Died On August 27th

Discover the most famous people who died on August 27. The list includes people like W. E. B. Du Bois, Haile Selassie, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Le Corbusier, Titian. Famous personalities featured on this list, include journalists, poets, actors and political leaders and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, India & Spain and many more countries.

Stevie Ray VaughanStevie Ray Vaughan
03 October 1954, American
Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Haile SelassieHaile Selassie
23 July 1892, Ethiopian
Former Emperor of Ethiopia

W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois
23 February 1868, Ghanaian
Civil Rights Activists

Le CorbusierLe Corbusier
06 October 1887, Swiss, French
Architect

TitianTitian
1488 AD, Italian
Painter

Gracie AllenGracie Allen
26 July 1895, American
Comedian
Anatoly OnoprienkoAnatoly Onoprienko
25 July 1959, Ukrainian
Serial Killer

Josquin des PrezJosquin des Prez
1450 AD, French
Composer

Lord MountbattenLord Mountbatten
25 June 1900, British
Last Viceroy of British India and Governor-General

Ernest LawrenceErnest Lawrence
08 August 1901, American
Physicist
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese
09 September 1908, Italian
Italian poet

Herman PotočnikHerman Potočnik
22 December 1892, Croatian
Engineer
Robert Z. LeonardRobert Z. Leonard
07 October 1889, American
Film Director, Actor, Producer

Andrew MellonAndrew William Mellon
24 March 1855, American
Industrialist, Philanthropist

Brian EpsteinBrian Epstein
19 September 1934, British
Businessperson, Impresario, Talent agent, Talent
Luna VachonLuna Vachon
12 January 1962, American
Professional wrestler

Hrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh Mukherjee
30 September 1922, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Film
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma
30 April 1896, Indian
Philosopher

Otto StrasserOtto Strasser
10 September 1897, German
Journalist, Politician, Writer

Margaret Bourke-WhiteMargaret Bourke-White
14 June 1904, American
Photographer, War photographer, Photojournalist,
Lope de VegaLope de Vega
25 November 1562, Spanish
Playwright, Poet, Writer

Louis BothaLouis Botha
27 September 1862, South African
Politician
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron RothschildWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
08 February 1868, British
Biologist, Banker, Politician, Zoologist,

Valeri KharlamovValeri Kharlamov
14 January 1948, Russian
Ice hockey player

Pope Sixtus VPope Sixtus V
13 December 1521, Italian
Pope

Childe HassamChilde Hassam
17 October 1859, American
Painter
Francisco de ZurbaránFrancisco de Zurbarán
07 November 1598, Spanish
Painter
Eudoxia LopukhinaEudoxia Lopukhina
10 July 1669, Russian
The first wife of Peter I of Russia

Rufus Wilmot GriswoldRufus Wilmot Griswold
13 February 1815, American
Journalist, Writer, Literary critic, Poet

Teddy StaufferTeddy Stauffer
02 May 1909, Swiss
Jazz musician, Bandleader, Nightclub owner, Actor,

Sergey MikhalkovSergey Mikhalkov
13 March 1913, Russian
Author
MukeshMukesh
22 July 1923, Indian
singer

Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaHaile Selassie I of Ethiopia
23 June 1892, Ethiopian
Former Emperor of Ethiopia

Pope Eugene IIPope Eugene II
Italian
 

Janie Porter BarrettJanie Porter Barrett
09 August 1865, American
American educator

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Norman LewisNorman Lewis
23 July 1901, American
painter
Ernest Orlando LawrenceErnest Orlando Lawrence
08 August 1901, American