Viorel-Aurel Șerban
Romanian engineer
Died on Saturday February 28th 2026
Deaths on February 27
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 27 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 27, 2026.
Marco Tolama
Mexican racing driver and sportscaster
Died on Saturday February 28th 2026
Gregorio Luque Mexican baseball catcher and manager dead at age 83
Gregorio Luque, a Mexican baseball catcher and manager,
died on February 27, 2026. Born in Nogales, Sonora, on May 9, 1942, he played and managed in the Mexican League during…
Sonny Gibbs American football player
Sonny Gibbs, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 86. Born Guy Gilbert Gibbs Jr.…
Darío Lopérfido Argentine politician dead at age 61
Darío Lopérfido, an Argentine politician, journalist and cultural promoter,
died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Buenos Aires in 1964, he served as Argentina’s Secretary…
David Botstein Genetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms dead at age 83
David Botstein, an American biologist,
died on February 27, 2026. He was director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013 and held the…
Margaret Farquhar Scottish politician dead at age 95
Margaret Farquhar, a Scottish politician and the first woman to serve as Lord Provost of Aberdeen,
died on February 27, 2026. Born in Aberdeen as Margaret Burnett on 14 March…
Bo Gritz American military officer and politician dead at age 87
Bo Gritz, an American military officer and politician,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born James Gordon Gritz in Enid, Oklahoma, he served as an officer in the…
Olympic Czech keyboardist dead at age 66
Olympic, the Czech keyboardist of the Czech rock band Olympic,
died on February 27, 2026. Olympic was founded in Prague in 1962 and was led by Petr Janda from 1963.…
Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton British nursing administrator and life peer dead at age 90
Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton, the British nursing administrator and life peer,
died on February 27, 2026, aged 90. Born on 10 September 1935, she was a member of the House…
Colman McCarthy American journalist and peace activist dead at age 87
Colman McCarthy, an American journalist for The Washington Post and peace activist,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born in Glen Head, New York, on March 24, 1938,…
Andrzej Trautman Robinson–Trautman gravitational wavesTrautman recovery theorem in Newton–Cartan th…
Andrzej Trautman, a Polish mathematical physicist,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 93. Born in Warsaw on January 4, 1933, he contributed to classical gravitation and general relativity. His…
Robin Weiss Scientific discoveries related to HIV retrovirus dead at age 86
Robin Weiss, the British molecular biologist and influential scientist in virology and cancer biology,
died on February 27, 2026, aged 86. His research focused on retroviruses, and he was noted…
Candan Dumanlı Turkish football player
Candan Dumanlı
died on February 27, 2026. Dumanlı was a Turkish football player associated with Ankaragücü. No further details about his life or career were provided in the available information.…
James E. Waggoner Jr. American Episcopalian clergyman, bishop of Spokane dead at age 77
James E. Waggoner Jr., an American Episcopalian clergyman and bishop of Spokane from 2000 to 2017,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 77. Waggoner served as the eighth bishop…
Neil Sedaka American singer
Neil Sedaka, the American singer, songwriter and pianist known for “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,”
died on February 27, 2026. He began his music career in 1957 and sold…
Les Rumsey English speedway rider dead at age 70
Les Rumsey, an English speedway rider,
died on February 27, 2026, aged 70. Born Leslie John Rumsey in Canterbury, Kent, on July 27, 1955, he rode in the top two…
John H. Caldwell Promotion of cross-country skiing in the United States dead at age 97
John H. Caldwell, an American Olympic skier and author,
died on February 27, 2026, at age 97. Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing and later became…
Travis Wammack American rock and roll guitarist dead at age 81
Travis Wammack, an American rock and roll guitarist,
died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 81. Travis Lavoid Wammack Sr. was born on November 19, 1944, in Walnut,…
Sandro Munari Italian rally driver dead at age 86
Sandro Munari, the Italian rally driver nicknamed Il Drago,
died on February 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Alessandro Munari on March 27, 1940, in Cavarzere, Italy, he began rallying in…
Joaherul Islam Bangladeshi politician dead at age 70
Joaherul Islam, a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer,
died on February 27, 2026. He was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and served as a Jatiya Sangsad member for Tangail-8 from 2019…
Tatjana Wood German-born American comic book colourist
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist,
died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in…
Charlie Grall Journalist dead at age 71
Charlie Grall, a French journalist and Breton independence activist,
died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Jean-Charles Grall in Finistère, France, he was the founder of…
Peter J. Genova American politician dead at age 81
Peter J. Genova, an American politician,
died on February 27, 2026. A Republican, he was elected to two full terms in the New Jersey General Assembly and served from 1985…
Miguel Piñera
Chilean musician and nightclub owner
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Harry Coonce
American mathematician (Mathematics Genealogy Project)
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Petr Matoušek
Czech Olympic cyclist (1972
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Ian Hansen
Falkland Islands politician
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
István Kecskés
Hungarian-born American linguist and academic
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Stanisław Gebhardt
Polish Resistance fighter and economist
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Luca Manolache
Romanian footballer (FCSB
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Pirkko Vahtero
Finnish graphic designer and heraldist
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Derya Erke
Turkish Olympic swimmer (2000)
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Bjørn Opsahl
Norwegian photographer and film director
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Joseph Wambaugh
American author (The Onion Field)
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Kouaro Yves Chabi
Beninese politician
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani
Pakistani politician
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Alison Halford
Welsh police officer and politician
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Ronald Draper
South African cricketer (Eastern Province
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Alexis Kougias
Greek lawyer and penologist
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Rex Lassalle
Trinidadian alternative medicine practitioner and army leader (Black Power Revolution)
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Marvin Wijks
Dutch footballer
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Anike Agbaje-Williams
Nigerian newsreader
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Martha Gorman Schultz
Diné (Navajo) weaver
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Larry Appelbaum
American audio engineer and jazz historian
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Roy Prosterman
American legal scholar and land reform advocate
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Osamu Nishimura
Japanese wrestler
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Michael Preece
American film and television director (Dallas
Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Kjell Alrich Schumann
Norwegian convicted robber and murderer
Died on Thursday February 27th 2025
Hector Ortiz
Puerto Rican baseball player (Kansas City Royals) and coach (Texas Rangers)
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Israel Ticona
Bolivian politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
John Farber
Romanian-born American businessmen and billionaire
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Martti Mansikka
Finnish Olympic gymnast
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt
German artist
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Derek Crowther
British oncologist
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Horst Schmidbauer
German politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Cat Janice
American singer-songwriter
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Anne Whitfield
American actress (White Christmas
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Lucien Pellat-Finet
French fashion designer
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Larry Demery
American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Félix Arauz
Ecuadorian painter
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Adade Manohar
Indian actor
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Ilias Logothetis
Greek actor (Landscape in the Mist
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Thomas Kingsaton
British financier
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Camila Perissé
Argentine actress (Atrapadas
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Svetoslav Peev
Bulgarian actor (Detour
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Chris Wardlow
English rugby union player (Carlisle
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Iona Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
British noblewoman
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
John W. Hayes
British archaeologist
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Fabian Osuji
Nigerian politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Avraham Shochat
Israeli politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Gabriela Grillo
German businesswoman and equestrian
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Russian politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Jean-Pierre Soisson
French politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Edy Paryono
Indonesian football manager (PSIS Semarang
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Wes Whitead
American politician
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Benjamin Miller
American judge
Died on Wednesday February 28th 2024
Richard Trefry
American army lieutenant general
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Pelayo Novo
Spanish footballer (Oviedo
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Jerry Simmons
American tennis coach (LSU Tigers)
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Bae Duk-kwang
South Korean politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Ricardo García García-Ochoa
Spanish lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Óscar López Balestra
Uruguayan politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Brian O’Brien
Irish rugby union player and manager
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Giorgos Adamopoulos
76–77
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Sandy Valdespino
Cuban baseball player (Minnesota Twins
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Vladimir Vlasov
Soviet-Russian metallurgist and politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Ali Al-Baghli
Kuwaiti politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Béchir Ben Slama
Tunisian politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Bernard Bellec
French politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Abdoh Besisi
Saudi Arabian footballer (Al Ahli
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Indrek Toome
Estonian politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Ricou Browning
American actor (Creature from the Black Lagoon) and director (Flipper)
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Tom McLeish
English theoretical physicist
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Florin Beciu
Romanian actor
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023