Quote Authors Who Died on August 27th

Barbara Johnson

American Critic

Oct 4, 1947 - Aug 27, 2009

Bennett Cerf

American Journalist

May 25, 1898 - Aug 27, 1971

Brian Epstein

British Businessman

Sep 19, 1934 - Aug 27, 1967

Cesare Pavese

Italian Poet

Sep 9, 1908 - Aug 27, 1950

Charles Evans Hughes

American Judge

Apr 11, 1862 - Aug 27, 1948

Childe Hassam

American Artist

Oct 17, 1859 - Aug 27, 1935

Edwin Louis Cole

American Author

Sep 10, 1922 - Aug 27, 2002

Edwin Morgan

Scottish Poet

Apr 27, 1920 - Aug 27, 2010

Ernest Lawrence

American Scientist

Aug 8, 1901 - Aug 27, 1958

Frank Harris

Irish Author

Feb 14, 1856 - Aug 27, 1931

Gracie Allen

American Comedian

Jul 26, 1895 - Aug 27, 1964

Haile Selassie

Ethiopian Statesman

Jul 23, 1892 - Aug 27, 1975

Ivy Compton-Burnett

English Novelist

Jun 5, 1884 - Aug 27, 1969

James Thomson

Scottish Musician

Sep 11, 1700 - Aug 27, 1748

Le Corbusier

Swiss Architect

Oct 6, 1887 - Aug 27, 1965

Lope de Vega

Spanish Playwright

Nov 25, 1562 - Aug 27, 1635

Lord Mountbatten

British Soldier

Jun 25, 1900 - Aug 27, 1979

Margaret Bourke-White

American Photographer

Jun 14, 1904 - Aug 27, 1971

Rowland Hill

English Inventor

Dec 3, 1795 - Aug 27, 1879

Sam Levenson

American Author

Dec 28, 1911 - Aug 27, 1980

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American Musician

Oct 3, 1954 - Aug 27, 1990

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian Author

Dec 17, 1796 - Aug 27, 1865

W. E. B. Du Bois

American Writer

Feb 23, 1868 - Aug 27, 1963

William Hall

Canadian Soldier

Apr 28, 1827 - Aug 27, 1904