Discover the most famous people who died on July 27. The list includes people like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, John Dalton, Gertrude Stein, James Mason. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, novelists and economists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: October 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: 1980
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi served as the last king of Iran from 1941 to 1979. During his reign, Iran witnessed rapid military and industrial modernization and several social and economic reforms. During his rule, Iran also enjoyed a spike in economic growth, surpassing France, England, and the US. However, the Iranian Revolution, which was unusual in many ways, overthrew the king.
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Bob Hope(Stand-Up Comedian Known for His One-Liners and Rapid-Fire Delivery of Jokes)
Birthdate: May 29, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Eltham, London, England
Died: 2003
Bob Hope began his career with vaudeville and Broadway, before plunging into radio and films. He is remembered for his comedy timing and trademark self-deprecating humor. He hosted the Academy Awards 19 times and authored 14 books, apart from performing for the U.S. military in 57 USO tours.
Birthdate: November 5, 1943
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States
Died: 2017
Ten-time Obie Award-winning playwright, author, director, and actor Samuel Shepard had also won a Pulitzer Prize for the play Buried Child. He was also the drummer of the rock band The Holy Modal Rounders. Fans remember him for his Academy Award-nominated performance as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.
Birthdate: October 15, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: 2015
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th president, had earlier been an aerospace scientist at DRDO and ISRO. Known as the “People’s President” and the “Missile Man of India,” he was instrumental in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests. He died of a cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong.
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Tony Dow(Film Producer and Actor Best Known for His Role in the Sitcom 'Leave It to Beaver')
Birthdate: April 13, 1945
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: 2022
Tony Dow is best known as Wally Cleaver from the long-running sitcom Leave It to Beaver and its sequel. He also created abstract bronze sculptures and was a Junior Olympics diving champion.
Birthdate: May 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Huddersfield, England
Died: 1984
James Mason was an English actor known for his work in both British cinema and Hollywood. One of the most bankable actors during the mid-1940s, Mason became the first person to be honored with the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. He is credited with saving Buster Keaton's reels of nitrate film, which he discovered in Keaton’s previously owned house.
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John Dalton(Chemist, Physicist and Meteorologist Best Known for Developing the 'Atomic Theory')
Birthdate: September 6, 1766
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England
Died: 1844
John Dalton was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist most famous for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry. He also contributed a lot to the study of color blindness, sometimes referred to as Daltonism in his honor. He was the first scientist to refer to the smallest particle of matter as an “atom.” He was a Quaker and lived modestly.
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Kevin Carter(South African Photojournalist and Member of the ‘Bang-Bang’ Club)
Birthdate: September 13, 1960
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 1994
Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist whose photograph titled the vulture and the little girl, which depicted the 1993 famine in Sudan, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1994. Carter committed suicide in 1994 after suffering from depression. A book titled The Bang Bang Club, which was later made into a film, depicts his story.
Birthdate: February 3, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1946
Gertrude Stein was an American playwright, novelist, poet, and art collector. She is remembered for publishing works about lesbian sexuality, which was considered a taboo at that time. Over the years, Gertrude Stein has been the subject of several works of art. In the 2011 movie Midnight in Paris, Stein was portrayed by Kathy Bates.
Birthdate: March 4, 1877
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1963
Garrett Morgan is remembered for inventing the Morgan safety hood, which served as a prototype for later gas masks. He also invented the T-shaped traffic signal and a range of hair-care products, such as hair straightening creams. An NAACP member, he also launched a newspaper to cater to African-Americans.
Birthdate: July 15, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Reggie Lewis(Basketball player)
Birthdate: November 21, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Died: 1993
Birthdate: July 1, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
Died: 1981
William Wyler was a Swiss-German-American film producer and director. He is remembered for winning the Oscar for Best Director on three occasions. Wyler holds a record 12 nominations for the Oscar for Best Director. He is credited with helping numerous actors achieve stardom. Fourteen performers, including Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland won Oscars under William Wyler's direction.
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Geoffrey Hughes(Actor)
Birthdate: February 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: 2012
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Maury Chaykin(Best Known for His work in TV Series ‘Nero Wolfe’)
Birthdate: July 27, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2010
Born to an American father and a Canadian mother, Maury Chaykin grew up to be a popular character actor, who gained accolades with films such as Dances with Wolves and Whale Music. He also breathed life into the roles of driving-school owner Sam Blecher and detective Nero Wolfe.
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Virginia Admiral(American Painter and Poet)
Birthdate: February 4, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Dalles, Oregon, United States
Died: 2000
Birthdate: April 23, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Died: 1977
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Jack Tatum(American Football Player)
Birthdate: November 18, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherryville, North Carolina, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Leon Wilkeson(Bassist)
Birthdate: April 2, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Died: 2001
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Claire Lee Chennault(US Military Aviator Who Commanded the US Army Air Forces in China)
Birthdate: September 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Commerce, Texas, United States
Died: 1958
US major general and military aviator Claire Lee Chennault is remembered for commanding the US Army Air Forces in China during WWII. He also formed the American Volunteer Group known as the Flying Tigers. He launched the commercial airline Civil Air Transport, which later became known as Air America.
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Miklós Rózsa(Composer)
Birthdate: April 18, 1907
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1995
Born in Hungary, Miklós Rózsa was a music prodigy and learned to play the violin at age 5. After studying music in Germany, he pursued his music career in France, the UK, and the US. He is remembered for his Academy Award-winning scores in movies such as Ben-Hur and Spellbound.
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Mikhail Lermontov(Russian Romantic Writer, Poet and Painter)
Birthdate: October 15, 1814
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1841
One of the most significant Russian romantic authors of the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, Mikhail Lermontov is remembered for his iconic novel A Hero of Our Time. His initial poems, such as Prisoner of the Caucasus, were highly Byronic. His writings laid the foundation for the Russian psychological novel.
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Frank Zamboni(Inventor)
Birthdate: January 16, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Eureka, Utah, United States
Died: 1988
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Gordon Solie(American Professional Wrestling Play-By-Play Announcer)
Birthdate: January 26, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2000
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Jerry Doyle(Radio personality)
Birthdate: July 16, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: 2016
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Clement of Ohrid(The First Bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Who Inspired Slavs to Follow Christianity)
Birthplace: Macedonia Greece, Greece
Died: 0916
A pioneering medieval Bulgarian saint, Clement of Ohrid was a student of saints Cyril and Methodius. He inspired a huge number of Slavs to follow Christianity. He was also the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s first bishop and one of its Seven Apostles. He is remembered as the patron saint of North Macedonia.
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Johnny Weissmuller Jr.(Actor)
Birthdate: September 23, 1940
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2006
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Smoky Joe Wood(Baseball player)
Birthdate: October 25, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: 1985
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Lilian Harvey(Actress)
Birthdate: January 19, 1906
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: 1968
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Youssef Chahine(Film Director)
Birthdate: January 25, 1926
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 2008
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Tony Martin(Actor)
Birthdate: December 25, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2012
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James I of Aragon(King)
Birthdate: February 2, 1208
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: 1276
Birthdate: August 25, 1841
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bern, Switzerland
Died: 1917
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss medical researcher and physician. In 1909, Kocher became the first surgeon and first Swiss citizen to receive a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He earned the prize for his work in the pathology, physiology, and surgery of the thyroid. He was widely regarded as a leader and pioneer in the field of surgery.
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Pope Nicholas II(Head of the Catholic Church (1059 - 1061))
Birthdate: 0990 AD
Birthplace: Château de Chevron, France
Died: 1061
Also known as Gerard of Burgundy, Pope Nicholas II headed the Catholic Church in the 11th century. He not only increased papal influence in Italy but also brought about a change in the election procedure of popes, shifting the power of electing popes from the Roman aristocracy to cardinals.
Birthdate: April 28, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão), Portugal
Died: 1970
Portuguese economist António de Oliveira Salazar had been the prime minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He had also been the minister of defense and finance, among others. He led to the Estado Novo, or New State, in Portugal. He opposed Nazism and fascism, and demilitarized his country.
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Jeanne Modigliani(Historian)
Birthdate: November 29, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: 1984
Jeanne Modigliani was an Italian-French Jewish art historian. She was the daughter of artists Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne. She lost both her parents as a small child and was adopted by her aunt. She conducted extensive biographical research on her father years after his death and published the book Modigliani: Man and Myth.
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James Alan McPherson(Former essayist, short-story writer who was first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Birthdate: September 16, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: 2016
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Brigitte Horney(Actress)
Birthdate: March 29, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dahlem (Berlin) Dahlem, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia Prussia, German Empire (now Berlin, Germany)
Died: 1988
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Ferruccio Busoni(Italian Composer, Pianist and Conductor Known for His Works ‘Arlecchino’ and ‘Doktor Faust’)
Birthdate: April 1, 1866
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Empoli, Italy
Died: 1924
Born to musician parents in Italy, Ferruccio Busoni was a child prodigy, having begun composing at the age of 7. He grew up to be a piano professor in Finland, and his work later took him to Moscow and the U.S. He is remembered for his opera and chamber pieces.
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Kidd Kraddick(Radio personality)
Birthdate: August 22, 1959
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Napoleon, Ohio, U.S.
Died: 2013
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Hideki Irabu(Baseball player)
Birthdate: May 5, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
Died: 2011
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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John Stott(Theologian)
Birthdate: April 27, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2011
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Edmund Pettus(Politician)
Birthdate: July 6, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Athens, Alabama, United States
Died: 1907
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Einojuhani Rautavaara(Legendary Finnish Composer)
Birthdate: October 9, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2016
One of the most prominent composers from Finland, Einojuhani Rautavaara was the son of an opera singer and thus no stranger to music as a child. In his career of over 7 decades, he created numerous masterpieces, including the operas Aleksis Kivi and Vincent. His works include choral, chamber, and electronic music, too.
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Harry Edison(Jazz Trumpeter)
Birthdate: October 10, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United State
Died: 1999
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Montgomery Blair(lawyer, judge)
Birthdate: May 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin County
Died: 1883
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Agota Kristof(Writer)
Birthdate: October 30, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Csikvánd, Hungary
Died: 2011
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William Lowndes Yancey(Journalist)
Birthdate: August 10, 1814
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Warren, Georgia, United States
Died: 1863
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Lindy Boggs(Politician)
Birthdate: March 13, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Roads, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2013
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Max Dupain(Photographer)
Birthdate: April 22, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: 1992
Max Dupain began clicking pictures with his first camera at age 13. Mostly a landscape photographer, his works mirror the geometry of his industrial subjects. His best-known works include Sunbaker and Bondi. He was also made an OBE. He was married to pioneering photographer Olive Cotton.
