34 notable people died on February 27, including Ivan Pavlov, Konrad Lorenz, George H. Hitchings.
21st Century
4 deaths
Harold Burnell Carter
biographerscientist
Australian scientist
Albert Tavkhelidze
nuclear physicistphysicist
Georgian physicist (1930-2010)
Suratman Markasan
poetwriter
Singaporean poet and novelist (1930–2024)
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Kilmeny Niland
illustratorpoet
Australian artist
20th Century
16 deaths
Ivan Pavlov
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1904)
Konrad Lorenz
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973)
George H. Hitchings
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
Robert Meacham
ministerpolitician
American politician
Audun Munthe-Kaas Hierman
authorediting staff
Norwegian author and newspaper editor
Yvan Goll
editorjurist
French-German poet, key figure in German Expressionism and French Surrealism
Olga Wisinger-Florian
flower painterlandscape painter
Austrian painter (1844-1926)
Oszkár Asboth
inventor
Hungarian engineer (1891–1960)
Mulugeta Yeggazu
military officerpolitician
Ethiopian government official and commander in the Ethiopian Army
Adolph, 10th Prince of Schwarzenberg
entrepreneurjurist
Czech noble (1890–1950)
Robert Harris
painter
Welsh-born Canadian painter (1849-1919)
VR
Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja
Sanskrit scholarwriter
Indian Sanskrit scholar
LB
Luís de Almeida Braga
lawyerpolitician
Portuguese politician
HI
Hermogenes Ilagan
actorsinger
Filipino theater actor, writer and director (1873–1943)
Henry Munyaradzi
sculptor
Sculptor in stone, from Zimbabwe (1931–1998)
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Pranė Dundulienė
ethnographerethnologist
Lithuanian ethnographer (1910-1991)
19th Century
7 deaths
Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz
botanisthistorian
Swiss botanist (1790-1863)
Namiki Gohei I
playwrightstage actor
Kabuki actor and playwright
Elias Hicks
theologianwriter
American preacher (1748-1830)
Miklós Jósika
military officerpolitician
Hungarian noble, writer, politician (1794/6-1865)
SS
Simonas Stanevičius
poetwriter
Lithuanian writer
Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg
art collectormilitary officer
Duke of Arenberg (1785-1861)
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Louis Lambillotte
bandleaderCatholic priest
Belgian composer, Jesuit and palaeographer (1797-1855)
18th Century
1 death
Johann Georg Sulzer
lexicographerliterary critic
German philosopher (1720 - 1779)
17th Century
3 deaths
Honami Kōetsu
blacksmithcalligrapher
Japanese painter and calligrapher; (1558-1637)
Remigius Fesch
art historianjurist
Swiss art historian
NA
Narawara
monarch
King of Burma
16th Century
2 deaths
Marcantonio Flaminio
poetwriter
Italian humanist
Friedrich Dedekind
parsonpoet
German theologian
12th Century
1 death
Honorius II
Catholic priestwriter
Pope from 1124 to 1130
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