Deaths on 27 September
2000s
Russell M. Nelson
2025
LDS Church president (1924–2025)
Hassan Nasrallah
2024
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Maggie Smith
2024
British actress (1934–2024)
Michael Gambon
2023
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
Madeleine Tchicaya
2021
Ivorian politician (1930–2021)
Kavita Mahajan
2018
Indian writer
Michael Payton
2018
American football player (1970–2018)
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji
2018
Indian cricketer
Marty Balin
2018
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1942–2018)
Hugh Hefner
2017
American magazine publisher (1926–2017)
Syed Ahmed (politician)
2015
Governor of Jharkhand, Indian politician, author (1945–2015)
Pietro Ingrao
2015
Italian politician and journalist (1915–2015)
Kallen Pokkudan
2015
Indian author and activist
Frank Tyson
2015
England cricketer (1930–2015)
Gaby Aghion
2014
French Jewish fashion designer (1921–2014)
Wally Hergesheimer
2014
Canadian ice hockey player
Abdelmajid Lakhal
2014
Tunisian theatre director and actor
James Traficant
2014
American politician (1941–2014)
Oscar Castro-Neves
2013
Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer
Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez
2013
Spanish sherry maker and conservationist
Eddie Bert
2012
American jazz trombonist (1922–2012)
Herbert Lom
2012
Czech actor (1917–2012)
David Croft (TV producer)
2011
English writer, producer and director (1922–2011)
Imre Makovecz
2011
Hungarian architect (1935–2011)
"Country" Johnny Mathis
2011
American country music singer-songwriter (1930–2011)
Balaji Sadasivan
2010
Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (1955–2010)
Ivan Dykhovichny
2009
Russian film director
Henri Pachard
2008
American erotic film director (1939–2008)
Dale and Grace
2007
American music duo (1963–1965)
Kenji Nagai
2007
Japanese journalist (1957–2007)
Helmut Kallmeyer
2006
German chemist (1910–2006)
Ronald Golias
2005
Brazilian comedian and actor (1929–2005)
Mary Lee Settle
2005
American writer (1918–2005)
John E. Mack
2004
American psychiatrist (1929–2004)
Jean Lucas (racing driver)
2003
French racing driver (1917–2003)
Donald O'Connor
2003
American film actor (1925–2003)
1900s
Doak Walker
1998
American football player (1927–1998)
Walter Trampler
1997
German violist (1915 - 1997)
Mohammad Najibullah
1996
Leader of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992
Jimmy Doolittle
1993
American general and aviator (1896–1993)
Fraser MacPherson
1993
Canadian jazz musician (1928–1993)
Zhang Leping
1992
Chinese cartoonist (1910–1992)
Joe Hulme
1991
English footballer and cricketer (1904-1991)
Cliff Burton
1986
American bassist (1962–1986)
Lloyd Nolan
1985
American actor (1902–1985)
Chronis Exarhakos
1984
Greek actor
Wilfred Burchett
1983
Australian journalist
Robert Montgomery (actor)
1981
American actor (1904–1981)
Gracie Fields
1979
British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)
Jimmy McCulloch
1979
Scottish musician (1953–1979)
Jack Lang (Australian politician)
1975
Australian politician (1876–1975)
Silvio Frondizi
1974
Argentine intellectual and lawyer
S. R. Ranganathan
1972
Indian mathematician and librarian
Felix Yusupov
1967
Russian aristocrat (1887–1967)
Clara Bow
1965
American actress (1905–1965)
William Stanier
1965
English railway engineer (1876–1965)
H.D.
1961
American poet and novelist (1886–1961)
Sylvia Pankhurst
1960
English activist, writer and artist (1882–1960)
Gerald Finzi
1956
English composer (1901–1956)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1956
American golfer and athlete (1911–1956
Aimee Semple McPherson
1944
Canadian-American celebrity evangelist (1890–1944)
Douglas Albert Munro
1942
U.S. Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient (1919–1942)
Walter Benjamin
1940
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
1940
Austrian physician and nobelist (1857–1940)
Alan Gray
1935
English organist and composer
Ellen Willmott
1934
English horticulturist (1858–1934)
Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)
1921
German composer (1854–1921)
Adelina Patti
1919
Italian opera singer (1843–1919)
Edgar Degas
1917
French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
Remy de Gourmont
1915
French writer (1858–1915)
Auguste Michel-Lévy
1911
French geologist
1800s
Thomas Joseph Byrnes
1898
Australian politician
Ivan Goncharov
1891
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
Charles Gordon Greene
1886
American journalist and politician
Braxton Bragg
1876
Confederate general (1817–1876)
Bernard Courtois
1838
19th-century French chemist
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1833
Indian reformer and writer (1772–1833)
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause
1832
German philosopher (1781–1832)
Before 1800
Étienne Bézout
1783
French mathematician (1730–1783)
Hugh Boulter
1742
Anglican bishop (1672–1742)
Peter Artedi
1735
Swedish zoologist (1705–1735)
Laurence Eusden
1730
English poet (1688–1730)
George Smalridge
1719
Bishop of Bristol
Pope Innocent XII
1700
Head of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly
1674
French conseiller d'État and writer (1589–1674)
Vincent de Paul
1660
French priest and saint (1581-1660)
Olimpia Maidalchini
1657
Italian noblewoman (1591–1657)
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
1651
Duke/Elector of Bavaria from 1597 to 1651
Lorenzo Ruiz
1637
First Filipino saint and Martyr
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1623
German count and military theorist (1561–1623)
Piotr Skarga
1612
Polish writer
Pope Urban VII
1590
Head of the Catholic Church in 1590
Emperor Go-Nara
1557
Emperor of Japan from 1526 to 1557
Felice della Rovere
1536
Illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II
William of Wykeham
1404
14th-century Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse
1249
Count of Toulouse
Renaud de Courtenay
1194
French nobleman
Richeza of Berg
1125
Bohemian noblewoman (c.1095–1125)
Bonfilius
1115
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Vekenega
1111
Croatian Benedictine nun, C11th/12th abbess of Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in Zadar
Kyŏn Hwŏn
936
King of Later Baekje (r. 892–935)
Pugu Huai'en
765
General of the Chinese Tang dynasty