36 notable people died on July 27, including Robert Schrieffer, Conrad II of Italy, Bartolomé de Las Casas.
21st Century
9 deaths
Robert Schrieffer
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1972)
Edna O'Brien
biographernovelist
Irish writer (1930–2024)
Alexandru Șafran
Chief Rabbihistorian
Romanian and Swiss rabbi (1910–2006)
Stanisław Żurakowski
historian
Polish soldier and historian
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Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper
engineerracing automobile driver
New Zealand racing driver (1910-2001)
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Warren Dibble
playwrightpoet
New Zealand poet and playwright
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Isaac Adeagbo Akinjogbin
academichistorian
Nigerian writer and historian (1930–2008)
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Ousha The Poet
poetwriter
Emirati poet (1920–2018)
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İsmail Akbay
physicist
Turkish physicist (1930–2003)
20th Century
12 deaths
Auguste Forel
biologistbotanical collector
Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (1848-1931)
Arthur Posnansky
archaeologistengineer
Austrian Bolivian historian, explorer and businessman (1873–1946)
Paul Kogerman
chemistpolitician
Estonian chemist and politician (1891–1951)
Władysław Dybowski
biologistbotanist
Polish zoologist (1838-1910)
Stanisław Baczyński
journalistliterary critic
Writer (1890-1939)
Moisés Mussa
educatorwriter
Chilean academic and writer
Farid Shawqi
actorfilm actor
Egyptian actor, screenwriter, and film producer (1920–1998)
Béla Pállik
opera singerpainter
Painter, opera singer (1845-1908)
Alois Gobbi
composerconductor
Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer (1842–1932)
Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli
architectgeneral contractor
Swiss architect and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (1842–1930)
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Elizabeth Rona
chemistnuclear physicist
Hungarian chemist (1890–1981)
Hans Dahl
painter
Norwegian artist (1849-1937)
19th Century
4 deaths
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
biologistlepidopterist
German biologist (1742-1810)
Isabella Graham
educatorwriter
American philanthropist 1742-1814
Brian Merriman
poet
Irish poet
Anastasios Manakis
benefactordiplomat
Greek revolutionary and educational benefactor
18th Century
3 deaths
Domenico Guglielmini
astronomerchemist
Italian mathematician (1655-1710)
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
astronomermathematician
French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters
Kaibara Ekken
botanistphilosopher
Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician (1630-1714)
17th Century
2 deaths
Salomon Glass
theologianuniversity teacher
German theologian
Johannes Loccenius
historianjurist
German historian (1598-1677)
16th Century
2 deaths
Bartolomé de Las Casas
anthropologistchronicler
Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer (1474–1566)
Georg Fabricius
archaeologisthistorian
German poet, historian, and archaeologist, 1516-1571
13th Century
1 deathMG
Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg
aristocratmonarch
Welsh prince, of Deheubarth
12th Century
3 deaths
Conrad II of Italy
monarch
German king
Guigues du Chastel
Catholic priestprior
Cartusian monk and prior of Grande Chartreuse
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Shushi-naishinnō
empress consort
Empress consort of Nijō; daughter of emperor Toba
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