. 1942)

Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)

Lester Lanin, American bandleader (b. 1907)

Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (b. 1937)

Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (b. 1922)

Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (b. 1925)

Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)

Arthur Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1917)

Allen R. Schindler, Jr. American sailor (b. 1969)

George Barker, English author and poet (b. 1913)

Jacques Demy, French actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1914)

Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1924)

C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)

William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)

Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)

Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)

Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)

John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)

Vavasor Powell, Welsh minister (b. 1617)

Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (b. 1640)

Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)

George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros, English nobleman

Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft

Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (b. 1262)