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Famous Deaths on May 27

8 notable people died on May 27, including Robert Koch, John H. Northrop, Ernst Ruska.

Total Deaths
8
Avg Age at Death
70
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

1 death
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2003)

20th Century

3 deaths
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1905)
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946)
Ernst Ruska
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)

19th Century

1 death
Friedrich Schlemm
Friedrich Schlemm
anatomistbiologist
German anatomist (1795–1858)

18th Century

2 deaths
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
Latin Catholic priestphysicist
Italian physicist
Gerard Wigmana
Gerard Wigmana
art historianpainter
18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1673-1741)

17th Century

1 death
Pietro Paolo Floriani
Pietro Paolo Floriani
architectengineer
Italian architect and engineer

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