Famous Deaths on 27 Jan

Famous Deaths on 27 Jan

1490 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
1595 - Sir Francis Drake, European explorer (b. c.1540)
1629 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
1638 - Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
1731 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker (b. 1655)
1740 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
1814 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762)
1816 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (b. 1724)
1851 - John James Audubon, French-born naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1789)
1857 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (b. 1785)
1860 - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)
1880 - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)
1901 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (b. 1836)
1919 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)
1921 - Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier (b. 1891)
1927 - Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army
1927 - Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (Matulewicz), Lithuanian bishop
1940 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894)
1942 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
1956 - Erich Kleiber, Argentine conductor (b. 1890)
1967 - Roger Chaffee - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1935)
1967 - Virgil "Gus" Grissom - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1926)
1967 - Edward White - Crew of Apollo 1 (b. 1930)
1967 - Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. 1888)
1970 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
1971 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
1972 - Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (b. 1888)
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
1973 - William Nolde, last American combat casualty of Vietnam War (b. 1929)
1975 - Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. 1913)
1979 - Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898)
1983 - Louis de Funès, French actor (b. 1914)
1986 - Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. 1914)
1988 - Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
1989 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888)
1989 - Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918)
1993 - André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 - Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
1996 - Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. 1903)
1997 - Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (b. 1900)
2000 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (b. 1930)
2001 - Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. 1941)
2003 - Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. 1909)
2003 - Louis Archambault, Quebec sculptor (b. 1915)
2004 - Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918)
2004 - Salvador Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
2006 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965)
2006 - Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
2006 - Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
2007 - Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 - Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933)
2008 - Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
2008 - Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
2008 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)
2008 - Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
98 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35)