27 December Deaths

December 27 is the 361st day of the year (362nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are four days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

683 – Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 628)
870 – Aeneas of Paris, Frankish bishop
975 – Balderic, bishop of Utrecht (b. 897)
1003 – Emma of Blois, French duchess and regent
1076 – Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027)
1087 – Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1051)
1381 – Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)
1518 – Mahmood Shah Bahmani II, sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b. c. 1470)
1543 – George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)
1548 – Francesco Spiera, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1502)
1603 – Thomas Cartwright, English minister and theologian (b. 1535)
1656 – Andrew White, English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579)
1704 – Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
1707 – Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)
1737 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1771 – Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
1776 – Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c. 1726)
1782 – Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
1812 – Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
1834 – Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
1836 – Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
1858 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
1896 – John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
1900 – William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
1914 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
1919 – Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
1923 – Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
1924 – Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
1936 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
1938 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
1938 – Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
1938 – Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
1943 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
1950 – Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
1952 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
1953 – Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
1953 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
1955 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
1956 – Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
1958 – Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
1965 – Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
1972 – Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1974 – Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)
1974 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908)
1978 – Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
1978 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)
1978 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
1979 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
1981 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)
1982 – Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931)
1985 – Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946)
1986 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904)
1986 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892)
1988 – Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929)
1992 – Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and educator (b. 1902)
1993 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
1993 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
1993 – André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
1994 – Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)
1994 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
1995 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
1997 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)
1997 – Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)
1999 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)
2002 – George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2003 – Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
2003 – Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
2004 – Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
2007 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2007 – Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b. 1920)
2008 – Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939)
2008 – Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
2009 – Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (b. 1923)
2011 – Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
2011 – Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher, and academic (b. 1925)
2011 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and educator (b. 1928)
2011 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
2012 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2012 – Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1938)
2012 – Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and engineer (b. 1931)
2012 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (b. 1924)
2012 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934)
2012 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)
2013 – Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)
2013 – Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)
2013 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (b. 1929)
2013 – John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
2014 – Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939)
2014 – Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (b. 1939)
2014 – Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (b. 1929)
2014 – Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (b. 1920)
2015 – Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1927)
2015 – Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
2015 – Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2015 – Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (b. 1932)
2015 – Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1982)
2015 – Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2016 – Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956)
2016 – Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)

Source: wikipedia