Deaths on 27 March
2000s
Christina McKelvie
2025
Scottish politician (1968–2025)
Daniel Kahneman
2024
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Joe Lieberman
2024
American politician and lawyer (1942–2024)
Bert Nievera
2018
Filipino-American singer and businessman
Mother Angelica
2016
Religious sister (1923–2016)
Johnny Helms
2015
Musical artist
T. Sailo
2015
2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram
Richard N. Frye
2014
American historian (1920–2014)
James R. Schlesinger
2014
American politician (1929–2014)
Hjalmar Andersen
2013
Norwegian speed skater
Yvonne Brill
2013
Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer
Fay Kanin
2013
American screenwriter
Adrienne Rich
2012
American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
Clement Arrindell
2011
Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1931–2011)
Farley Granger
2011
American actor (1925–2011)
Dick Giordano
2010
American comic book artist and editor (1932-2010)
Irving R. Levine
2009
American journalist (1922–2009)
Jean-Marie Balestre
2008
French motorsport administrator (1921–2008)
Nancy Adams
2007
New Zealand botanical illustrator (1926–2007)
Paul Lauterbur
2007
American chemist (1929–2007)
Dan Curtis
2006
American film director
Stanisław Lem
2006
Polish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006)
Rudolf Vrba
2006
Slovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
Neil Williams (cricketer)
2006
English cricketer (1962–2006)
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow
2005
Canadian heart surgeon
Robert Merle
2004
French novelist
Edwin Carr (composer)
2003
New Zealand composer
Milton Berle
2002
American comedian and actor (1908–2002)
Dudley Moore
2002
English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Billy Wilder
2002
Austrian-American filmmaker (1906–2002)
George Allen (ice hockey)
2000
Canadian ice hockey player
Ian Dury
2000
British new wave singer (1942–2000)
1900s
Michael Aris
1999
British historian (1946–1999)
David McClelland
1998
American psychologist (1917–1998)
Lane Dwinell
1997
American manufacturer and politician
Ella Maillart
1997
Swiss adventurer
René Allio
1995
French film and theater director
Elisabeth Schmid
1994
Geologist, paleontologist, archaeologist and prehistorian (1912-1994)
Lawrence Wetherby
1994
American politician (1908–1994)
Kamal Hassan Ali
1993
Egyptian politician and war hero (1921-1993)
Paul László
1993
Hungarian-American architect
Colin Gibson (footballer, born 1923)
1992
English footballer
Lang Hancock
1992
Australian businessman (1909–1992)
James E. Webb
1992
American government official (1906–1992)
Aldo Ray
1991
American actor (1926–1991)
Percy Beard
1990
May Allison
1989
American actress (1890–1989)
Malcolm Cowley
1989
American writer (1898–1989)
Charles Willeford
1988
American writer
William Bowers
1987
American writer
Fazlur Rahman Khan
1982
Bangladeshi architect (1929–1982)
Jakob Ackeret
1981
Swiss aeronautical engineer
Steve Fisher (writer)
1980
American author (1912–1980)
Nat Bailey
1978
American-born Canadian restaurateur
K. D. Singh (field hockey)
1978
Indian field hockey player (1922–1978)
Sverre Farstad
1978
Norwegian speed skater
Shirley Graham Du Bois
1977
American-Ghanaian writer and activist (1896–1977)
Diana Hyland
1977
American actress (1936–1977)
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
1977
Dutch pilot (1927–1977)
Georg August Zinn
1976
German politician (1901–1976)
Arthur Bliss
1975
English composer and conductor (1891–1975)
Eduardo Santos Montejo
1974
President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942
Mikhail Kalatozov
1973
Soviet film director (1903–1973)
Lorenzo Wright
1972
American sprinter
Yuri Gagarin
1968
Soviet cosmonaut (1934–1968)
Vladimir Seryogin
1968
Soviet test pilot
Jaroslav Heyrovský
1967
Czech chemist and inventor (1890–1967)
Gregorio Marañón
1960
Spanish academic (1887–1960)
Leon C. Phillips
1958
American politician
Évariste Lévi-Provençal
1956
French historian (1894–1956)
Kiichiro Toyoda
1952
Japanese businessman (1894–1952)
Elisheva Bikhovski
1949
Russian and Israeli writer (1888–1949)
Karl Groos
1946
German psychologist and philosopher (1861–1946)
Vincent Hugo Bendix
1945
American inventor and industrialist (1881–1945)
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
1945
Turkish author, poet, and playwright (1866–1945)
George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway
1943
British politician
Julio González (sculptor)
1942
Spanish sculptor and painter
Michael Joseph Savage
1940
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1935 to 1940
Dan Kolov
1940
Bulgarian professional wrestler (1892–1940)
William Stern (psychologist)
1938
German psychologist and philosopher (1871–1938)
Francis William Reitz
1934
South African politician and statesman
Arnold Bennett
1931
English author (1867–1931)
Leslie Stuart
1928
English composer (1863–1928)
Joe Start
1927
American baseball player (1842–1927)
Klaus Berntsen
1927
Danish politician
Kick Kelly
1926
American baseball umpire (1856–1926)
Georges Vézina
1926
Canadian ice hockey player (1887–1926)
Carl Neumann
1925
Prussian mathematician (1832–1925)
James Dewar
1923
British chemist and physicist (1842–1923)
Nikolay Sokolov (composer)
1922
Russian composer
Harry Barron
1921
British Australian state governor (1847–1921)
Henry Adams
1918
American historian (1838–1918)
Martin Sheridan
1918
Athletics competitor
Richard Montgomery Gano
1913
Confederate general of the American Civil War (1830–1913)
Alexander Agassiz
1910
American scientist and engineer (1835–1910)
Joseph A. Campbell
1900
American entrepreneur (1817–1900)
1800s
Syed Ahmad Khan
1898
Indian reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Andreas Anagnostakis
1897
Cretan ophthalmologist
Carl Jacob Löwig
1890
German chemist (1803–1890)
John Bright
1889
British Radical and Liberal statesman (1811–1889)
Henry Taylor (dramatist)
1886
English playwright and poet
George Gilbert Scott
1878
English architect (1811–1878)
Juan Crisóstomo Torrico
1875
Edgar Quinet
1875
French writer (1803–1875)
James Harper (publisher)
1869
American publisher and politician (1795–1869)
Jean-Jacques Ampère
1864
French philologist (1800–1864)
Wilhelm Beer
1850
Prussian astronomer and banker
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford
1849
Irish politician (1776-1849)
Gabriel Bibron
1848
French zoologist and herpetologist (1805–1848)
Before 1800
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1770
Italian painter (1696–1770)
Johann Stamitz
1757
Czech composer and violinist
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
1729
Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to 1729
Simon Bradstreet
1697
English-born merchant and politician (1604–1697)
Abraham Mignon
1679
Dutch painter (1640–1679)
Bernardino de Rebolledo
1676
Robert Naunton
1635
English writer and politician (1563–1635)
James VI and I
1625
King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624)
1624
Prince-Bishop of Schwerin
Benedetto Giustiniani
1621
Italian clergyman
Margaret of Valois
1615
Queen of France (1589–1599) and Navarre (1572–1599)
Sigismund Báthory
1613
Prince of Transylvania (1573–1613)
Theodor de Bry
1598
Walloon engraver and publisher (1528–1598)
Girolamo Maggi
1572
Italian scholar, jurist, and poet
Lütfi Pasha
1564
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1539 to 1541
Mary of Burgundy
1482
Duchess of Burgundy from 1477 to 1482
Janus Pannonius
1472
Croatian-Hungarian poet
Vasily II of Moscow
1462
Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 to 1462
Pope Gregory XI
1378
Head of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
Maud Marshal
1248
Anglo-Norman noblewoman
George III of Georgia
1184
King of Georgia from 1156 to 1184
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i
1045
Fatimid vizir
Hermann Billung
973
Margrave of the Billung March from 936 to 973
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
965
Count of Flanders from 918 to 964
Alduin I of Angoulême
916
Count of Angoulême from 886
Du Xiao
913
Empress Zhang (Later Liang)
913
Haymo of Halberstadt
853
German Benedictine monk, bishop and author
Rupert of Salzburg
710
Medieval Catholic bishop and saint