Died On February 27th

Discover the most famous people who died on February 27. The list includes people like Fred Rogers, Leonard Nimoy, Louis Vuitton, Ivan Pavlov, Chandra Shekhar Azad. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, chemists, soldiers and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Russia & India and many more countries.
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 1 
Fred Rogers
(Television Host and Creator of the Preschool Television Series 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood')
Fred Rogers
31
Birthdate: March 20, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2003
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Leonard Nimoy
(Known for Playing 'Spock' in The 'Star Trek' Franchise)
Leonard Nimoy
21
Birthdate: March 26, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2015
 3 
Frankie Lymon
17
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1968
 4 
Lillian Gish
(Actress)
Lillian Gish
8
Birthdate: October 14, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Died: 1993
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 5 
Dale Robertson
(Best Known for His Roles in the TV Series ‘Tales of Wells Fargo’ and ‘Iron Horse’)
Dale Robertson
17
Birthdate: July 14, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Harrah, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 2013
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 6 
Ivan Pavlov
(Physiologist)
Ivan Pavlov
8
Birthdate: September 26, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: 1936
 7 
Louis Vuitton
(Businessman)
Louis Vuitton
15
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 4, 1821
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: France
Died: 1892
 8 
William F. Buckley, Jr.
(Editor)
William F. Buckley, Jr.
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 24, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 9 
Spike Milligan
(Actor, Comedian and Cast Member of the British Radio Comedy Programme ‘The Goon Show’)
Spike Milligan
3
Birthdate: April 16, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Died: 2002
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 10 
James Thomas Patrick Walsh
(Actor)
James Thomas Patrick Walsh
4
Birthdate: September 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 11 
Francis Marion
(Former Colonial American Military Officer and Politician)
Francis Marion
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1732 AD
Birthplace: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1795
 12 
Olof Palme
(Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986)
Olof Palme
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 30, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1986
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 13 
Chandra Shekhar Azad
(Indian Revolutionary Who Reorganised Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)
Chandra Shekhar Azad
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 23, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Badarka, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 1931
 14 
Van Cliburn
(American Pianist Who Achieved Worldwide Recognition When He Won the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958)
Van Cliburn
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 12, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2013
 15 
Duke Snider
(Baseball player)
Duke Snider
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2011
 16 
Count of St. Germain
(European Adventurer and Philosopher)
Count of St. Germain
1
Birthdate: 1691 AD
Birthplace: Sárospatak, Hungary
Died: 1784
 17 
Aleksandr Borodin
(Composer, Chemist)
Aleksandr Borodin
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 12, 1833
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg
Died: 1887
 18 
Boris Nemtsov
(1st Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991 - 1997), First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1997 - 1998))
Boris Nemtsov
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 9, 1959
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Died: 2015
 19 
Breaker Morant
(Writer)
Breaker Morant
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 9, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: 1902
 20 
Jacques Plante
(Canadian Professional Ice Hockey Goaltender)
Jacques Plante
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 17, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1986
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 21 
Anna Julia Cooper
(One of the Most Important African-American Scholars in US History)
Anna Julia Cooper
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 10, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Died: 1964
 22 
Frank Buckles
(Military personnel)
Frank Buckles
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 1, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bethany
Died: 2011
 23 
Linda Smith
(Comedian)
Linda Smith
0
Birthdate: January 29, 1958
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Erith, Kent, England
Died: 2006
 24 
Bahadur Shah I
(Emperor)
Bahadur Shah I
3
Birthdate: October 14, 1643
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Burhanpur, India
Died: 1712
 25 
Harry Cohn
(Film producer)
Harry Cohn
3
Birthdate: July 23, 1891
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 1958
 26 
Orry-Kelly
(Costume designer)
Orry-Kelly
1
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: December 31, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kiama
Died: 1964
 27 
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
(Deputy Minister of Education in the Government of the Soviet Union 1929 – 1938)
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 26, 1869
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1939
 28 
Samuel Langley
(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
Samuel Langley
0
Birthdate: August 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1906
 29 
Amparo Muñoz
(Actress, Beauty Queen)
Amparo Muñoz
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 21, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vélez-Málaga, Spain
Died: 2011
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 30 
Sujatha Rangarajan
(Writer, Screenwriter)
Sujatha Rangarajan
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 3, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Srirangam
Died: 2008
 31 
Louis Nix
(American football player)
Louis Nix
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 31, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 32 
John Arbuthnot
(Physician)
John Arbuthnot
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 29, 1667
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kincardineshire
Died: 1735
 33 
Robert Sobukwe
(Politician)
Robert Sobukwe
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 5, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet
Died: 1978
 34 
Robert Lee Scott Jr.
(Brigadier general)
Robert Lee Scott Jr.
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia
Died: 2006
 35 
Necmettin Erbakan
(Turkish Islamist Politician Who Was Turkey's 23rd Prime Minister)
Necmettin Erbakan
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 29, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sinop
Died: 2011
 36 
Gary Winick
(Film director)
Gary Winick
0
Birthdate: March 31, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2011
 37 
Tina Strobos
(Dutch Physician and Psychiatrist Known for Her Resistance Work During World War II)
Tina Strobos
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 19, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 2012
 38 
Anna Magdalena Bach
(Former singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach)
Anna Magdalena Bach
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 22, 1701
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zeitz, Germany
Died: 1760
 39 
Luisa de Guzmán
(Queen)
Luisa de Guzmán
1
Birthdate: October 13, 1613
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sanlúcar, Spain
Died: 1666
 40 
Joe Silver
(Actor)
Joe Silver
0
Birthdate: September 28, 1922
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1989
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 41 
Eddie Kirkland
(American Blues Guitarist)
Eddie Kirkland
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 16, 1923
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston, Jamaica
Died: 2011
 42 
Joseph Wright
(English Philologist and Academic)
Joseph Wright
1
Birthdate: October 31, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 1930
 43 
Kola Kwariani
(Wrestler)
Kola Kwariani
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 16, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kutaisi, Kutais Governorate
Died: 1980
 44 
Hon'ami Kōetsu
(Japanese Potter)
Hon'ami Kōetsu
1
Birthdate: 1558
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1637
 45 
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
(Cuban Revolutionary Hero and First President of Cuba in Arms)
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 18, 1819
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bayamo, Oriente Province, Cuba
Died: 1874
 46 
Moacyr Scliar
(Author)
Moacyr Scliar
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 23, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died: 2011
 47 
Vasily I of Moscow
(Prince of Moscow)
Vasily I of Moscow
2
Birthdate: December 30, 1371
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Died: 1425
 48 
George H. Hitchings
(American Medical Doctor Who Won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
George H. Hitchings
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 18, 1905
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hoquiam, Washington, United States
Died: 1998
 49 
Wendy Toye
(British Dancer, Actress, and Theatre & Film Director)
Wendy Toye
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: May 1, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: 2010
 50 
Viktor Barna
(English Table Tennis Player)
Viktor Barna
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1972