October 27
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Art and culture
Births
- 1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
- 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, United States writer (d. 1963)
- 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
- 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
Deaths
- 939 - King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
- 1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
- 1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
- 1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
- 1331 - Abu al-Fida, Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273)
- 1430 - Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)
- 1439 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
- 1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
- 1505 - Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
- 1553 - Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake) (b. 1511)
- 1561 - Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)
- 1573 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
- 1605 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)
- 1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1670 - Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
- 1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
- 1675 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- 1789 - John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
- 1917 - Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (b. 1897)
- 1935 - E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (b. 1897)
- 1942 - Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925)
- 1949 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (b. 1916)
- 1949 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)
- 1953 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
- 1962 - Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
- 1968 - Lise Meitner, German physicist (b. 1878)
- 1975 - Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
- 1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
- 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
- 1980 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1980 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
- 1990 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
- 1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, American war hero, author, and advertising executive (b. 1910)
- 1990 - Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1992 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1999 - Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927)
- 1999 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
- 2000 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
- 2002 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2006 - Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
Notes
- Nouveau Réalisme
- Sylvia Plath
- Ugo Tognazzi
- James M. Cain
- Jean Hélion
- Erasmus
- Julius Eastman
- Zadie Smith
- Bernard Parmegiani
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Edward Fitzball
- Jorge Grau
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