History Deaths on January 27

Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)

#Alphonse_Juin

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1435)

#Ashikaga_Yoshimasa

Marcian, Byzantine emperor (b. 392)

#Marcian

Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader and author, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)

#Gordon_B._Hinckley

Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)

#Kaarel_Eenpalu

Louie Welch, American businessman and politician, 54th Mayor of Houston (b. 1918)

#Louie_Welch

Henryk Jab?o?ski, Polish historian and politician, President of Poland (b. 1909)

#Henryk_Jab?o?ski

Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (b. 1927)

#Emmanuelle_Riva

Yue Fei, Chinese general (b. 1103)

#Yue_Fei

Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)

#Friedrich_Gulda

Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA (b. 1926)

#Ingvar_Kamprad

Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)

#Claude_Akins

Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)

#Greg_Cook

Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)

#Louis_de_Funès

John Perkins, Anglo-Jamaican captain

#John_Perkins_(Royal_Navy_officer)

Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)

#Mahalia_Jackson

Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)

#Maurice_Buckley

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)

#Giuseppe_Verdi

Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)

#Angela_Merici

Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)

#Bartolomeo_Cristofori

Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919)

#Pete_Seeger

John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)

#John_Updike

Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)

#Yang_Chuan-kwang

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)

#Louis_Henri,_Duke_of_Bourbon

Robert Aske, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)

#Robert_Aske_(merchant)

Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)

#Erich_Kleiber

William Nolde, American colonel (b. 1929)

#William_Nolde

Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)

#Thomas_Crapper

J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (b. 1919)

#J._D._Salinger

Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)

#Johannes_Rau

Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)

#Massa_Makan_Diabaté

Frederick the Simple, King of Sicily

#Frederick_the_Simple

Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)

#Salvador_Laurel

Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (b. 1540)

#Francis_Drake

Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (b. 1898)

#Georgios_Grivas

Ralph Yarborough, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

#Ralph_Yarborough

John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

#John_Farrow

Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)

#Rocky_Bridges

Jack Paar, American talk show host and author (b. 1918)

#Jack_Paar

Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)

#Nellie_Bly

John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)

#John_James_Audubon

crew of Apollo 1 Roger B. Chaffee, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1935) Gus Grissom, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1926) Ed White, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

#Apollo_1

Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevi?ius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)

#Jurgis_Matulaitis-Matulevi?ius

Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)

#Howard_Zinn

David Landau, English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)

#David_Landau_(journalist)

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (b. 1724)

#Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood

Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (b. 1765)

#Antoine_Philippe_de_La_Trémoille

Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)

#Rocco_D'Assunta

Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)

#Endre_Ady

Nerva, Roman emperor (b. 35)

#Nerva

Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)

#Norman_McLaren

André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)

#André_the_Giant

Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (b. 1925)

#Stanley_Karnow

Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Carlos_Loyzaga

Nishinoumi Kajir? II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)

#Nishinoumi_Kajir?_II

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)

#Abraham_Bloemaert

Ivan Bodiul, Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)

#Ivan_Bodiul

János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)

#János_Bolyai

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)

#Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim

Mort Walker, American cartoonist (b. 1923)

#Mort_Walker

Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)

#Isaac_Babel

Suharto, Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (b. 1921)

#Suharto

Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)

#Thomas_Sopwith

Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)

#Jacobo_Árbenz

Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)

#Abraham_Walkowitz

Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (b. 1914)

#Lilli_Palmer

Arthur H. Rosenfeld, American physicist (b. 1926)

#Arthur_H._Rosenfeld

Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)

#Gian_Paolo_Lomazzo

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)

#Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte

Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, German socialite (b. 1958)

Larry Winters, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956)

Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)

Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

Epimaco Velasco, Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1935)

Kevin White, American politician, 51st Mayor of Boston (b. 1929)

Jeannette Hamby, American nurse and politician (b. 1933)

Ted Dicks, English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928)

Charlie Callas, American comedian and musician (b. 1927)

Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)

R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th President of India (b. 1910)

Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)

Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)

Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)

Philippe Macquer, French historian (b. 1720)

Thomas Woolston, English theologian and author (b. 1669)

Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)

Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)

Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1438)

Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan

Adelaide of Hungary, (b. c. 1040)

Zhang Yanze, Chinese general and governor

Ruotger, archbishop of Trier

Liu Can, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Pope Sergius II (b. 790)

Pope Vitalian

Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 508)