Deaths on 27 August
2000s
Bob Carr (Michigan politician)
2024
American politician (1943–2024)
Juan Izquierdo
2024
Uruguayan footballer (1997–2024)
Charlotte Kretschmann
2024
German supercentenarian (1909–2024)
Leonard Riggio
2024
American businessman (1941–2024)
Cookie (cockatoo)
2016
Oldest known Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
2015
Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990
Pascal Chaumeil
2015
French director and screenwriter
Darryl Dawkins
2015
American basketball player-coach (1957–2015)
Jacques Friedel
2014
French physicist (1921–2014)
Valeri Petrov
2014
Bulgarian writer, poet and translator (1920–2014)
Benno Pludra
2014
German children's author (1925–2014)
Chen Liting
2013
Chinese playwright and film director
Bill Peach
2013
Australian television presenter and journalist
Dave Thomas (golfer)
2013
Welsh professional golfer (1934–2013)
Neville Alexander
2012
South African activist (1936–2012)
Malcolm Browne
2012
American photographer and journalist (1931–2012)
Art Heyman
2012
American basketball player (1941–2012)
Ivica Horvat
2012
Croatian footballer
Richard Kingsland
2012
Australian RAAF pilot
Geliy Korzhev
2012
Russian artist (1925–2012)
Anton Geesink
2010
Dutch judoka (1934–2010)
Luna Vachon
2010
American-Canadian professional wrestler (1962–2010)
Sergey Mikhalkov
2009
Russian writer (1913–2009)
Emma Penella
2007
Spanish actress
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
2006
Indian film director (1922–2006)
Jesse Pintado
2006
Mexican-American guitarist (1969–2006)
Giorgos Mouzakis
2005
Greek virtuoso trumpeter and music composer
Seán Purcell
2005
Galway Gaelic footballer
Willie Crawford
2004
American baseball player (1946–2004)
Pierre Poujade
2003
French politician (1920–2003)
Edwin Louis Cole
2002
Founder of the Christian Men's Network (1922-2002)
Michael Dertouzos
2001
Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abu Ali Mustafa
2001
Palestinian politician (1938–2001)
1900s
Hélder Câmara
1999
Brazilian archbishop and socialist (1909–1999)
Essie Summers
1998
New Zealand writer
Greg Morris
1996
American actor (1933–1996)
Frank Jeske
1994
German footballer
Bengt Holbek
1992
Danish folklorist (1933–1992)
Avdy Andresson
1990
Estonian politician (1899–1990)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
1990
American blues guitarist (1954–1990)
Valeri Kharlamov
1981
Russian ice hockey player (1948–1981)
Douglas Kenney
1980
American comedy writer (1946–1980)
Lord Mountbatten
1979
British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)
Gordon Matta-Clark
1978
American artist
Ieva Simonaitytė
1978
Lithuanian writer (1897–1978)
Helmi Üprus
1978
Estonian art historian
Haile Selassie
1975
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974
Bennett Cerf
1971
American publisher, author (1898–1971)
Margaret Bourke-White
1971
American photographer (1904–1971)
Ivy Compton-Burnett
1969
English novelist (1884–1969)
Erika Mann
1969
German actress and writer
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
1968
Duchess of Kent (1906–1968)
Brian Epstein
1967
British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)
Le Corbusier
1965
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
Gracie Allen
1964
American actress (1895–1964)
W. E. B. Du Bois
1963
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
1963
Pakistani mathematician (1888–1963)
Ernest Lawrence
1958
American accelerator physicist (1901–1958)
Pelageya Shajn
1956
Russian astronomer
Cesare Pavese
1950
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator
Charles Evans Hughes
1948
Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941
Hubert Pál Álgyay
1945
Hungarian engineer
Georg von Boeselager
1944
German noble and army officer (1915–1944)
Childe Hassam
1935
American painter (1859–1935)
Frank Harris
1931
Irish-American writer (1856–1931)
Wiel Nolens
1931
Dutch politician
Francis Marion Smith
1931
American Mining businessman
Herman Potočnik
1929
Slovenian military officer, electrical engineer and physicist (1892–1929)
Reşat Çiğiltepe
1922
Turkish military officer, National hero
Emil Christian Hansen
1909
Danish mycologist
Kusumoto Ine
1903
Japanese physician (1827-1903)
1800s
Samuel C. Pomeroy
1891
American politician (1816–1891)
William Chapman Ralston
1875
California businessman and financier (1826–1875)
William W. Boardman
1871
American politician (1794–1871)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
1865
Nova Scotian politician (1796–1865)
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
1857
American anthologist (1815–1857)
Eise Eisinga
1828
Dutch astronomer (1744–1828)
Before 1800
John Laurens
1782
American soldier and abolitionist (1754–1782)
James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
1748
Scottish poet (1700–1748)
Francisco de Zurbarán
1664
Spanish painter (1598–1664)
Lope de Vega
1635
Spanish playwright and poet (1562–1635)
Tomás Luis de Victoria
1611
Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)
Pope Sixtus V
1590
Head of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
Titian
1576
Italian painter (c. 1477/88/90–1576)
Piotr Gamrat
1545
Polish Archbishop
Josquin des Prez
1521
Composer of the Renaissance (c. 1450–1521)
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr
1450
English nobleman
Emperor Chōkei
1394
Emperor of Japan from 1368 to 1383
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
1312
Duke of Brittany from 1305 to 1312
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
1255
Child murder victim (1246–1255)
Eric III of Denmark
1146
King of Denmark from 1137 to 1146
Ageltrude
923
Holy Roman Empress from 891 to 894
Pope Eugene II
827
Head of the Catholic Church from 824 to 827
Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i
749
Abbasid general (died 749)
Caesarius of Arles
542
Merovingian monk, archbishop and saint