Famous Deaths on 27 Jul

Famous Deaths on 27 Jul

1101 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 - King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 - John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876 - Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883 - Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934 - Hubert Lyautey, Frency army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948 - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1958 - Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962 - James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1962 - Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1965 - Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
1968 - Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 - António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1978 - Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 - William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984 - James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1985 - Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1987 - Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990 - Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 - Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1995 - Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1998 - Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999 - Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
2000 - Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001 - Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 - Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003 - Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2003 - Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 - Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2005 - Swami Shantanand, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher (b. 1934)
2006 - Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007 - Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2008 - Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
2008 - Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
2008 - Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)