110851 | September 27 | Death | 1911 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844) |
110852 | September 27 | Death | 1915 – Remy de Gourmont, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1858) |
110853 | September 27 | Death | 1917 – Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834) |
110854 | September 27 | Death | 1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854) |
110855 | September 27 | Death | 1940 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892) |
110856 | September 27 | Death | 1940 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857) |
110857 | September 27 | Death | 1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890) |
110858 | September 27 | Death | 1956 – Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901) |
110859 | September 27 | Death | 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911) |
110860 | September 27 | Death | 1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882) |
110861 | September 27 | Death | 1965 – Clara Bow, American actress and singer (b. 1905) |
110862 | September 27 | Death | 1965 – William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876) |
110863 | September 27 | Death | 1967 – Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887) |
110864 | September 27 | Death | 1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892) |
110865 | September 27 | Death | 1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907) |
110866 | September 27 | Death | 1975 – Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876) |
110867 | September 27 | Death | 1979 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (b. 1898) |
110868 | September 27 | Death | 1979 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million, Small Faces, Wings, Thunderclap Newman, and The Dukes) (b. 1953) |
110869 | September 27 | Death | 1981 – Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904) |
110870 | September 27 | Death | 1983 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911) |
110871 | September 27 | Death | 1984 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932) |
110872 | September 27 | Death | 1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (b. 1902) |
110873 | September 27 | Death | 1986 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (Metallica, EZ-Street, and Trauma) (b. 1962) |
110874 | September 27 | Death | 1991 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904) |
110875 | September 27 | Death | 1991 – Oona O'Neill, English-Swiss actress (b. 1926) |
110876 | September 27 | Death | 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896) |
110877 | September 27 | Death | 1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928) |
110878 | September 27 | Death | 1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947) |
110879 | September 27 | Death | 1997 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915) |
110880 | September 27 | Death | 1998 – Narita Brian, Japanese race horse (b. 1991) |