August 27 - Deaths

Deaths

• 542 – Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)
• 749 – Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Khorasan general
• 827 – Pope Eugene II
• 1312 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
• 1394 – Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)
• 1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
• 1521 – Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1455)
• 1545 – Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
• 1577 – Titian, Italian painter (b. 1490)
• 1590 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
• 1635 – Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
• 1664 – Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
• 1748 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
• 1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1828 – Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American critic and editor (b. 1815)
• 1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian author (b. 1796)
• 1871 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 – William Chapman Ralston, American banker, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1909 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 – Herman Potočnik, Austrian engineer and scientist (b. 1892)
• 1931 – Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
• 1931 – Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch politician and priest (b. 1860)
• 1931 – Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1934 – Linda Agostini, Australian murder victim (b. 1905)
• 1944 – Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 – Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 – Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet, novelist, critic and translator (b. 1908)
• 1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1961 – Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Hungarian actor and teacher (b. 1873)
• 1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
• 1963 – Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888)
• 1963 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1964 – Gracie Allen, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1965 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
• 1967 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (b. 1934)
• 1968 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
• 1969 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Erika Mann, German actress and writer (b. 1905)
• 1971 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Haile Selassie I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Mukesh, Indian singer (b. 1923)
• 1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and statesman, Governor General of India (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and writer (b. 1947)
• 1981 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 1984 – Bernard Youens, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Scott La Rock, American DJ and producer (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962)
• 1988 – Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
• 1988 – William Sargant, English psychiatrist (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960)
• 1996 – Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek academic (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
• 2003 – Peter-Paul Pigmans, Dutch music producer (b. 1961)
• 2003 – Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek composer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)
• 2006 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death, Terrorizer, and Lock Up) (b. 1969)
• 2007 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1970)
• 2009 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer and poet (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Neville Alexander, South African activist and linguist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Richard Kingsland, Australian pilot (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Alix de Lannoy, Belgian mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Aboud Rogo, Kenyan-Islamic cleric (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Russell Scott, American clown (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (b. 1966)