Died on
Who died on November 27
118 figures who shaped history died on November 27.
- 118deaths
- 57events
Best known
Best known
Horace
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)
Galla Placidia
Roman empress in 421
Clovis I
King of the Franks from 481 to 511
Maurice (emperor)
Roman emperor from 582 to 602
Constance I of Sicily
Holy Roman Empress (1191–1197) and Queen of Sicily (r. 1194–1198)
Blanche of Castile
Queen of France from 1223 to 1226
Horace — Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC), who died on November 27 8 BC.
Galla Placidia — Roman empress in 421, who died on November 27 450.
Clovis I — King of the Franks from 481 to 511, who died on November 27 511.
Maurice (emperor) — Roman emperor from 582 to 602, who died on November 27 602.
Constance I of Sicily — Holy Roman Empress (1191–1197) and Queen of Sicily (r. 1194–1198), who died on November 27 1198.
Blanche of Castile — Queen of France from 1223 to 1226, who died on November 27 1252.
All entries
- 395RRufinus (consul)Roman statesman
- 639AAcarius7th-century Frankish Christian bishop
- 1346GGregory of SinaiGreek Christian saint (c. 1260s – 1346)
- 1382
Philip van ArteveldeFlemish patriot - 1474
Guillaume Du FayComposer of the Renaissance - 1570
Jacopo SansovinoItalian architect and sculptor - 1592NNakagawa Hidemasa
- 1620
Francis, Duke of PomeraniaDuke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin
- 1632
John Eliot (statesman)English statesman - 1703
Henry WinstanleyEnglish painter - 1754
Abraham de MoivreFrench mathematician - 1811
Andrew MeikleScottish engineer - 1819
Gustavus Conyngham - 1822
Old BillyLongest-living horse on record
- 1830AAndré Parmentier (landscape architect)American landscape architect
- 1852
Ada LovelaceEnglish mathematician - 1875
Richard Christopher CarringtonEnglish astronomer - 1881
Theobald BoehmGerman inventor and musician - 1884
Fanny ElsslerAustrian ballerina - 1890
Jyotirao PhuleIndian social activist and reformer - 1895
Alexandre Dumas filsFrench writer and dramatist - 1899
Constant FornerodSwiss politician - 1901
Clement StudebakerAmerican manufacturer - 1908
Jean Albert GaudryFrench scientist - 1916
Émile VerhaerenBelgian poet - 1919
Manuel Espinosa Batista - 1920
Alexius MeinongAustrian philosopher - 1921
Douglas Cameron (politician)Canadian politician - 1921MMary Grant RobertsAustralian zoo owner
- 1930
Simon KahquadosNative American political activist - 1931
Lya De PuttiHungarian actress - 1934
Baby Face NelsonAmerican bank robber - 1936
Basil ZaharoffGreek arms dealer and industrialist - 1940
Nicolae IorgaRomanian scholar, writer and politician - 1943
Ivo Lola RibarYugoslav communist politician and military leader - 1944
Leonid MandelstamSoviet physicist - 1953
Eugene O'NeillAmerican playwright - 1955
Arthur HoneggerSwiss composer - 1958GGeorgi DamyanovBulgarian politician
- 1958
Artur RodzińskiPolish and American conductor - 1960
Frederick FaneEnglish cricketer - 1960
Dirk Jan de GeerDutch politician - 1962
August LassEstonian footballer - 1967
Léon M'baPrime Minister (1959–61) and President (1961–67) of Gabon - 1969
May GibbsAustralian artist, writer - 1970
Helene MadisonAmerican swimmer - 1973
Frank Christian (trumpeter)American early jazz trumpeter - 1975
Alberto MassiminoItalian automobile designer - 1975
Ross McWhirterEnglish writer, political activist - 1977MMart LagaEstonian basketball player
- 1978
Harvey MilkAmerican gay rights activist - 1978
George MosconeMayor of San Francisco from 1976 to 1978 - 1980FF. Burrall HoffmanAmerican architect
- 1981
Lotte LenyaAustrian singer and actress - 1985
Rendra KarnoIndonesian actor - 1986SSteve TracyAmerican film and television actor
- 1988
John CarradineAmerican actor - 1988
Jan Hein DonnerDutch chess grandmaster - 1989
Carlos Arias NavarroSpanish politician - 1990
David White (actor)American actor - 1990
Basilis C. XanthopoulosGreek theoretical physicist - 1992
Ivan GeneralićCroatian painter - 1994
Fernando Lopes-GraçaPortuguese composer, conductor and musicologist - 1997BBuck LeonardAmerican baseball player
- 1998
Barbara AcklinAmerican singer-songwriter - 1998GGloria FuertesSpanish poet and author
- 1999
Hiro MatsudaJapanese professional wrestler - 1999
Alain PeyrefitteFrench scholar and politician - 1999
Elizabeth Gray ViningAmerican writer and librarian
- 2000
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic - 2000
Uno PriiCanadian architect - 2000LLen ShackletonEnglish footballer
- 2002
Billie BirdAmerican actress and comedian - 2002
Shivmangal Singh SumanIndian poet and academician
- 2005
Jocelyn BrandoAmerican actress - 2005JJoe Jones (singer)American singer-songwriter
- 2006DDon ButterfieldAmerican tuba player
- 2006
Bebe Moore CampbellAmerican novelist, journalist, teacher - 2006CCasey ColemanAmerican sportscaster and radio personality
- 2007
Bernie BantonAustralian activist - 2007
Robert CadeAmerican medical doctor, nephrologist, research scientist, inventor of Gatorade - 2007
Sean TaylorAmerican football player - 2007
Bill WillisAmerican football player - 2008
V. P. SinghPrime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 - 2009AAl AlbertsAmerican popular singer and composer
- 2010
Irvin KershnerAmerican film director - 2011LLen Fulford
- 2011
Ken RussellBritish film director - 2011
Gary SpeedWelsh footballer and manager - 2012
Mickey BakerAmerican musician
- 2012
Ab FafiéDutch football player and manager - 2012
Érik IzraelewiczFrench journalist and author - 2012
Marvin MillerAmerican baseball executive and labor organizer - 2012JJack WishnaAmerican businessman
- 2013
Lewis CollinsEnglish actor - 2013HHerbert F. DeSimoneAmerican lawyer
- 2013VVolker RoemheldGerman agroscientist
- 2013
Nílton SantosBrazilian footballer - 2013MManuel F. Segura
- 2014
Wanda BłeńskaPolish leprosy expert, AK officer and missionary - 2014
Phillip HughesAustralian cricketer - 2014
P. D. JamesEnglish crime writer - 2014
Jack KyleIreland and Lions rugby union player - 2014
Fernance B. Perry - 2015MMark BehrTanzanian-born writer
- 2015
Maurice StrongCanadian businessman and diplomat - 2015
Garrett SwaseyAmerican competitive ice skater, figure skating coach, and police officer - 2015
Philippe WasherBelgian tennis player - 2016IIoannis GrivasGreek judge
- 2020
Mohsen FakhrizadehIranian nuclear physicist - 2021
ApetorNorwegian YouTuber - 2024MMary McGeeAmerican motorcycle racer
Frequently asked questions
Who died on November 27?
118 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 27, including Horace, Galla Placidia, Clovis I. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on November 27?
57 documented historical events happened on November 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: A Song dynasty fleet defeated Jin ships in a naval engagement on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars. On the same day, in another year: The great storm of 1703, one of the most severe storms to strike southern Great Britain, destroyed the first Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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