Famous People Who Died in 1927

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1927. This list includes people like Lizzie Borden, Isadora Duncan, Jerome K. Jerome, Svante Arrhenius, Juan Gris and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, poets, philosophers and soldiers who died in 1927. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.

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Birthdate: May 26, 1877

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: September 14

Isadora Duncan was a dancer acclaimed in USA, Europe, and the Soviet Union. Raised by a single mother, she grew up in poverty and started teaching dance to children to earn some money. She later joined Augustin Daly's theater company. Eventually, she opened her own dance schools to teach her unique philosophy and techniques to her students.

Birthdate: September 23, 1838

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Homer, Ohio, United States

Died: June 9

Victoria Woodhull was an American politician, suffragist, and writer who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement. She is credited with founding Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, America's first newspaper to be founded by a woman. Her life and career inspired the Broadway musical Onward Victoria. In 2001, she was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Birthdate: May 2, 1859

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Caldmore, United Kingdom

Died: June 14

Lizzie Borden

(American Woman Tried and Acquitted of the August 4, 1892 Axe Murders of Her Father and Stepmother)

Birthdate: July 19, 1860

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

Died: June 1

Lizzie Borden was an American woman who gained national recognition after being tried and acquitted of the 1892 axe murders, which took place on August 4, victimizing Borden's father and stepmother. The murders and trial remain a topic in popular culture and have been the subject of several literary works, theatrical productions, folk rhymes, and films.

Carlota of Mexico

(Empress Consort of Mexico (1864 - 1867))

Birthdate: June 7, 1840

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Castle of Laeken, Brussels, Belgium

Died: January 19

Carlota of Mexico served as the Empress consort of Mexico from 10 April 1864 to 15 May 1867. Her husband Maximilian I of Mexico died at the age of 34 and their relationship has inspired many movies, plays, TV series, and novels.

Birthdate: March 23, 1887

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Died: May 11

Juan Gris was a Spanish painter whose paintings are counted among the Cubism movement's most distinctive works. Gris's works and style influenced the Purist style of Charles Edouard Jeanneret and Amédée Ozenfant. Some of his paintings, such as Still Life with Checked Tablecloth and The musician's Table, have sold for millions of dollars at the auction.

Constance Markievicz

(Politician)

Birthdate: February 4, 1868

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Died: July 15

Irish revolutionary political leader and suffragist Constance Markievicz scripted history by becoming the first woman to be elected as a cabinet minister in Europe and also the first female to be elected to the British Parliament. Sentenced to death for her role in the Easter Rising, she was later granted amnesty.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

(Japanese Short-Story Writer Active During the Taishō Period)

Birthdate: March 1, 1892

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Kyōbashi-ku,Tokyo, Japan

Died: July 24

Ryunosuke Akutagawa was a Japanese writer best remembered for writing more than 150 short stories including In a Grove which inspired the 1950 film Rashōmon. Considered the father of the Japanese short story, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's brief career helped inspire his friend Kan Kikuchi to create Akutagawa Prize, a literary award for new writers, which is named in his honor.

Birthdate: February 19, 1859

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Vik

Died: October 2

Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist who became the first Swedish person to win aNobel Prize when he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903. Although he was originally a physicist, Arrhenius is widely accepted as a chemist and is best remembered for co-founding physical chemistry. Stockholm University houses the Arrhenius Labs, which is named in his honor.

Ferdinand I of Romania

(King of Romania (1914 - 1927))

Birthdate: August 24, 1865

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Sigmaringen, Germany

Died: July 20

Ferdinand I of Romania reigned as the King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death on 20 July 1927. He chose to support the Triple Entente during World War I and managed to annex Transylvania, Bukovina, Bessarabia, and parts of Maramureș, Crișana, and Banat, which resulted in the establishment of Greater Romania.

Birthdate: May 21, 1860

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Semarang

Died: September 29

Willem Einthoven was a Dutch physiologist and physician whose invention of the electrocardiogram in 1895 earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924. He is also credited with theorizing the existence of Einthoven's triangle, which is named in his honor.

Ram Prasad Bismil

(Indian Revolutionary Who Fought Against British Rule and Was Hanged For His Involvement in Kakori Conspiracy of 1925.)

Birthdate: June 11, 1897

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Died: December 19

Leonard Wood

(Politician, Military personnel)

Birthdate: October 9, 1860

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Winchester, New Hampshire, United States

Died: August 7

Andranik

(Armenian Statesman and Military Commander Who Played an Important Role in the Armenian Liberation Movement)

Birthdate: February 25, 1865

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Şebinkarahisar, Turkey

Died: August 31

Andranik was an Armenian statesman and military commander. He played an important role in the Armenian national liberation movement and took part in the military campaigns as part of Armenia's fight for independence. He also took part in the First Balkan War and World War I. Today, Andranik is considered a national hero in Armenia.

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

(German Visual Artist and Poet)

Birthdate: July 12, 1874

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Swinoujscie, Poland

Died: December 14

Part of the German avant-garde movement and a prominent Dadaist, poet and artist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven is best remembered for her sound poetry and her posthumously published book Body Sweats. It is believed the famous urinal Fountain sculpture thought to be a work of Marcel Duchamp was actually created by Elsa.

Eugène Atget

(French Photography)

Birthdate: February 12, 1857

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Libourne, France

Died: August 4

Eugène Atget was a French flâneur credited with pioneering documentary photography. Renowned for his obstinacy to document all of the street scenes and architecture of Paris before the advent of urbanization, Atget's works inspired several surrealists. Unfortunately, Eugène Atget did not live to see the kind of reception his works eventually received; he was not celebrated during his lifetime.

Gaston Leroux

(French Author and Journalist)

Birthdate: May 6, 1868

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: April 15

Vladimir Bekhterev

(Russian Neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology Known for Noting the Role of the 'Hippocampus' in Memory)

Birthdate: January 20, 1857

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Sorali, Russia

Died: December 24

Neurologist and psychiatrist Vladimir Bekhterev is best remembered for his research on the brain and conditioned reflexes and for his pioneering research on objective psychology. He taught at institutes such as the University of Kazan and was also known for his rivalry with contemporary Ivan Pavlov.

Edward B. Titchener

(Philosopher, Psychologist, University teacher)

Birthdate: January 11, 1867

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Chichester

Died: August 3

Birthdate: September 16, 1853

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Rostock, Germany

Died: July 5

Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist whose work in ascertaining nucleic acids' chemical composition earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910. Kossel is also remembered for conducting prominent research into protein's composition. His work influenced several other important researchers like Henry Drysdale Dakin, Edwin B. Hart, Friedrich Miescher, and Felix Hoppe-Seyler.

Saad Zaghloul

(Prime Minister)

Birthdate: July 1, 1859

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt

Died: August 23

Egyptian statesman Saad Zaghloul, who once led the Wafd Party and the 1918-19 nationalist movement, had also served as the prime minister of Egypt for less than a year. Initially an advocate, he had also worked as a journalist. He had headed the Egyptian ministries of justice and education, too.

Hugo Ball

(German Author, Poet, and the Founder of the Dada Movement in European Art in Zürich)

Birthdate: February 22, 1886

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Pirmasens, Germany

Died: September 14

Author, poet and dramatist Hugo Ball was also a harsh social critic and a staunch pacifist. Known for his works like Critique of German Intelligence and The Flight from Time, he left Germany during WWI to settle down in neutral Switzerland, eventually becoming famous as the founder of the Dada movement and a pioneer in the development of sound poetry.

Tiger Flowers

(Boxer)

Birthdate: August 5, 1895

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Camilla, Georgia, United States

Died: November 16

Florence Mills

(Singer)

Birthdate: January 25, 1896

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Died: November 1

William, Prince of Hohenzollern

(Prince)

Birthdate: March 7, 1864

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany

Died: October 22

Ion I. C. Brătianu

(Prime Minister of Romania Who Served for 5-Terms Between 1909 and 1927)

Birthdate: August 20, 1864

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Ștefănești, Romania

Died: November 24

Ion Ionel Constantin Brătianu served as Prime Minister of Romania for five-terms and played an instrumental role in unification of Old Romanian Kingdom with Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina. He served as Foreign Minister of Romania. He led National Liberal Party (PNL) for over 18-years. He hailed from the influential Brătianu family of Romanian politicians, who dominated PNL throughout its existence.

Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen

(Danish Botanist, Physiologist, and Geneticist Best Known for Coining the Terms Gene, Phenotype and Genotype)

Birthdate: February 3, 1857

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Elsinore, Denmark

Died: November 11

Danish geneticist and botanist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen is remembered for his research on plant heredity. Initially a professor, who had also taught plant physiology at the University of Copenhagen, he later focused on research. He is also credited with coining the terms phenotype, genotype, and genes.

Jonas Basanavičius

(Doctor)

Birthdate: November 23, 1851

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Ožkabaliai, Lithuania

Died: February 16

Brooks Adams

(Geopolitician, Historian, Author, University teacher, Writer)

Birthdate: June 24, 1848

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Quincy

Died: February 13

Oscar Swahn

(Sport Shooter)

Birthdate: October 20, 1847

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Götaland, Sweden

Died: May 1

Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar

(Sultan)

Birthdate: December 15, 1874

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Died: 1927 AD

Enrique Gomez Carrillo

(Literary critic)

Birthdate: February 27, 1873

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Guatemala City, Guatemala

Died: November 29

Jovan Cvijić

(Geographer, Ethnologist)

Birthdate: September 12, 1865

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Loznica, Serbia

Died: January 16

Albert J. Beveridge

(Politician)

Birthdate: October 6, 1862

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Highland County, Ohio, United States

Died: April 27

Vasily Polenov

(Painter)

Birthdate: June 1, 1844

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: July 18

Vasily Polenov was a Russian painter best remembered for his association with a group of realist artists called The Wanderers. Polenov believed that art could play a major role in promoting joy and happiness. He was also a humanist and worked towards improving the living conditions of those around him.

Sisowath of Cambodia

(King of Cambodia (1904 - 1907))

Birthdate: September 7, 1840

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia

Died: August 9

Cambodian king Sisowath is remembered as a titular head of the French colonial administration in Cambodia. He even went to France in 1906, to visit the Colonial Exhibition. He is said to have had 20 wives and 29 children, including Sisowath Monivong, who succeeded him.

Wilhelm Stenhammar

(Composer, Conductor)

Birthdate: February 7, 1871

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: November 20

Juliette Gordon Low

(Philanthropist)

Birthdate: October 31, 1860

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States

Died: January 17

J.B. Bury

(Irish Historian and Philologist Who Contributed to the Development of Byzantine History)

Birthdate: October 16, 1861

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Clontibret, Ireland

Died: June 1

Kang Youwei

(Chinese Philosopher and Political Thinker in the Late Qing Dynasty)

Birthdate: March 19, 1858

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Nanhai District, Foshan, China

Died: March 31

Qing dynasty reformer Kang Youwei was associated with the Reform Movement of 1898. Though he initially admired Western civilization, opened schools, and even attempted to abolish foot-binding of women, he later became a staunch supporter of Confucianism and opposed blind westernization. He fled to Japan after the reform movement failed.

Jānis Čakste

(President)

Birthdate: September 14, 1859

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Lielsesava, Latvia

Died: March 14

Birthdate: June 9, 1849

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Bornholm, Denmark

Died: September 19

Michael Ancher was a Danish realist artist best remembered for his portrayal of fishermen, lakes, and scenes from the fishing community in Skagen. In 1889, he was honored with the prestigious Eckersberg Medal. Today, many of Michael Ancher's paintings are preserved at the National Gallery of Denmark, Skagens Museum, and Ribe Art Museum.

Birthdate: March 1, 1851

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Fall River, Massachusetts

Died: June 10

June Mathis

(Scriptwriter)

Birthdate: January 30, 1887

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Leadville, Colorado, United States

Died: July 26

Paul Sérusier

(French Post-Impressionist Painter and Theorist)

Birthdate: November 9, 1864

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: October 7

French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Sérusier, considered a pioneer of abstract art, was a member of Les Nabis group that played a key role in transition from impressionism and academic art to abstract art and symbolism. His 1888 painting The Talisman, made under guidance of Paul Gauguin at the artist's colony of Pont-Aven in Brittany, became an icon of 20th-century art.

Sergey Sazonov

(Former Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire (1910 - 1916))

Birthdate: August 10, 1860

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Ryazan province, Russia

Died: December 25

Russian politician and former foreign minister Sergey Sazonov had also worked in the Russian embassies of Washington, D.C., London, and the Vatican. He was also responsible for strengthening Russia’s ties with France, Great Britain, and Germany. In his later years, he opposed Bolshevism and died in Nice, while writing his memoirs.

Frances Wilson Grayson

(Pilot)

Birthdate: 1892 AD

Birthplace: Cherokee Village, Arkansas, United States

Died: December 23

Sarah Frances Whiting

(American Physicist, Astronomer and First Director of the 'Whitin Observatory' at 'Wellesley College')

Birthdate: August 23, 1847

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Wyoming, New York, United States

Died: September 12

Born to a teacher father, Sarah Frances Whiting created history by becoming the first physics professor of Wellesley College, an institute that revolutionized higher education for women, and also established America's second undergraduate and first women’s physics lab. She remains a pioneer of women’s education in science.

Idriz Seferi

(Albanian Guerrilla Fighter and Leader)

Birthdate: March 14, 1847

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Sefer, Serbia

Died: March 25

Idriz Seferi was an Albanian guerrilla fighter and leader. He is best remembered for his association with the popular revolutionary commander Isa Boletini, with whom Seferi organized the famous 1910 Uprising to defeat the Ottoman Empire. When the uprising was suppressed by the Ottoman Empire, Idriz Seferi continued warfare by taking part in the 1912 Uprising.

Avis Crocombe

(Head cook at Audley End House During the 1880s)

Birthdate: 1839 AD

Birthplace: Martinhoe, Devon, England

Died: 1927 AD