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Who died on September 27
102 figures who shaped history died on September 27.
- 102deaths
- 50events
Best known
Best known
Pugu Huai'en
General of the Chinese Tang dynasty
William of Wykeham
14th-century Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England
Felice della Rovere
Illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II
Emperor Go-Nara
Emperor of Japan from 1526 to 1557
Pope Urban VII
Head of the Catholic Church in 1590
Piotr Skarga
Polish Jesuit and writer
Pugu Huai'en — General of the Chinese Tang dynasty, who died on September 27 765.
William of Wykeham — 14th-century Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, who died on September 27 1404.
Felice della Rovere — Illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, who died on September 27 1536.
Emperor Go-Nara — Emperor of Japan from 1526 to 1557, who died on September 27 1557.
Pope Urban VII — Head of the Catholic Church in 1590, who died on September 27 1590.
Piotr Skarga — Polish Jesuit and writer, who died on September 27 1612.
All entries
- 936KKyŏn HwŏnKing of Later Baekje (r. 892–935)
- 1111VVekenegaCroatian Benedictine nun (died 1111)
- 1115
BonfiliusItalian Roman Catholic saint - 1125RRicheza of BergBohemian noblewoman (c.1095–1125)
- 1194RRenaud de CourtenayFrench nobleman
- 1249
Raymond VII of ToulouseCount of Toulouse - 1623
John VII of Nassau-SiegenGerman count and military theorist - 1637
Lorenzo RuizFirst Filipino saint and Martyr - 1651
Maximilian I, Elector of BavariaDuke of Bavaria from 1597 to 1623, Elector of Bavaria from 1623 to 1651 - 1657
Olimpia MaidalchiniItalian noblewoman - 1660
Vincent de PaulFrench Catholic priest and saint - 1674
Robert Arnauld d'AndillyFrench conseiller d'État and writer - 1700
Pope Innocent XIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700 - 1719
George SmalridgeBishop of Bristol - 1730
Laurence EusdenEnglish poet - 1735
Peter ArtediSwedish zoologist - 1742
Hugh BoulterAnglican bishop - 1783
Étienne BézoutFrench mathematician - 1832
Karl Christian Friedrich KrauseGerman philosopher - 1833
Raja Ram Mohan RoyIndian reformer and writer - 1838
Bernard Courtois19th-century French chemist - 1876
Braxton BraggConfederate general - 1886CCharles Gordon GreeneAmerican journalist and politician
- 1891
Ivan GoncharovRussian novelist and official - 1898
Thomas Joseph ByrnesAustralian politician - 1911
Auguste Michel-LévyFrench geologist - 1915
Remy de GourmontFrench writer - 1917
Edgar DegasFrench Impressionist artist - 1919
Adelina PattiItalian opera singer - 1921
Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)German composer - 1934
Ellen WillmottEnglish horticulturist - 1935
Alan GrayEnglish organist and composer - 1940
Walter BenjaminGerman cultural critic, philosopher and social critic - 1940
Julius Wagner-JaureggAustrian physician and nobelist - 1942
Douglas Albert MunroU.S. Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient - 1944
Aimee Semple McPhersonCanadian-American evangelist - 1956
Gerald FinziEnglish composer - 1956
Babe Didrikson ZahariasAmerican golfer and athlete - 1960
Sylvia PankhurstEnglish activist, writer and artist - 1961
H.D.American poet and novelist - 1965
Clara BowAmerican actress - 1965
William StanierEnglish railway engineer - 1967
Felix YusupovRussian aristocrat - 1972SS. R. RanganathanIndian mathematician and librarian
- 1974
Silvio FrondiziArgentine intellectual and lawyer - 1975
Jack Lang (Australian politician)Australian politician - 1979
Gracie FieldsBritish actress, singer and comedian - 1979
Jimmy McCullochScottish musician - 1981
Robert Montgomery (actor)American actor
- 1983
Wilfred BurchettAustralian journalist - 1984CChronis ExarhakosGreek actor
- 1985
Lloyd NolanAmerican actor - 1986
Cliff BurtonAmerican bassist - 1991JJoe HulmeEnglish footballer and cricketer
- 1992
Zhang LepingChinese cartoonist - 1993
Jimmy DoolittleAmerican general and aviator - 1993
Fraser MacPhersonCanadian jazz musician - 1996
Mohammad NajibullahLeader of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992 - 1997WWalter TramplerGerman violist
- 1998
Doak WalkerAmerican football player - 2003JJean Lucas (racing driver)French racing driver
- 2003
Donald O'ConnorAmerican film actor
- 2004
John E. MackAmerican psychiatrist - 2005
Ronald GoliasBrazilian comedian and actor - 2005
Mary Lee SettleAmerican writer - 2006HHelmut KallmeyerGerman chemist
- 2007
Dale and GraceAmerican music duo - 2007
Kenji NagaiJapanese journalist - 2008
Henri PachardAmerican erotic film director - 2009
Ivan DykhovichnyRussian film director - 2010
Balaji SadasivanSingaporean politician and neurosurgeon - 2011
David Croft (TV producer)English writer, producer and director - 2011
Imre MakoveczHungarian architect
- 2011""Country" Johnny MathisAmerican country music singer-songwriter
- 2012
Eddie BertAmerican jazz trombonist - 2012
Herbert LomCzech actor - 2013
Oscar Castro-NevesBrazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer - 2013MMauricio González-Gordon y DíezSpanish sherry maker and conservationist
- 2014
Gaby AghionFrench Jewish fashion designer - 2014
Wally HergesheimerCanadian ice hockey player - 2014
Abdelmajid LakhalTunisian theatre director and actor - 2014
James TraficantAmerican politician - 2015
Syed Ahmed (politician)Governor of Jharkhand, Indian politician, author - 2015
Pietro IngraoItalian politician and journalist - 2015
Kallen PokkudanIndian author and activist
- 2015
Frank TysonEngland cricketer - 2017
Hugh HefnerAmerican magazine publisher - 2018KKavita MahajanIndian writer
- 2018MMichael PaytonAmerican football player
- 2018MManoharsinhji PradyumansinhjiIndian cricketer
- 2018
Marty BalinAmerican singer, songwriter, and musician
- 2021MMadeleine TchicayaIvorian politician
- 2023
Michael GambonIrish-English actor - 2024
Hassan NasrallahSecretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024 - 2024
Maggie SmithBritish actress - 2025
Russell M. NelsonLDS Church president
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 27?
102 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 27, including Pugu Huai'en, William of Wykeham, Felice della Rovere. 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 September 27?
50 documented historical events happened on September 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Treaty of Melno was signed, establishing the Prussian–Lithuanian border, which afterwards remained unchanged for about 500 years. On the same day, in another year: In a letter to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris, Jean-François Champollion announced his initial successes in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone (pictured). 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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