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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Fred Rogers(Television Host and Creator of the Preschool Television Series 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood')
Birthdate: March 20, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2003
TV personality, musician, and author, Fred Rogers, is best remembered for hosting the preschool TV series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran for over 30 years, from 1968 to 2001. His work was widely lauded and he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. Besides his TV career, he was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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Leonard Nimoy(Known for Playing 'Spock' in The 'Star Trek' Franchise)
Birthdate: March 26, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2015
Three-time Emmy nominee Leonard Nimoy is best known for playing the iconic character Spock in the Star Trek franchise, for almost 50 years. Spock became a cult, and even Nimoy’s autobiographies were named after the character. He also appeared in Zombies of the Stratosphere and hosted a documentary series.
Birthdate: September 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1968
Rock and roll/R&B singer/songwriter Frankie Lymon started his career as the lead singer of the group The Teenagers, known for hits such as Why Do Fools Fall in Love. Both his and his band’s popularity declined after he went solo. He was found dead of a heroin overdose at 25.
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Lillian Gish(Actress)
Birthdate: October 14, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Died: 1993
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Dale Robertson(Best Known for His Roles in the TV Series ‘Tales of Wells Fargo’ and ‘Iron Horse’)
Birthdate: July 14, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Harrah, Oklahoma, United States
Died: 2013
Dale Robertson was an American actor who achieved popularity in the 1950s, playing important roles in Western films, such as Return of the Texan and The Outcasts of Poker Flat. In 1985, he was honored with a Golden Boot Award for his contribution to Western films and TV series.
Birthdate: September 26, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: 1936
Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov is best remembered for his research in classical conditioning. He became the first Russian Nobel laureate after winning the 1904 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his study of the physiology of digestion. His experiment on conditioned reflex using dogs is still studied in colleges.
Birthdate: August 4, 1821
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: France
Died: 1892
After losing his parents at 10, Louis Vuitton ran away to Paris, where he gained repute as a box-maker/packer, and was even hired by Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie de Montijo. He then founded the iconic French fashion and luxury goods brand Louis Vuitton, which now operates in 50 countries.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.(Editor)
Birthdate: November 24, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Spike Milligan(Actor, Comedian and Cast Member of the British Radio Comedy Programme ‘The Goon Show’)
Birthdate: April 16, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Died: 2002
Spike Milligan was a British-Irish actor, writer, poet, comedian, and playwright. He is credited with co-creating and writing the popular radio comedy program, The Goon Show. His comic novel Puckoon has been adapted into a film and stage play. In August 1999, BBC conducted a poll, according to which Spike was voted the funniest person of the last millennium.
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James Thomas Patrick Walsh(Actor)
Birthdate: September 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Olof Palme(Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986)
Birthdate: January 30, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1986
Former prime minister of Sweden, Olof Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Workers’ Party and rose to be one of Sweden’s most internationally renowned politicians. A prominent lawyer, he started his political career as PM Tage Erlander’s personal secretary. He had also held the ministries of education and communications.
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Francis Marion(Former Colonial American Military Officer and Politician)
Birthdate: 1732 AD
Birthplace: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1795
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Chandra Shekhar Azad(Indian Revolutionary Who Reorganised Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)
Birthdate: July 23, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Badarka, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 1931
Chandra Shekhar Azad joined India’s freedom struggle against the British after being deeply affected by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Born Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, he declared himself as Azad when arrested in connection with Gandhiji’s non-cooperation movement. He shot himself to death to escape being held captive by the British.
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Van Cliburn(American Pianist Who Achieved Worldwide Recognition When He Won the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958)
Birthdate: July 12, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2013
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Duke Snider(Baseball player)
Birthdate: September 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2011
Birthdate: November 12, 1833
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg
Died: 1887
Aleksandr Borodin was a Russian musical composer. He was one of the popular 19th-century group of musicians known as The Five, who worked together to create a national style of classical music. A chemist and doctor by profession, Borodin also made important contributions to organic chemistry. His best known work as a chemist is his work pertaining to organic synthesis.
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Count of St. Germain(European Adventurer and Philosopher)
Birthdate: 1691 AD
Birthplace: Sárospatak, Hungary
Died: 1784
Known as The Wonderman, 18th-century French adventurer Comte de Saint-Germain was also a talented musician, especially skilled in the violin, and a well-known chemist. Not only was he proficient in almost all European languages, he had traveled to places such as Russia, the Dutch Republic, and Germany.
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Boris Nemtsov(1st Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991 - 1997), First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1997 - 1998))
Birthdate: October 9, 1959
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Died: 2015
Boris Nemtsov was a Russian liberal politician and physicist. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in 1998. A fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, Nemtsov claimed that Putin's government was becoming increasingly authoritarian. Nemtsov was murdered in 2015 in Moscow. Interestingly, Boris Nemtsov expressed fear that Vladimir Putin would hire men to kill him weeks before his assassination.
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Breaker Morant(Writer)
Birthdate: December 9, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: England
Died: 1902
Anglo-Australian bush poet and military officer Breaker Morant was one of the first war criminals who was court-martialled, convicted and executed in British military history for murder during the Second Anglo-Boer War. A folk hero in modern Australia, Morant became subject of several books, a play and an award-winning film.
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Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya(Deputy Minister of Education in the Government of the Soviet Union 1929 – 1938)
Birthdate: February 26, 1869
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1939
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Frank Buckles(Military personnel)
Birthdate: February 1, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bethany
Died: 2011
Birthdate: August 10, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Died: 1964
Anna Julia Cooper was an American author, sociologist, educator, Black liberation activist, and speaker. She was one of the most important African-American scholars in US history. In 1924, Anna Julia Cooper earned her PhD from the University of Paris, becoming only the fourth African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree.
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Jacques Plante(Canadian Professional Ice Hockey Goaltender)
Birthdate: January 17, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1986
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Linda Smith(Comedian)
Birthdate: January 29, 1958
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Erith, Kent, England
Died: 2006
Linda Smith was an English comedian who appeared regularly on Radio 4 panel games. She studied at the University of Sheffield. A lifelong socialist, she performed many benefit concerts to support various causes. She was popular for starring in her own Radio 4 sitcom, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting. She died of ovarian cancer, at the age of 48.
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Bahadur Shah I(Emperor)
Birthdate: October 14, 1643
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Burhanpur, India
Died: 1712
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Orry-Kelly(Costume designer)
Birthdate: December 31, 1897
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kiama
Died: 1964
Born to a tailor in Australia, Orry-Kelly initially studied banking but later sailed to the US to explore his dreams in theater. Starting with painting murals at a US nightclub, he later grew to design costumes for legends such as Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. He also won 3 Academy Awards.
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Robert Sobukwe(Politician)
Birthdate: December 5, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet
Died: 1978
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Samuel Langley(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
Birthdate: August 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1906
Astrophysicist Samuel Pierpont Langley had worked as an engineer before he taught physics and astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania. He later took over as the director of the Allegheny Observatory. He is best remembered for his research on solar radiation and for inventing the bolometer.
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Amparo Muñoz(Actress, Beauty Queen)
Birthdate: June 21, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vélez-Málaga, Spain
Died: 2011
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Harry Cohn(Film producer)
Birthdate: July 23, 1891
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 1958
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Sujatha Rangarajan(Indian Author, Novelist and Screenwriter)
Birthdate: May 3, 1935
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sri Rangam, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: 2008
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John Arbuthnot(Physician)
Birthdate: April 29, 1667
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kincardineshire
Died: 1735
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Robert Lee Scott Jr.(Brigadier general)
Birthdate: April 12, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia
Died: 2006
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Gary Winick(Film director)
Birthdate: March 31, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 2011
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Tina Strobos(Dutch Physician and Psychiatrist Known for Her Resistance Work During World War II)
Birthdate: May 19, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 2012
Tina Strobos was a Dutch psychiatrist and physician remembered for her resistance work during the Second World War. When she was still a student, Strobos helped rescue over 100 Jewish refugees. In 1989, Yad Vashem recognized her rescue work with the Righteous Among the Nations honor. For her medical work, Strobos was honored with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal in 1998.
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Luisa de Guzmán(Queen)
Birthdate: October 13, 1613
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sanlúcar, Spain
Died: 1666
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Joe Silver(Actor)
Birthdate: September 28, 1922
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1989
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Joseph Wright(English Philologist and Academic)
Birthdate: October 31, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Idle, Bradford, United Kingdom
Died: 1930
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Eddie Kirkland(American Blues Guitarist)
Birthdate: August 16, 1923
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston, Jamaica
Died: 2011
Eddie Kirkland was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. After working alongside John Lee Hooker for 13 years, Kirkland established a successful solo career, recording for labels like King Records and Fortune Records. Eddie Kirkland never stopped working and his last performance was the night before his death at the age of 87.
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Louis Nix(American football player)
Birthdate: July 31, 1991
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes(Cuban Revolutionary Hero and First President of Cuba in Arms)
Birthdate: April 18, 1819
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bayamo, Oriente Province, Cuba
Died: 1874
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes was a Cuban revolutionary who declared Cuban independence and became the first president of Cuba in 1868. His actions started the famous Ten Years' War, the first of three wars that led to the independence of Cuba in 1902. Since Carlos' actions led to Cuba's independence, he is referred to as the Father of the Fatherland.
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Hon'ami Kōetsu(Japanese Potter)
Birthdate: 1558
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1637
Japanese craftsman, lacquerer, potter, and calligrapher Hon'ami Kōetsu of the Tokugawa-period is best-known for creating Rinpa, a major historical school of Japanese painting, along with Tawaraya Sōtatsu during the 17th century Kyoto. It was initially referred to as the Sōtatsu-Kōrin school, the Kōetsu school and the Kōetsu-Kōrin school. Notable works of Kōetsu include White Raku and Writing Box with Pontoon Bridge.
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Vasily I of Moscow(Prince of Moscow)
Birthdate: December 30, 1371
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Died: 1425
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Kola Kwariani(Wrestler)
Birthdate: January 16, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kutaisi, Kutais Governorate
Died: 1980
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Viktor Barna(English Table Tennis Player)
Birthdate: August 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1972
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France-Albert René(2nd President of Seychelles)
Birthdate: November 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Victoria, Seychelles
Died: 2019
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
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Birthdate: July 5, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nahant, Massachusetts
Died: 1985
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Ramon Dekkers(Dutch Professional Kickboxer)
Birthdate: September 4, 1969
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Breda, Netherlands
Died: 2013
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Moacyr Scliar(Author)
Birthdate: March 23, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died: 2011
Moacyr Scliar was a Brazilian physician and writer best remembered for his 1981 book Max and the Cats. A prolific writer, Scliar published more than 100 books in Portuguese and his fiction has been translated into many languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, and Italian. Moacyr Scliar was inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2003.
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Necmettin Erbakan(Turkish Islamist Politician Who Was Turkey's 23rd Prime Minister)
Birthdate: October 29, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sinop
Died: 2011
The 23rd and first Islamist prime minister of Turkey, Necmettin Erbakan had been a mechanical engineer and a professor before stepping into politics. The Welfare Party politician had also led other Islamist parties, such as the Felicity Party and the National Salvation Party, but was accused of going against Turkey’s secular constitution
