Deaths on 27 December
2000s
Greg Gumbel
2024
American sportscaster (1946–2024)
Olivia Hussey
2024
British actress (1951–2024)
Charles Shyer
2024
American director, screenwriter and producer (1941–2024)
Lee Sun-kyun
2023
South Korean actor (1975–2023)
Gaston Glock
2023
Austrian engineer and businessman (1929–2023)
Remilia
2019
American professional gamer (1995–2019)
Frank Blaichman
2018
Polish resistance fighter
Carrie Fisher
2016
American actress and writer (1956–2016)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
2016
Sri Lankan politician (1933–2016)
Stein Eriksen
2015
Norwegian alpine skier (1927–2015)
Dave Henderson
2015
American baseball player (1958–2015)
Ellsworth Kelly
2015
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Meadowlark Lemon
2015
American basketball player, actor, and minister (1932–2015)
Alfredo Pacheco
2015
Salvadoran footballer (1982-2015)
Stevie Wright
2015
Australian singer (1947–2015)
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel
2014
Founder of the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem (1939–2014)
Ulises Estrella
2014
Ecuadorian poet
Ronald Li
2014
Hong Kong investor (1929–2014)
Karel Poma
2014
Belgian politician (1920–2014)
Richard Ambler
2013
English molecular biologist
Mohamad Chatah
2013
Lebanese economist and diplomat
Gianna D'Angelo
2013
American opera singer
John Matheson
2013
Canadian politician
Farooq Sheikh
2013
Indian actor (1948–2013)
Harry Carey Jr.
2012
American actor (1921–2012)
Lloyd Charmers
2012
Jamaican singer and keyboardist
Tingye Li
2012
Chinese-American scientist
Archie Roy
2012
Scottish astronomer
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
2012
United States Army general (1934–2012)
Salt Walther
2012
American racing driver
Catê
2011
Brazilian footballer (1973–2011)
Michael Dummett
2011
British philosopher (1925–2011)
Helen Frankenthaler
2011
American painter (1928–2011)
Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)
2011
Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2011)
Isaac Schwartz
2009
Soviet and Russian composer (1923–2009)
Delaney Bramlett
2008
American musician (1939–2008)
Robert Graham (sculptor)
2008
American sculptor
Benazir Bhutto
2007
Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996)
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
2007
Polish film director, screenwriter and politician
Jaan Kross
2007
Estonian writer (1920–2007)
Hank Garland
2004
American guitarist and songwriter
Alan Bates
2003
English actor (1934–2003)
Iván Calderón (baseball)
2003
Puerto Rican baseball player (1962–2003)
George Roy Hill
2002
American film director (1921–2002)
1900s
Michael McDowell (author)
1999
American novelist and screenwriter
Brendan Gill
1997
American journalist (1914–1997)
Billy Wright (loyalist)
1997
Northern Irish loyalist (1960–1997)
Shura Cherkassky
1995
American classical pianist (1909–1995)
Genrikh Kasparyan
1995
Soviet chess player (1910–1995)
Fanny Cradock
1994
English restaurant critic, television cook and writer (1909–1994)
J. B. L. Reyes
1994
Filipino jurist (1902–1994)
Feliks Kibbermann
1993
Estonian chess player (1902–1993)
Evald Mikson
1993
Estonian footballer (1911–1993)
André Pilette
1993
Belgian racing driver (1918–1993)
Kay Boyle
1992
American poet (1902–1992)
Hal Ashby
1988
American film director and editor (1929–1988)
Rewi Alley
1987
New Zealand writer and political activist
George Dangerfield
1986
American journalist
Dumas Malone
1986
American historian and writer
Jean Rondeau (racing driver)
1985
French racing driver
Jack Swigert
1982
American astronaut and politician (1931–1982)
Hoagy Carmichael
1981
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981)
Hafizullah Amin
1979
Afghan communist politician (1929–1979)
Chris Bell (American musician)
1978
American musician (1951–1978)
Houari Boumédiène
1978
Head of State of Algeria from 1965 to 1978
Bob Luman
1978
American country and rockabilly singer (1937–1978)
Vladimir Fock
1974
Russian physicist (1898–1974)
Amy Vanderbilt
1974
American Author and Socialite
Lester B. Pearson
1972
Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968
Edgar Ende
1965
German surrealist painter
Lambert McKenna
1956
Irish academic (1870–1956)
Alfred Carpenter
1955
Royal Navy admiral & VC recipient (1881-1955)
Şükrü Saracoğlu
1953
5th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1942 to 1946
Julian Tuwim
1953
Polish poet (1894–1953)
John O'Brien (poet)
1952
Australian priest, educator, author and poet (1878–1952)
Max Beckmann
1950
German painter (1884–1950)
Ants Kurvits
1943
Estonian military officer (1887–1943)
Rinaldo Cuneo
1939
American painter (1877–1939)
Calvin Bridges
1938
American scientist (1889–1938)
Osip Mandelstam
1938
Russian and Soviet poet (1891–1938)
Zona Gale
1938
American writer (1874–1938)
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
1936
Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician (1873–1936)
Agda Meyerson
1924
Swedish nurse and activist
Gustave Eiffel
1923
French civil engineer (1832–1923)
Achilles Alferaki
1919
Russian composer (1846–1919)
Charles Martin Hall
1914
American inventor, businessman, and chemist (1863–1914)
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
1900
English inventor, scientist, engineer and industrialist (1810-1900)
1800s
John Brown (industrialist)
1896
British industrialist; (1816–1896)
Eivind Astrup
1895
Norwegian explorer and writer (1871–1895)
Alexandre Boëly
1858
French organist and composer (1785–1858)
Stephen F. Austin
1836
American empresario (1793–1836)
Charles Lamb
1834
English essayist, poet, and antiquarian (1775–1834)
Joanna Southcott
1812
Self-described religious prophetess, 1750–1814
Hugh Blair
1800
Scottish philosopher (1718–1800)
Before 1800
Henry Home, Lord Kames
1782
Scottish philosopher, judge and agricultural improver (1696–1782)
Johann Rall
1776
Commander of Hessian troops
Henri Pitot
1771
French hydraulic engineer (1695–1771)
Hyacinthe Rigaud
1743
Catalan-French baroque painter (1659–1743)
William Bowyer (1663–1737)
1737
English printer
Jean Mabillon
1707
French monk and scholar (1632–1707)
Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale
1707
Hans Albrecht von Barfus
1704
Prussian Field Marshal and Prime Minister
Henrik Span
1694
Henri de Villars (died 1693)
1693
French prelate
Gervase Bryan
1689
English clergyman
Maria Francisca of Savoy
1683
Queen of Portugal from 1666 to 1668 and again in 1683
Jacques Rohault
1672
French philosopher, physicist and mathematician
Christine of France
1663
Duchess of Savoy from 1630 to 1637
Hervey Bagot
1660
English politician (1591-1660)
Andrew White (Jesuit)
1656
English missionary in America (1579–1656)
Herman op den Graeff
1642
"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld (1585 1642)
Francis van Aarssens
1641
Dutch diplomat and statesman (1572–1641)
Vincenzo Giustiniani
1637
Italian banker and art collector
Thomas Cartwright (theologian)
1603
English Puritan churchman (c. 1535 – 1603)
Francesco Spiera
1548
Protestant Italian jurist (1502–1548)
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
1543
German margrave (1484–1543)
Mahmood Shah Bahmani II
1518
Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482 to 1518
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
1381
English magnate (1352–1381)
Bertha of Savoy
1087
Holy Roman Empress from 1084 to 1087
Sviatoslav II of Kiev
1076
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 to 1076
Nilus the Younger
1005
Italian saint (910–1005)
Emma of Blois
1003
Duchess of Aquitaine (c. 950 – 1003)
Balderic of Utrecht
975
Bishop of Utrecht from 918 (897–975)
Aeneas of Paris
870
Bishop (died 870)
Emperor Gaozong of Tang
683
Emperor of Tang Dynasty of China (649 - 683)