History Deaths on April 27

John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)

#John_George_IV,_Elector_of_Saxony

Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)

#Fred_Bear

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)

#Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480)

#Ferdinand_Magellan

Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

#Stanley_Adams_(actor)

Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)

#Cyril_Washbrook

Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (b. 1946)

#Vinod_Khanna

Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)

#Willem_Frederik_Hermans

Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)

#Edward_R._Murrow

Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)

#Maeda_Toshiie

Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (b. 1926)

#Verne_Gagne

Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)

#Jean_Bart

Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)

#Henry_Parkes

Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335)

#Maria_of_Bosnia

Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)

#Kwame_Nkrumah

Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)

#Aída_Bortnik

Zita, Italian saint (b. 1212)

#Zita

Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621)

#Ardashir_III

Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (b. 1935)

#Marian_Mercer

Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b. 1931)

#Gene_Fullmer

Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir

#Simeon_of_Moscow

Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1948)

#Mutula_Kilonzo

A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)

#A._K._Fazlul_Huq

John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)

#John_Ballance

Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)

#Gerard_K._O'Neill

Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (b. 1916)

#Aloysius_Jin_Luxian

Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)

#Mstislav_Rostropovich

William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)

#William_Colby

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560)

#Edward_Cromwell,_3rd_Baron_Cromwell

Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)

#Carlos_Menditeguy

Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)

#Al_Hirt

Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)

#Jan_van_Goyen

Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)

#Guido_Castelnuovo

Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)

#Antonio_Gramsci

Bill Skowron, American baseball player (b. 1930)

#Bill_Skowron

Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)

#Olivier_Messiaen

René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)

#René_Barrientos

Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (b. 1939)

#Feroz_Khan_(actor)

John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)

#John_Trenchard_(politician)

Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)

#Karl_Pearson

Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)

#Isidore_of_Kiev

Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)

#Alexander_Scriabin

Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)

#Yigal_Arnon

Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

#Vujadin_Boškov

Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)

#Katherine_DeMille

William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)

#William_Macready

Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

#Edmund_Husserl

Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)

#Zebulon_Pike

Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1938)

#Sadanoyama_Shinmatsu

Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)

#Red_Horner

Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)

#Frankie_Manning

Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)

#Arthur_Shields

Pope Leo XI (b. 1535)

#Pope_Leo_XI

Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)

Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)

Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1917)

Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (b. 1969)

Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921)

Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)

Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (b. 1983)

Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944)

Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)

George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)

Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)

Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (b. 1924)

Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (b. 1907)

Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)

John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)

Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)

Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)

William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)

Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)

Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)

John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)

William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)

Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)

Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)

Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250)

Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (b. 1081)