Discover the most famous people who died on June 27. The list includes people like Jack Lemmon, Sam Manekshaw, Giorgio Vasari, William Wyler, Tove Jansson. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, actors, military leaders and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Italy and many more countries.
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Birthdate: February 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2001
John Lemmon is best remembered for his Academy Award-winning roles in Mister Roberts and Save the Tiger, and his Emmy-winning performance in Tuesdays with Morrie. His narration in Harry S Truman: A Journey to Independence earned him a Grammy nomination. He collaborated with Walter Matthau in many projects.
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John Entwistle(Musician & Songwriter who was The Bassist for The Rock Band 'The Who')
Birthdate: October 9, 1944
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 2002
John Entwistle was an English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and music producer. He is credited with co-founding the popular rock band, The Who, for which he served as the original bass guitarist and backing vocalist. Nicknamed Thunderfingers, Entwistle was named in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Bass Players list. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Birthdate: June 10, 1932
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City
Died: 2010
Martin D. Ginsburg was one of the most successful tax attorneys and the husband of U.S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Apart from serving as a lawyer, Martin also taught at several prestigious law schools, such as New York University Law School, Columbia Law School, and Harvard Law School. After representing business magnate Ross Perot in a case, the two became good friends.
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Bobby Womack(Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and Record Producer)
Birthdate: March 4, 1944
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 2014
Bobby Womack began his career with his family band The Valentinos, after gaining a record deal with The Soul Stirrers singer Sam Cooke. He later began a solo career and became famous for tracks such as Lookin’ for a Love. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Across 110th Street.
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Michael Nyqvist(Best Known for His Role as ‘Kurt Hendricks’ in the Film ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’)
Birthdate: November 8, 1960
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 2017
Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist is best remembered as Daniel Daréus from the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film-nominated movie As It Is in Heaven. He also played significant roles in the series Beck and Millennium, and the film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He died of lung cancer at 56.
Birthdate: November 17, 1916
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Greenville, Mississippi, United States
Died: 2005
Birthdate: April 5, 1909
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Died: 1996
Producer Albert R. Broccoli, or Cubby, is best remembered for his work on several James Bond films, such as From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. He was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his contribution to films. He was also a horse-racing expert.
Birthdate: June 8, 1944
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Died: 2012
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: November 6, 1953
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio, United States
Died: 1987
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Bud Spencer(Italian Actor, Professional Swimmer and Water Polo Player)
Birthdate: October 31, 1929
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: 2016
Italian actor Carlo Pedersoli, or Bud Spencer, gained fame with his Spaghetti Western and action-comedy films, teaming up with Terence Hill. Bud was also a skilled water polo player and an Olympic swimmer who specialized in 100-meter freestyle. He was a certified pilot and an avid philanthropist, too.
Birthdate: November 2, 1780
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gujranwala, Pakistan
Died: 1839
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, also known as the "Lion of Punjab" and the “Napoleon of the East,” was a Sikh leader who reigned over the northwest Indian subcontinent in the 19th century. He fought valiantly against the Afghans and introduced many modern reforms. His Khalsa Army included people of all religions.
Birthdate: February 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Died: 2020
Linda Cristal was an Argentine actress remembered for playing important roles in Western films. She then proved her versatility by winning awards for portraying interesting characters in comedy films, such as The Perfect Furlough, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. Also known for her work on TV, Cristal received two Emmy nominations for her performance in The High Chaparral.
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Tove Jansson(Finnish Penwoman and the Author of the Children’s Book Series 'Moomin')
Birthdate: August 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2001
Finnish author Tove Jansson was the woman behind the phenomenally successful children’s books and comics on the fictional white hippo-like creatures she called Moomins. While the Moomins books have been translated into more than 50 languages, Jansson’s literary works also include several other novels and short stories.
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Sophie Germain(French Mathematician Known for Her 'Sophie Germain Prime Numbers')
Birthdate: April 1, 1776
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, France
Died: 1831
French mathematician Sophie Germain had used the pseudonym M. Le Blanc to get hold of notes from the École Polytechnique, as being a woman, she was not allowed to attend the institute. She later contributed to the number theory and also pioneered the elasticity theory. She died of breast cancer.
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Gale Storm(Actress)
Birthdate: April 5, 1922
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bloomington, Texas, United States
Died: 2009
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Sam Manekshaw(The First Indian Army Officer to be Promoted to the Rank of Field Marshal)
Birthdate: April 3, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amritsar, Punjab
Died: 2008
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was the Indian Army’s Chief of the Army Staff during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, in which India emerged victorious. He had started his military career with the British Indian Army during World War II. He had also been awarded the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
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Alvin Toffler(American Writer, Businessman and One of the World’s Outstanding Futurists)
Birthdate: October 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2016
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Giorgio Vasari(Artist and Author Best Known for His Biographies of Italian Artists)
Birthdate: July 30, 1511
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Died: 1574
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian architect, painter, writer, engineer, and historian. He is best remembered for his work The Lives, a series of artist biographies, which is regarded as the art-historical writing's ideological foundation. Vasari is also credited with the formulation of the term Renaissance as it was first suggested by Jules Michelet based on Giorgio Vasari's text.
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Michael Bond(Writer)
Birthdate: January 13, 1926
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newbury, Berkshire, England
Died: 2017
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Joan Sims(Actress)
Birthdate: May 9, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Laindon, Essex, England, UK
Died: 2001
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Lorenzo Charles(Basketball player)
Birthdate: November 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
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Harriet Martineau(First Female Sociologist)
Birthdate: June 12, 1802
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died: 1876
Regarded by many as the first female sociologist, Harriet Martineau was a prominent 19th-century social theorist, classical economist, and intellectual who penned the iconic work The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte. She was partially deaf and had lost her sense of taste and smell in childhood.
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Ashraf Marwan(Egyptian billionaire who worked as a spy for the Israeli Mossad and deceived Israel in 1973 war.)
Birthdate: February 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: 2007
Ashraf Marwan was an Egyptian billionaire businessman and diplomat. He is best remembered for his work as a spy for Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency. In 2002, it was revealed that Ashraf Marwan had been working for Egyptian Intelligence and that he may have misled Mossad with wrong information in the years leading up to the Yom Kippur War.
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Milada Horáková(Czech Politician Wrongfully Convicted and Executed on Fabricated Charges by the 'Communist Party of Czechoslovakia')
Birthdate: December 25, 1901
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: 1950
Czech lawyer-politician Milada Horáková remained active in underground resistance-movement during the Second World War. She was convicted on fabricated charges of conspiracy and treason by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and executed by hanging. Her trial verdict was posthumously annulled and she was rehabilitated and awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1st Class) and Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class).
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Mary Anderson(inventor)
Birthdate: February 19, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Greene County
Died: 1953
Mary Anderson was a real estate developer, rancher, and inventor. She is best known for inventing the windshield wiper blade. She received her first patent for an automatic car window cleaning device controlled from inside the car in 1903. She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2011, more than half a century after her death.
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Marion Motley(American football player)
Birthdate: June 5, 1920
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leesburg, Georgia
Died: 1999
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: March 17, 1665
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1729
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet De La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist, and composer. Born into a family of musicians and master instrument-makers, she received her initial musical training from her father. She worked as a musician in the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Following her marriage to organist Marin de La Guerre, she taught and composed music.
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A. J. Ayer(British Philosopher Known for His Promotion of Logical Positivism)
Birthdate: October 29, 1910
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: St John's Wood, London, England
Died: 1989
Educated at the prestigious Eton College and the University of Oxford, A.J. Ayer grew up to popularize logical positivism. During World War II, he had been an MI6 spy. Known for his bestselling work Language, Truth, and Logic, he promoted ideas such as emotivist ethics and the verification principle.
Birthdate: August 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 2005
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia(Duke)
Birthdate: April 27, 1779
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1831
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Simon Ramo(Engineer)
Birthdate: March 7, 1913
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2016
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Vijaya Nirmala(Actress)
Birthdate: February 20, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tamil Nadu, India
Died: 2019
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Hermann Buhl(Austrian Mountaineer and Legendary Alpinist Who Was the First to Conquer the Nanga Parbat)
Birthdate: September 21, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Innsbruck
Died: 1957
Austrian mountaineer Hermann Buhl was the first man to successfully climb the Nanga Parbat ijn the Himalayas, a mountain 31 people had died trying to conquer before him. He also conquered the Broad Peak in the Karakoram. A legendary alpinist, he also pioneered the use of alpine style mountaineering in the Hiamlayas.
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Robert Carrier(chef)
Birthdate: November 10, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tarrytown, New York, United States
Died: 2006
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Johann Zahn(Author)
Birthdate: March 29, 1641
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Karlstadt am Main, Germany
Died: 1707
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Earl Browder(Political leader)
Birthdate: May 20, 1891
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: 1973
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Walter Dornberger(Military Officer)
Birthdate: September 6, 1895
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Giessen, Germany
Died: 1980
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Joséphin Péladan(Novelist)
Birthdate: March 28, 1858
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: 1918
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Wanda Gág(Artist)
Birthdate: March 11, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Ulm, Minnesota, United States
Died: 1946
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Robert Stolz(Conductor)
Birthdate: August 25, 1880
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: 1975
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G. I. Taylor(British Physicist and Mathematician Who Made Important Discoveries in Fluid Mechanics)
Birthdate: March 7, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. John's Wood, Middlesex, England
Died: 1975
G. I. Taylor was a British physicist and mathematician. He was a key figure in fluid dynamics and wave theory. He worked on the development of supersonic aircraft while serving on the Aeronautical Research Committee. Counted among the most notable scientists of the 20th century, he was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Franklin Medal.
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Arthur Waley(English Sinologist and Orientalist)
Birthdate: August 19, 1889
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died: 1966
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John Lawrence(Viceroy)
Birthdate: March 4, 1811
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Richmond, England
Died: 1879
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Alain Mimoun(French Long-Distance Runner)
Birthdate: January 1, 1921
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Telagh, Algeria
Died: 2013
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Allen Grossman(Poet)
Birthdate: January 7, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2014
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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz(Writer)
Birthdate: December 5, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1907
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Marguerite Bays(Saint)
Birthdate: September 8, 1815
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chavannes-les-Forts, Switzerland
Died: 1879
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Sancho VI of Navarre(King)
Birthdate: April 21, 1132
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kingdom of Navarre
Died: 1194
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Nick Nemeroff(Canadian Stand-up Comedian)
Birthdate: December 28, 1989
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Canada
Died: 2022
Nick Nemeroff is a Canadian comedian best known for The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life, his most popular comedy album which received a nomination under the Comedy Album of the Year category at the 2021 Juno Awards. Nemeroff has also performed in Halifax Comedy Festival and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, apart from appearing in TV shows like Conan.
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George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon(Diplomat)
Birthdate: January 12, 1800
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1870
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon had earned the nickname The Great Lord Clarendon. A Liberal Party politician, he had been the foreign secretary of Britain under 4 prime ministers. He was also a significant member of the Congress of Paris, which put an end to the Crimean War.
