Deaths on 27 April
2000s
Jiggly Caliente
2025
Filipino-American drag performer (1980–2025)
C. J. Sansom
2024
British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)
Jerry Springer
2023
American TV personality and politician (1944–2023)
Liao Guoxun
2022
Chinese politician (1963–2022)
Manoj Das
2021
Indian author (1934–2021)
Vinod Khanna
2017
Indian film actor, director and politician (1946-2017)
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
2017
Japanese sumo wrestler (1938–2017)
Gene Fullmer
2015
American boxer (1931–2015)
Verne Gagne
2015
American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)
Alexander Rich
2015
American biologist (1924–2015)
Yigal Arnon
2014
Israeli lawyer
Vujadin Boškov
2014
Yugoslavian footballer and manager (1931–2014)
Dan Colchico
2014
American football player (1935–2014)
Harry Firth
2014
Australian racing driver (1918–2014)
Aída Bortnik
2013
Argentine screenwriter
Lorraine Copeland
2013
British archaeologist (1921–2013)
Antonio Díaz (footballer, born 1969)
2013
Spanish footballer
Jérôme Louis Heldring
2013
Dutch journalist (1917–2013)
Aloysius Jin Luxian
2013
Chinese Catholic prelate (1916–2013)
Mutula Kilonzo
2013
Kenyan lawyer and politician (born 1948)
Daniel Boatwright
2012
American politician (1930–2012)
Bill Skowron
2012
American baseball player (1930–2012)
Marian Mercer
2011
American actress
Frankie Manning
2009
American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
Woo Seung-yeon
2009
South Korean model and actress (1983–2009)
Feroz Khan (actor)
2009
Indian actor and filmmaker (1939–2009)
Mstislav Rostropovich
2007
Russian-American cellist and conductor (1927–2007)
Julia Thorne
2006
American writer (1944–2006)
Red Horner
2005
Ice hockey player
George Alec Effinger
2002
American science fiction author (1947–2002)
Ruth Handler
2002
American business magnate and inventor (1916–2002)
1900s
Al Hirt
1999
American trumpeter and bandleader (1922–1999)
Dale C. Thomson
1999
Canadian political scientist, author and historian
Cyril Washbrook
1999
English cricketer
John W. H. Bassett
1998
Canadian media proprietor and politician (1915–1998)
Carlos Castaneda
1998
American anthropologist (1925–1998)
Anne Desclos
1998
French journalist and novelist (1907–1998)
Browning Ross
1998
American middle and long-distance runner, steeplechaser
William Colby
1996
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1973 to 1976
Gilles Grangier
1996
French film director (1911–1996)
Katherine DeMille
1995
American actress (1911–1995)
Willem Frederik Hermans
1995
Dutch writer (1921–1995)
Olivier Messiaen
1992
French composer (1908–1992)
Gerard K. O'Neill
1992
American physicist, author, and inventor (1927–1992)
Kōnosuke Matsushita
1989
Japanese industrialist (1894–1989)
Fred Bear
1988
American bow hunter (1902–1988)
Stanley Adams (actor)
1977
American actor and screenwriter
Carlos Menditeguy
1973
Argentine racing driver (1914–1973)
Kwame Nkrumah
1972
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
Arthur Shields
1970
Irish actor (1896–1970)
René Barrientos
1969
President of Bolivia (1964–1966, 1966–1969)
William Douglas Cook
1967
New Zealand writer
Edward R. Murrow
1965
American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)
Jack Critchley
1964
Australian politician (1892–1964)
A. K. Fazlul Huq
1962
Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)
Roy Del Ruth
1961
American filmmaker (1893–1961)
Guido Castelnuovo
1952
Italian mathematician (1865–1952)
Benjamin Faunce
1949
American druggist and businessman
Edmund Husserl
1938
Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938)
Antonio Gramsci
1937
Albanian-Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
Karl Pearson
1936
English eugenicist and polymath (1857–1936)
Hart Crane
1932
American poet (1899–1932)
John Labatt
1915
Canadian businessman (1838–1915)
Alexander Scriabin
1915
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
1800s
Henry Parkes
1896
Australian politician (1815–1896)
John Ballance
1893
Premier of New Zealand from 1891 to 1893
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1882
American philosopher (1803–1882)
William Macready
1873
English actor (1793–1873)
Zebulon Pike
1813
American general and explorer (1779–1813)
Before 1800
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot
1782
British politician (1710–1782)
Jean Bart
1702
French admiral and privateer (1650–1702)
John Trenchard (politician)
1695
English politician and landowner (1649–1695)
John George IV
1694
Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694
Jan van Goyen
1656
Dutch landscape painter (1596–1656)
Robert Abercromby (Jesuit)
1613
Scottish Jesuit missionary
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell
1607
English peer
Pope Leo XI
1605
Head of the Catholic Church in 1605
Maeda Toshiie
1599
General of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period
Ferdinand Magellan
1521
Portuguese explorer (1480–1521)
Isidore of Kiev
1463
Byzantine Greek prelate (1385–1463)
Philip the Bold
1404
Duke of Burgundy from 1363 to 1404
Maria of Bosnia
1403
Duchess of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein
Simeon of Moscow
1353
Russian ruler (1317–1353)
Nicolò Albertini
1321
Catholic friar and cardinal (1250–1321)
Zita
1272
Italian saint
Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz
1160
Count of Bregenz
Ardashir III
630
Shah of the Sasanian Empire from 628 to 630