Deaths on 27 April

92 deaths on this day in history.

Date of death	Athlete	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Year(s)
27 April 1934	Paul Esparbès	FRA	ATH	1920
27 April 1942	Heinrich Burger	GER	FSK	1908—1928
27 April 1942	Aksel Kuuse	EST	ATH	1936
27 April 1945	Hans Hoffmann	GER	CTR	1936
27 April 1945	Henry Malfroy-Savigny	FRA	ART	1928
27 April 1948	Cliff Crowley	CAN	IHO	1932
27 April 1948	Oscar Hullgren	SWE	ART	1932
27 April 1949	Ernesto, Conte Panza	ITA	SHO	1924
27 April 1950	Ted Ranken	GBR	SHO	1908—1924
27 April 1951	Driekske van Bussel	NED	ARC	1920
27 April 1951	Oscar Van Den Bossche	BEL	ROW	1920
27 April 1955	Marc Schoetter	LUX	BOB	1928
27 April 1956	Antal Ujváry	HUN	HBL	1936
27 April 1958	Howard Smith	USA	ART	1932
27 April 1961	Raoul Bénard	FRA	ART	1924
27 April 1961	Sven Ohlsson	SWE	WRE	1912—1920
27 April 1968	Anton Olsen	NOR	SHO	1920
27 April 1969	Clifford Furnas	USA	ATH	1920
27 April 1969	Erkki Kataja	FIN	ATH	1948—1952
27 April 1973	Percy Nicklin	CAN GBR	IHO	1936
27 April 1974	Lajos Szigeti	HUN	BOX	1932—1936
27 April 1975	Lucien Fontanarosa	FRA	ART	1948
27 April 1975	Karl Wild	GER FRG	IHO	1952—1960
27 April 1977	Mauro Racca	ITA	FEN	1948—1952
27 April 1977	Raymond Trève	FRA	BOX	1924
27 April 1978	Ben Levine	USA	BOX	1924—1932
27 April 1979	Celal Atik	TUR	WRE	1948
27 April 1980	Ron Hibbard	USA	BBL	1936
27 April 1981	Jean-René Seurin	FRA	ATH	1920
27 April 1983	Zdzisław Filipkiewicz	POL	BKB	1936
27 April 1984	Keijo Kuusela	FIN	HOC/IHO	1952
27 April 1985	Leon Wiśniewski	POL	HOC	1960
27 April 1989	Alphonse Bouton	FRA	ROW	1936—1948
27 April 1989	Breda Pergar	SLO YUG	ATH	1980
27 April 1989	Paavo Salminen	FIN	FBL	1936
27 April 1990	Vladimir Kanygin	RUS URS	WLF	1972
27 April 1990	Willy Pieper	SUI	SAL	1936—1952
27 April 1990	Malwa Singh	IND	WRE	1964
27 April 1990	Vladimir Stoychev	BUL	EDR/EVE	1924—1990
27 April 1991	Alfred Eriksen	NOR	FEN	1948—1952
27 April 1991	Juan Mirangels	ESP	SAL	1960
27 April 1992	Ryszard Ćwikła	POL	ALP	1968
27 April 1993	Efford Chabala	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1993	Wisdom Chansa	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1993	Godfrey Chitalu	ZAM	FBL	1980
27 April 1993	Alex Chola	ZAM	FBL	1980
27 April 1993	Samuel Chomba	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1993	Derby Makinka	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1993	Eston Mulenga	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1993	William Murless	RSA	SHO	1952
27 April 1993	Richard Mwanza	ZAM	FBL	1988
27 April 1995	Ivo Arčanin	CRO YUG	SWM	1924
27 April 1997	Janez Gabršek	YUG	ATH	1936
27 April 1997	Patrick O'Connor	USA	ART	1928
27 April 1998	Browning Ross	USA	ATH	1948—1952
27 April 1999	Enrique Sainz	ESP	HOC	1948
27 April 2002	Joseph Costa	USA	FBL	1948
27 April 2003	Albert Richards	NZL	ATH	1956
27 April 2003	Tim Taylor	USA	IHO	1994
27 April 2003	Juha Tiainen	FIN	ATH	1980—1988
27 April 2003	Wenzu Vella	MLT	SHO	1960
27 April 2003	Henry Wagnon	USA	BBL	1936
27 April 2006	Wally Hayward	RSA	ATH	1952
27 April 2006	Wacław Latocha	POL	CTR	1964—1968
27 April 2006	Gösta Sandberg	SWE	FBL	1952
27 April 2007	Per Reinertsen	NOR	FSK	1952
27 April 2010	Elisabeth Ahlgren	SWE	SWM	1948
27 April 2010	Mario Carvalho Pini	BRA		1992
27 April 2010	Heini Weber	GER FRG	WRE	1952
27 April 2011	Kazimierz Bryniarski	POL	IHO	1956
27 April 2011	Co Derr	NED	ART	1948
27 April 2011	Iulian Florescu	ROU	IHO	1964—1968
27 April 2011	Mel Pearce	AUS	HOC	1956
27 April 2012	František Procházka	CZE TCH	IHO	1992
27 April 2012	René Rouffeteau	FRA	CRD	1948
27 April 2013	Tony Byrne	IRL	BOX	1956
27 April 2013	Paulino Ferrer	VEN	ATH	1952
27 April 2013	Jean Lessard	CAN	ALP	1960
27 April 2013	Eeva Ruoppa	FIN	CCS	1960—1964
27 April 2014	Vujadin Boškov	SRB YUG	FBL	1952
27 April 2014	Ilija Ničić	SRB YUG	SHO	1960
27 April 2014	Turhan Tezol	TUR	BKB	1952
27 April 2014	Fred Zebouni	LBN	SAL	1960
27 April 2016	Sarah Gordon	IRL	EVE	1984
27 April 2017	Jan Flinik	POL	HOC	1952—1960
27 April 2019	Jón Karl Sigurðsson	ISL	ALP	1952
27 April 2020	Marina Bazanova	URS EUN	HBL	1988—1992
27 April 2020	Francesco Perrone	ITA	ATH	1960
27 April 2020	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	ATH	1952—1956
27 April 2021	Miroslav Fryčer	CZE TCH	IHO	1980
27 April 2021	Franklin Zielski	CAN	ROW	1960
27 April 2022	Bryan Saunders	CAN	ATH	1976—1984