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In the year 1927
1,082 Notable birthdays
Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iranian writer (1928–2022).
Born January 29th, 1927 in Tehran. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2022 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Bob Harrison
American basketball player (1927–2024).
Born August 12th, 1927 in Toledo.
Died March 3rd, 2024 at 96 years old [ref]
James Thomas Lynn
American politician (1927-2010).
Born February 27th, 1927 in Cleveland.
Died December 6th, 2010 at 83 years old in Bethesda (stroke). [ref]
Luigi Alva
Peruvian opera tenor (1927–2025).
Born April 10th, 1927 in Lima.
Died May 15th, 2025 at 98 years old in Lima. [ref]
Abune Antonios
Eritrean priest (1927–2022).
Born July 12th, 1927 in Italian Eritrea.
Died February 9th, 2022 at 94 years old in Asmara. [ref]
Jan Christiaan Heunis
South african politician (1927-2006).
Born April 20th, 1927 in Uniondale.
Died January 27th, 2006 at 78 years old in Somerset West.
Jerrold Meinwald
American chemist and pharmacologist.
Born January 16th, 1927 in New York City.
Died April 23rd, 2018 at 91 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Alma Adamkienė
First lady of lithuania, wife of valdas adamkus (1927–2023).
Born February 10th, 1927 in Šiauliai.
Died May 21st, 2023 at 96 years old in Vilnius (stroke). [ref]
Roberto Suazo Córdova
29th president of honduras (1982-1986).
Born March 17th, 1927 in La Paz. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2018 at 91 years old in Tegucigalpa (surgical complications). [ref]
Giovanni Arpino
Italian writer and journalist (1927–1987).
Born January 27th, 1927 in Pula.
Died December 10th, 1987 at 60 years old in Turin (cancer).
Romano Scarpa
Italian creator of disney comics (1927–2005).
Born September 27th, 1927 in Venice.
Died April 23rd, 2005 at 77 years old in Málaga.
Alma Levant Hayden
American chemist.
Born March 27th, 1927 in Greenville.
Died August 2nd, 1967 at 40 years old
Lianella Carell
Italian actress, screenwriter, journalist (1927–2000).
Died December 22nd, 2000 at 73 years old in Rome.
Lorenza Mazzetti
Italian writer and film director (1927-2020).
Born July 26th, 1927 in Florence.
Died January 4th, 2020 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Mykolas Burokevičius
Soviet-lithuanian politician.
Born October 7th, 1927 in Alytus.
Died January 20th, 2016 at 88 years old in Vilnius (heart failure).
Angelika Schrobsdorff
German writer (1927–2016).
Born December 24th, 1927 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died July 31st, 2016 at 88 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Bill Gadsby
Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1927-2016).
Born August 8th, 1927 in Calgary.
Died March 10th, 2016 at 88 years old in Farmington Hills. [ref]
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
German catholic theologian and author; world's first woman to hold a chair in catholic theology (1927-2021).
Born October 2nd, 1927 in Essen.
Died March 25th, 2021 at 93 years old in Essen. [ref]
Franco Maria Malfatti
Italian politician (1927–1991).
Died December 10th, 1991 at 64 years old in Rome.
Tzannis Tzannetakis
Prime minister of greece (1927-2010).
Born September 13th, 1927 in Gytheio.
Died April 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Athens. [ref]
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist (1927–1986).
Born July 28th, 1927 in Melfi.
Died February 25th, 1986 at 58 years old in Rome (cancer).
Charles Osborne
Australian/british author (1927–2017).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Brisbane.
Died September 23rd, 2017 at 89 years old [ref]
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade
Uruguayan footballer (1927-1985).
Born May 2nd, 1927 in Montevideo.
Died May 19th, 1985 at 58 years old in Montevideo.
Dušan Vukotić
Yugoslav film maker (1927-1998).
Born February 7th, 1927 in Bileća.
Died July 8th, 1998 at 71 years old in Krapinske Toplice (myocardial infarction).
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