History Deaths on September 27

Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)

#Syed_Ahmed_(politician)

Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)

#Felix_Yusupov

Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)

#Imre_Makovecz

Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (b. 1937)

#Kallen_Pokkudan

Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)

#Robert_Montgomery_(actor)

Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)

#Pope_Urban_VII

Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)

#Wally_Hergesheimer

Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (b. 1591)

#Olimpia_Maidalchini

Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)

#Silvio_Frondizi

Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)

#Frank_Tyson

Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)

#Lloyd_Nolan

Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)

#Étienne_Bézout

S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)

#S._R._Ranganathan

Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)

#Alan_Gray

Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)

#Gracie_Fields

Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)

#Aimee_Semple_McPherson

Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (b. 1940)

#Wilton_Felder

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)

#Maximilian_I,_Elector_of_Bavaria

Elvin R. Heiberg III, American general and engineer (b. 1932)

#Elvin_R._Heiberg_III

Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)

#Walter_Benjamin

Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)

#Ellen_Willmott

Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)

#Donald_O'Connor

Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)

#Jimmy_McCulloch

Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)

#Sylvia_Pankhurst

Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)

#Vincent_de_Paul

Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)

#Ivan_Goncharov

Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)

#Taylor_Hardwick

Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. c.1600)

#Lorenzo_Ruiz

Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)

#Balaji_Sadasivan

Denise Lor, American singer and actress (b. 1929)

#Denise_Lor

David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#David_Croft_(TV_producer)

Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)

#Eddie_Bert

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (b. 1589)

#Robert_Arnauld_d'Andilly

Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

#Julius_Wagner-Jauregg

Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)

#Ivan_Dykhovichny

Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)

#Jack_Lang_(Australian_politician)

Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)

#Kenji_Nagai

Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)

#Thomas_Joseph_Byrnes

Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)

#Jimmy_Doolittle

Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)

#Charles_Snead_Houston

George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)

#George_Smalridge

Gates Brown, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)

#Gates_Brown

Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)

#Clara_Bow

Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)

#Abdelmajid_Lakhal

James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

#James_Traficant

George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)

#George_Blanda

Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)

#Emperor_Go-Nara

Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)

#Laurence_Eusden

Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)

#Felice_della_Rovere

Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)

#Pope_Innocent_XII

William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)

#William_of_Wykeham

Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)

#Auguste_Michel-Lévy

Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)

#Engelbert_Humperdinck_(composer)

Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)

#Hugh_Boulter

Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)

#Henri_Pachard

Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)

#Braxton_Bragg

Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)

#Pietro_Ingrao

John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)

#John_Silber

Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)

#Douglas_Albert_Munro

Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)

#Edgar_Degas

Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)

#Doak_Walker

Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)

#Raymond_VII,_Count_of_Toulouse

Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)

#Adelina_Patti

William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)

#William_Safire

Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)

#Peter_Artedi

A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)

#A._C._Lyles

Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)

#Piotr_Skarga

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)

#Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)

#Hugh_Hefner

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)

#Karl_Christian_Friedrich_Krause

Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)

#Remy_de_Gourmont

Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician

Michael Payton, American football quarterback (b.1970)

Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (b.1967)

David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)

Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)

Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)

Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)

Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)

Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)

Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)

Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917)

Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)

Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)

Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)

Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)

Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)

John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)

Jean Lucas, French race car driver (b. 1927)

Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)

Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)

Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)

Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)

Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)

Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)

Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)

Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)

William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)

Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)

Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)

Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)

Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)

Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)

Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia (b.c. 1095)

Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess

Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (b. 867)

Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty