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Herman Gorter
Dutch poet and communist
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
British statesman (1845-1927)
Georg Ossian Sars
Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist (1837–1927)
Leonard Wood
5th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1860-1927)
Francis Lane
athletics competitor (1874-1927)
Hermann Abert
German musicologist (1871–1927)
Juliette Gordon Low
founder of the Girl Scouts (1860–1927)
Erik Ivar Fredholm
Swedish mathematician (1866–1927)
Max Hoffmann
German general (1869-1927)
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer (1886-1927)
Ram Prasad Bismil
revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927)
Ernest Starling
British physiologist (1866–1927)
William Burnside
English mathematician (1852–1927)
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
German artist and poet (1874 –1927)
Reginald Dyer
British Indian Army general (1864-1927)
Sisowath of Cambodia
King of Cambodia from 1904 to 1927
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
Russian Grand-duchess (1865-1927)
Gustave Whitehead
possible first powered manned flight (1874–1927)
Laurits Tuxen
Danish artist (1853-1927)
Victorine Meurent
French painter, model for painters (1844-1927)
Marie Spartali Stillman
Pre-Raphaelite artist (1844-1927)
Miguel Pro
Mexican Jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927)
Miguel de Bragança
claimant to the throne of Portugal (1853–1927)
Harry Johnston
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
Robert Fuchs
Austrian composer and music teacher (1847–1927)
Vincenzo Cerulli
Italian astronomer (1859–1927)
Émile Coste
French fencer (1862-1927)
Sybil Bauer
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1903-1927)
Archduchess Clotilde, Archduchess Joseph Karl of Austria
Austrian archduchess (1846-1927); daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clémentine of Orléans
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
Palestinian Christian nun and saint (1843–1927)
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
Austrian aristocrat
Charles Warren
British army officer, archaeologist, and photographer (1840-1927)
Georges Eekhoud
Belgian writer (1854–1927)
Ira Remsen
American chemist (1846–1927)
Maximilian Harden
German journalist (1861–1927)
Anna Golubkina
Russian sculptor (1864–1927)
Otto Blehr
8th Prime Minister of Norway (1847–1927)
Feliciano Viera
president of Uruguay (1872-1927)
Klaus Berntsen
Danish politician (1844-1927)
Louise Catherine Breslau
German-Swiss painter (1856-1927)
Robert de Flers
French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist (1872–1927)
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (1871–1927)
Federico de Roberto
Italian writer (1861-1927)
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
Greek politician (1851-1927)
Marianne Stokes
Austrian artist (1855-1927)
Leonard Nelson
German mathematician and philosopher (1882-1927)
József Rippl-Rónai
Hungarian artist (1861-1927)
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
Catholic bishop (1871–1927)
Prince Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
German prince (1864-1927)
Sarah Frances Whiting
American physicist and astronomer (1847-1927)
Manuel Gondra
President of Paraguay (1872-1927)
Turhan Përmeti
Prime Minister of Albania (1846-1927)
Kenjirō Tokutomi
Japanese writer (1868–1927)
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
British Army general (1868-1927)
Sakina Akhundzadeh
Azerbaijani playwright
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez
Colombian general and political figure (1858–1927)
David Arellano
Chilean footballer (1901-1927)
William Healey Dall
American malacologist, palaeontologist and explorer (1845 – 1927)
Khalid bin Barghash Al Busaidi
Sultan of Zanzibar (1874-1927)
Fernand de Langle de Cary
French general (1849–1927)