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Carrie Fisher's other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally...
Notable Deaths on December 27
2016 — Carrie Fisher
American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)
December 27 has 125 recorded notable deaths across history, from 683 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
125 source records
683 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on December 27
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1657 The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right. Source
- 2007 Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Source
- 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon. Source
- 1966 The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Source
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In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon.
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Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States in 1825.
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When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.
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Helen Frankenthaler was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as color field.
More major people who died on December 27
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1982
Jack Swigert
American pilot, astronaut, and politician (born 1931)
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician.
1836
Stephen F. Austin
American soldier and politician (born 1793)
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario, i.e. a person granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of the Tejas region of Mexico…
2023
Gaston Glock
Austrian firearm engineer and founder of Glock (born 1929)
Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963.
2011
Helen Frankenthaler
American painter and educator (born 1928)
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting.
1950
Max Beckmann
German-American painter and sculptor (born 1884)
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement.
1683
Maria Francisca of Savoy
Queen consort of Portugal (born 1646)
Dona Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy was Queen of Portugal during her marriage to King Dom Afonso VI from 2 August 1666 to 24 March 1668 and, as the wife of Afonso's brother King Dom Peter II, from 12 September 1683…
2019
Maria Creveling
American League of Legends player (born 1995)
Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was an American professional League of Legends player.
2014
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel
American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (born 1939)
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel was an American-born Israeli spiritual leader.
1914
Charles Martin Hall
American chemist and engineer (born 1863)
Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist.
2011
Johnny Wilson
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
John Edward Wilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach.
1953
Julian Tuwim
Polish poet and author (born 1894)
Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition.
1923
Gustave Eiffel
French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (born 1832)
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Métiers, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct.
1938
Zona Gale
American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1874)
Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921.
2013
Farooq Sheikh
Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (born 1948)
Farooq Sheikh was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002.
1953
Şükrü Saracoğlu
Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1887)
Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician, the fifth prime minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II.
2012
Salt Walther
American race car driver (born 1947)
David "Salt" Walther was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He also drove NASCAR stock cars and unlimited hydroplane boats, and was a car owner in USAC.
1987
Rewi Alley
New Zealand writer and political activist (born 1897)
Rewi Alley was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist.
1782
Henry Home
Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (born 1697)
Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution.
2024
Greg Gumbel
American sportscaster (born 1946)
Gregory Girard Gumbel was an American television sportscaster. He was best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports.