Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 27
Thursday, 01 January 2026
1894 Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 on March - 27. 

1897 On March - 27 death of andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826) 

1898 On this day in history sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80 

1900 On this day in history pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 

1910 Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 on March - 27. 

1920 Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26 on March - 27. 

1922 On March - 27 nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63 

1923 On this day in history death of sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842) 

1924 Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83 on March - 27. 

1925 Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92 on March - 27. 

1927 Death of Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842) on this day in history. 

1928 Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1929 Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1931 On this day in history arnold Bennett, novelist, dies 

1933 Lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies on this day in history. 

1934 Death of Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) on March - 27. 

1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1939 On this day in history constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 

1940 Death of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872) on this day in history. 

1943 On this day in history death of grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash 

1945 On March - 27 jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42 

1947 On this day in history charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies 

1948 On this day in history karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64 

1953 Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76 on March - 27. 

1956 On March - 27 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 

1959 Death of Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 on this day in history. 

1960 On March - 27 ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58 

1961 On this day in history jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37 

1966 Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1967 Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49 on March - 27. 

1968 On this day in history death of yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 

1972 On this day in history maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 

1973 Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1975 On March - 27 arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 

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