Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 27
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1894 Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 on March - 27. 

1897 On this day in history 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 March - 27 pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 

1910 On March - 27 alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 

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

1922 On this day in history nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63 

1923 On March - 27 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 March - 27. 

1928 On March - 27 leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 

1929 Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70 on March - 27. 

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

1933 On March - 27 lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies 

1934 On this day in history death of francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) 

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 On this day in history death of michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872) 

1943 Death of Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash on March - 27. 

1945 On this day in history jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42 

1947 On March - 27 charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies 

1948 Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64 on March - 27. 

1953 On this day in history narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76 

1956 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1959 On March - 27 death of grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 

1960 Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58 on March - 27. 

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 Death of Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 on this day in history. 

1972 On March - 27 maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 

1973 Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72 on March - 27. 

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

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