Historical Deaths for Yesterday

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - Oct 27

0925 Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies

0939 Aethelstan III, king of England, dies

1331 Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies

1439 Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42

1449 Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56

1485 Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies

1505 Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies

1542 Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies

1553 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy

1580 John Bonga, beggar, dies

1651 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies

1652 Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies

1659 Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged

1725 Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71

1771 Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies

1781 Herman-Fran‡ois Delange, composer, dies at 66

1796 Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45

1822 Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55

1833 Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66

1848 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46

1864 Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58

1919 John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies

1919 Theodoor H de Meester, premier (1905-08), dies

1925 Wilhelm Gericke, composer, dies at 80

1933 Julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74

1933 Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies

1938 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57

1940 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72

1943 Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64

1944 Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies

1953 Eduard KЃnneke, German composer (Majority SЃnderin), dies at 68

1953 Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71

1954 Franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78

1954 Frank Druce, cricketer (252 runs in 5 Tests for England), dies

1955 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85

1955 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66

1958 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74

1958 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84

1962 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58

1962 Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56

1962 Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba

1964 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63

1964 Willi Bredel, writer, dies at 63

1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21

1966 Nigel Haig, cricketer (England pace bowler in 5 Tests 1921-30), dies

1968 Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89

1969 Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89

1972 Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65

1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64

1975 Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88

1977 James M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85

1980 Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31

1981 John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94

1987 Jean H‚lion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83

1987 Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies

1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73

1988 S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83

1990 Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80

1990 Ugo Tognazzi actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 68

1990 Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90

1991 Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies

1991 Pyke F C Koch, realistic painter, dies

1992 Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies

1994 Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57

1995 Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48

1995 Susi Hush, tYelevision producer, dies at 49

1996 Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84

1996 James Aubrey Turner, scientist, dies at 57

1996 John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82

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