Notable deaths on February 27

Russian chess grandmaster (1937–2025)

Prime Minister of Haiti from 2004 to 2006

Hong Kong actor (1952–2021)

President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004

Australian rugby league player and coach (1959–2018)

American judge (1943–2016)

South Korean politician (1922–2016)

Russian scientist, statesman, and politician (1959–2015)

Argentine lawyer and jurist

American actor (1931–2015)

American science fiction writer and game designer (1960–2014)

American basketball player (1934–2014)

Chilean politician

American actor (1923–2013)

Dutch professional Dutch Kickboxer fighter and kickboxer

American pianist (1934–2013)

Croatian journalist, producer and television personality

Chinese warlord (1921–2012)

Dutch resistance member (1920–2012)

American baseball player (1926–2011)

American World War I veteran and supercentenarian (1901–2011)

American filmmaker (1961–2011)

Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997

Indian social reformer (1916–2010)