List of Famous people who died in 1927

Maria Oakey Dewing was an American painter known for her depiction of flowers. Her work was inspired by John La Farge and her love of gardening. She also made figure drawings and was a founding member of the Art Students League of New York. Dewing won bronze medals for two of her works at world expositions. She was married to the artist Thomas Dewing.

Arnold Edward Ortmann was a Prussian-born United States naturalist and zoologist who specialized in malacology.The standard author abbreviation A.E.Ortmann is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke was an American-born French medical doctor known for her work in neuroanatomy. She was the first female intern to work in a hospital in Paris.

Adolphe Étienne Auguste Moreau-Nélaton was a French painter, art collector and art historian. His large collection is today held in its entirety by French national museums.

Émile Coste was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the foil, defeating fellow French fencer Henri Masson in the final.

Joel Engel was a music critic, composer and one of the leading figures in the Jewish art music movement. Born in Russia, and later moving to Berlin and then to Palestine, Engel has been called "the true founding father of the modern renaissance of Jewish music."