Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Jul-27

Died on This Day (Jul-27)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Edna O’Brien Edna O’Brien Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Irish novelist 93 1
Bernard Cribbins Bernard Cribbins Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over seven decades. English actor and singer 93 3
Mike Hendrick Mike Hendrick Michael Hendrick was an English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty-two One Day Internationals for England from 1973 to 1981. English cricketer 72 4
  Dipa Sahu Dipa Sahu was an Indian Odia actress. Sahu died of cancer on 27 July 2020, aged 34. Indian Odia actress 34 5
John Robert Schrieffer John Robert Schrieffer John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist who, with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful quantum theory of superconductivity. American physicist 88 6
Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich , was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the Soviet system. Russian writer 85 7
Sam Shepard Sam Shepard Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. American playwright and author 73 8
James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. American essayist and short-story writer 72 9
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. President of India 83 10
  Jack Tatum John David Tatum was an American football safety. He played 10 seasons, from 1971 through 1980, with the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League . American Footballer 61 15
Aeronwy Thomas Aeronwy Thomas Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis was a poet, writer and translator of Italian poetry. British poet 66 16
Russell Johnston Russell Johnston David Russell Russell-Johnston, Baron Russell-Johnston , usually known as Russell Johnston, was a leading Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and was the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Party from 1974 to 1988. British politician 75 17
  Laxmi Chand Tyagi Indian social worker 60 20
Gordon Solie Gordon Solie Gordon Solie , was an American Florida-based professional wrestling play-by-play announcer working for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, USA Championship Wrestling, Continental Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling. American wrestling commentator 71 25
Miklos Rozsa Miklos Rozsa Miklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany and active in France , the United Kingdom , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953 onward. Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany 88 30
Smoky Joe Wood Smoky Joe Wood Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood was an American professional baseball player for 14 years. Baseball player and coach 95 40
Rushdy Abaza Rushdy Abaza Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza was an Egyptian film and television actor. Egyptian actor 53 45
Marta Steinsvik Marta Steinsvik Marta Steinsvik was a Norwegian author and translator. Norwegian journalist 73 75
Connop Thirlwall Connop Thirlwall Connop Thirlwall was an English bishop and historian. British bishop 78 150
Henri de la Tour d Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne , commonly known as Turenne [ty. Marshal General of France 63 350