Deaths on 27 June
2000s
Kinky Friedman
2024
American singer-songwriter, writer and politician (1944–2024)
Martin Mull
2024
American actor (1943–2024)
Joe Jackson (talent manager)
2018
Patriarch of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
Liz Jackson
2018
Australian journalist and barrister (1951–2018)
William McBride (doctor)
2018
Australian obstetrician (1927–2018)
Peter L. Berger
2017
American sociologist (1929–2017)
Bud Spencer
2016
Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)
Zvi Elpeleg
2015
Knut Helle
2015
Norwegian historian (1930–2015)
Chris Squire
2015
English bassist of rock band Yes (1948–2015)
Edmond Blanchard
2014
Canadian jurist and politician
Allen Grossman
2014
American writer (1932–2014)
Leslie Manigat
2014
President of Haiti (1930–2014)
Violet Milstead
2014
Canadian aviator
Rachid Solh
2014
Lebanese politician
Stefano Borgonovo
2013
Italian footballer and manager
Ian Scott (artist)
2013
New Zealand artist (1945–2013)
Stan Cox
2012
British distance runner
Rosemary Dobson
2012
Australian poet, illustrator, editor and anthologist (1920–2012)
Mike Doyle (footballer)
2011
English footballer (1946–2011)
Corey Allen
2010
American director, writer and actor
Gale Storm
2009
American actress and singer (1922–2009)
Sam Manekshaw
2008
Indian military officer (1914–2008)
William Hutt (actor)
2007
Canadian actor of stage, television and film
Eileen Barton
2006
American singer (1924–2006)
Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
2006
Cross-border Mexican serial killer and rapist (1959–2006)
Shelby Foote
2005
American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005)
Ray Holmes
2005
Royal Air Force officer
John T. Walton
2005
Vietnam war veteran and a son of Walmart founder (1946–2005)
George Patton IV
2004
United States Army general (1923–2004) and son of George Patton
Darrell Russell (dragster driver)
2004
American racing driver
David Newman (screenwriter)
2003
American screenwriter (1937–2003)
John Entwistle
2002
English musician and bassist (1944–2002)
Robert L. J. Long
2002
U.S. Navy admiral (1920–2002)
Tove Jansson
2001
Finnish writer and illustrator (1914–2001)
Jack Lemmon
2001
American actor (1925–2001)
Joan Sims
2001
English actress (1930–2001)
Pierre Pflimlin
2000
78th Prime Minister of France
1900s
Georgios Papadopoulos
1999
Greek military dictator (1919–1999)
Gilles Rocheleau
1998
Canadian politician
Albert R. Broccoli
1996
American film producer (1909–1996)
Milton Subotsky
1991
American film and television producer and writer
A. J. Ayer
1989
English philosopher (1910–1989)
George Nēpia
1986
New Zealand international rugby footballer (1905–1986)
Arthur Perdue
1977
American farmer
G. I. Taylor
1975
British physicist and mathematician (1886–1975)
Ida Mett
1973
Belarusian anarchist and writer (1901–1973)
Daniel Kinsey
1970
American hurdler (1902–1970)
Jaan Lattik
1967
Estonian politician (1878–1967)
Paul Viiding
1962
Estonian poet, author and literary critic
Lottie Dod
1960
English tennis player (1871–1960)
Harry Pollitt
1960
British communist (1890–1960)
Hermann Buhl
1957
Austrian mountaineer (1924–1957)
Max Dehn
1952
German-American mathematician (1878–1952)
Milada Horáková
1950
Czech politician and lawyer
Frank Smythe
1949
English mountaineer (1900–1949)
Dorothea Bleek
1948
German anthropologist and philologist
Wanda Gág
1946
American artist and children's writer (1893–1946)
Milan Hodža
1944
Slovak politician and journalist
Eugene Augustin Lauste
1935
French inventor
Francesco Buhagiar
1934
Prime Minister of Malta (1876-1934)
Adolphe-Basile Routhier
1920
Canadian judge and poet (1839–1920)
Peter Sturholdt
1919
American boxer
Karl Allmenröder
1917
German World War I flying ace
George Bonnor
1912
Australian cricketer (1855–1912)
Victor Surridge
1911
British motorcycle racer
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
1907
American naturalist and educator (1822–1907)
Harold Mahony
1905
British tennis player
1800s
John Berryman (VC)
1896
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Giorgio Costantino Schinas
1894
Maltese architect and civil engineer (1834–1894)
Sidney Breese
1878
American judge (1800–1878)
Hyrum Smith
1844
American Mormon leader (1800–1844)
Joseph Smith
1844
Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)
Ranjit Singh
1839
Maharaja of the Sikh Empire from 1801 to 1839
Sophie Germain
1831
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
1831
19th-century Russian grand duke
James Smithson
1829
British chemist and mineralogist (c. 1765–1829)
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
1827
German philologist and historian (1752–1827)
Before 1800
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
1794
Austrian statesman (1711–1794)
Philippe de Noailles
1794
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
1729
French musician, harpsichordist and composer
Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu
1720
French poet (c. 1639 – 1720)
Roger Twysden
1672
English historian and politician
Eleonora Gonzaga (born 1598)
1655
Holy Roman Empress from 1622 to 1637
Johannes Valentinus Andreae
1654
German writer, mathematician and theologian (rosicrucian)
Date Masamune
1636
Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; first lord of Sendai
John Hayward (historian)
1627
Jan Dymitr Solikowski
1603
Polish archbishop
Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
1601
English nobleman and courtier (c. 1525–1601)
Giorgio Vasari
1574
Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian (1511–1574)
Michael An Gof
1497
One of the leaders of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
Thomas Flamank
1497
Cornish lawyer and rebel
Alfonso V of Aragon
1458
King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458
Floris V, Count of Holland
1296
Count of Holland from 1256 to 1296
Sancho VI of Navarre
1194
King of Navarre from 1150 to 1194
Odo II, Duke of Burgundy
1162
Duke of Burgundy from 1143 to 1162
Conan I of Rennes
992
Duke of Brittany from 990 to 992