1927 deaths

American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)

Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)

Japanese writer (1892–1927)

English humorist (1859-1927)

Dutch physiologist

German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics

Spanish artist (1887–1927)

King of Romania (1865-1927; ruled 1914-1927)

American suffragist, editor (1838-1927)

Danish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)

French author and journalist (1868–1927)

Russian neurologist

Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)

Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik (25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, widely regarded as the preeminent fedayi and a seminal figure of the Armenian national liberation movement.

British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)

Empress consort of Mexico (1863-1867)

German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists (1886–1927)

Russian painter and stage designer (1878-1927)

Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe

Russian writer (1863–1927)

1st president of Latvia (1859-1927)

Italian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts

founder of the Sufi Order in the West in 1914 and teacher of Universal Sufism

Russian artist (1844-1927)

Spanish painter (1866-1927)

Lithuanian activist (1851-1927)

Prime Minister of Egypt (1859–1927)

German mathematician and physicist (1856–1927)

French painter (1864–1927)

Polish writer, playwright and journalist (1868–1927)

French painter (1841-1927)

Russian writer and playwright (1878–1927)

American psychologist (1867–1927)

Swedish mathematician (1846–1927)

Danish artist (1849-1927)

co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1889–1927)

French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque (1853-1927)

Russian statesman and diplomat (1860-1927)

Soviet diplomat (1883-1927)

Danish linguist (1842-1927)

Hebrew essayist and thinker (1856–1927)

Italian statesman and economist (1841-1927)

Danish botanist (1857-1927)

Italian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927)

Serbian scientist (1865–1927)

Sultan of Morocco (1882-1927)

German linguist (1842-1927)

sport shooter (1847–1927)

Hero of Albania (1895-1927)

Italian racing cyclist (1894–1927)

Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)

American writer and conservationist (1878–1927)

Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was charged in the murders and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River. She died of pneumonia at age 66, just nine days before the death of her older sister Emma.

American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927)

Romanian politician (1864–1927)

German sprinter and gymnast (1871-1927)

Italian biochemist and saint (1880–1927)

French photographer (1857-1927)

Polish-French chess player

Armenian poet (1876–1927)