Famous Birthdays for February 27th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 272 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)
• 1343 – Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1393)
• 1427 – Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1480)
• 1500 – João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)
• 1535 – Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (d. 1593)
• 1567 – William Alabaster, English poet (d. 1640)
• 1572 – Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1632)
• 1575 – John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1616)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1622 – Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
• 1630 – Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (d. 1671)
• 1659 – William Sherard, English botanist (d. 1728)
• 1667 – Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1695)
• 1689 – Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
• 1703 – Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (d. 1744)
• 1711 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (d. 1769)
• 1724 – Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1767)
• 1732 – Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (d. 1804)
• 1746 – Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1830)
• 1748 – Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (d. 1820)
• 1767 – Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (d. 1855)
• 1779 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (d. 1842)
• 1789 – Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1818)
• 1795 – José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (d. 1871)
• 1799 – Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
• 1799 – Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (d. 1854)
• 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (d. 1882)
• 1809 – Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (d. 1837)
• 1816 – William Nicholson, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (d. 1865)
• 1847 – Ellen Terry, English actress (d. 1928)^[18]
• 1848 – Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (d. 1918)
• 1859 – Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (d. 1936)^[19]
• 1863 – Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (d. 1923)
• 1863 – George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1930)
• 1864 – Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1935)
• 1867 – Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (d. 1942)
• 1869 – Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (d. 1970)^[20]
• 1872 – Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1950)
• 1875 – Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1956)
• 1877 – Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (d. 1952)
• 1877 – Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (d. 1939)
• 1878 – Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (d. 1943)
• 1881 – Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (d. 1952)
• 1881 – L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1966)
• 1886 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (d. 1914)
• 1888 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)^[21]
• 1888 – Stephen McKenna, English novelist (d. 1967)^[22]
• 1890 – Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (d. 1989)^[23]
• 1891 – David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (d. 1971)
• 1892 – William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1895 – Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
• 1897 – Marian Anderson, American singer (d. 1993)
• 1899 – Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (d. 1978)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (d. 1998)
• 1902 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1999)
• 1902 – John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (d. 1993)
• 1903 – Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belorussian-American rabbi and philosopher (d. 1993)
• 1904 – James T. Farrell, American author and poet (d. 1979)
• 1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
• 1907 – Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (d. 2005)^[24]
• 1913 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (d. 2001)
• 1917 – John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Reg Simpson, English cricketer (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (d. 1977)
• 1923 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (d. 2002)
• 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur^[25]
• 1927 – Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (d. 2021) ^[26]
• 1928 – René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player
• 1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (d. 1985)
• 1930 – Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
• 1932 – Dame Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)
• 1932 – David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1933 – Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
• 1933 – Malcolm Wallop, American politician (d. 2011)^[27]
• 1934 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
• 1934 – Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
• 1935 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
• 1936 – Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author^[28]
• 1936 – Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach
• 1936 – Roger Mahony, American cardinal
• 1937 – Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 1938 – Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1939 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (d. 1974)^[29]
• 1940 – Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec^[30]
• 1940 – Howard Hesseman, American actor (d. 2022)^[31]
• 1940 – Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011)^[32]
• 1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (d. 2018)^[33]
• 1942 – Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
• 1942 – Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
• 1942 – Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (d. 2011)
• 1943 – Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
• 1943 – Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1944 – Ken Grimwood, American author (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
• 1944 – Sir Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (d. 2020)^[34]
• 1947 – Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
• 1947 – Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer
• 1950 – Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
• 1951 – Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
• 1951 – Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (d. 1991)
• 1951 – Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
• 1951 – Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
• 1953 – Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
• 1953 – Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
• 1954 – Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
• 1956 – Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (d. 1987)^[35]
• 1957 – Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 2016)
• 1957 – Robert de Castella, Australian runner
• 1957 – Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 – Timothy Spall, English actor
• 1958 – Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
• 1958 – Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire
• 1960 – Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1960 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
• 1963 – Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist
• 1964 – Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
• 1965 – Noah Emmerich, American actor
• 1965 – Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver
• 1966 – Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
• 1966 – Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager
• 1966 – Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
• 1967 – Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer
• 1967 – Jony Ive, English industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple^[36]
• 1968 – Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Gareth Llewellyn, Welsh rugby union player
• 1969 – Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
• 1970 – Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
• 1970 – Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress
• 1971 – Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx
• 1971 – Derren Brown, English magician and painter
• 1971 – David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player
• 1971 – Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
• 1971 – Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1973 – Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 – Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
• 1975 – Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
• 1976 – Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
• 1976 – Tony Gonzalez, American football player^[37]
• 1976 – Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1978 – James Beattie, English footballer and manager
• 1978 – Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
• 1978 – Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
• 1978 – Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
• 1980 – Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic^[38]
• 1980 – Scott Prince, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor^[39]
• 1981 – Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
• 1981 – Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
• 1982 – Ali Bastian, English actress
• 1982 – Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
• 1983 – Devin Harris, American basketball player
• 1983 – Kate Mara, American actress
• 1984 – Aníbal Sánchez, American baseball player
• 1984 – Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
• 1984 – Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1985 – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
• 1985 – Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
• 1985 – Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
• 1985 – Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Brett Stewart, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 – Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player
• 1986 – Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
• 1987 – Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
• 1987 – Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
• 1988 – Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – David Button, English footballer^[40]
• 1989 – Lloyd Rigby, English footballer
• 1990 – Elijah Taylor, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 – Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1992 – Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
• 1992 – Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer^[41]
• 1995 – Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player
• 1996 – Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul, Thai singer and dancer^[42]
• 1998 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer^[43]