List of Famous people who died in 1927

Herbert Spencer Hadley was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and in 1908 was elected the 32nd Governor of Missouri, serving one term from 1909 to 1913. As Attorney General, he successfully prosecuted Standard Oil Company for violating Missouri antitrust law. Entering the 1912 Republican convention, the Roosevelt and Taft forces seemed evenly matched, and a compromise candidate seemed possible. President Taft was willing to compromise with Hadley as presidential nominee; TR said no.

Stanisław Przybyszewski was a Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic school. His drama is associated with the Symbolist movement. He wrote both in German and in Polish.

Max Friedrich Adolph Hofmeier was a German gynecologist.

Peter Chardon Brooks Adams was an American historian, political scientist and a critic of capitalism.

August Allebé (1838–1927) was a 19th-century artist and teacher from the Northern Netherlands. His early paintings were in a romantic style, but in his later work he was an exponent of realism and impressionism. He was a major initiator and promoter of Amsterdam Impressionism, the artist's association St. Lucas, and the movement of the Amsterdamse Joffers. Amsterdam Impressionism – sometimes referred to by art historians as the School of Allebé – was the counterflow to the very strong Hague School in the movement of Dutch Impressionism. As a professor at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam he fostered a cosmopolitan attitude toward art and the promotion and motivation of his students, and provided a significant stimulus to developments in modern art.

Vincenzo Cerulli was an Italian astronomer and founder of the Collurania-Teramo Observatory in Teramo, central Italy, where he was born.

Enrique Reig y Casanova was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and an archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

Foster McGowan Voorhees was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th Governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902.

Sigmund Riezler or Siegmund Riezler was a German historian.