Famous Birthdays for March 27th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1401 – Albert III, duke of Bavaria (d. 1460)
• 1416 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
• 1509 – Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (d. 1578)^[12][13]
• 1546 – Johannes Piscator, German theologian (d. 1625)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1627 – Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
• 1676 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
• 1679 – Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1741)
• 1681 – Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish-Italian cardinal (d. 1760)
• 1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (d. 1762)
• 1710 – Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
• 1712 – Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and author (d. 1779)
• 1714 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
• 1724 – Jane Colden, American botanist and author (d. 1766)
• 1745 – Lindley Murray, American-English Quaker and grammarian (d. 1826)
• 1746 – Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (d. 1767)
• 1746 – Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican-French lawyer and politician (d. 1785)
• 1765 – Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
• 1781 – Alexander Vostokov, Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (d. 1864)
• 1784 – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (d. 1842)
• 1785 – Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
• 1797 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1863)
• 1801 – Alexander Barrow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)
• 1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons, German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
• 1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (d. 1891)
• 1811 – Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (d. 1880)
• 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish journalist, anthologist, and author (d. 1889)
• 1820 – Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
• 1822 – Henri Murger, French novelist and poet (d. 1861)
• 1824 – Virginia Minor, American women's suffrage activist (d. 1894)
• 1839 – John Ballance, Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
• 1843 – George Frederick Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
• 1844 – Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
• 1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
• 1845 – Jakob Sverdrup, Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs (d. 1899)
• 1847 – Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• 1851 – Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
• 1851 – Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (d. 1931)
• 1852 – Jan van Beers, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
• 1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
• 1855 – William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
• 1857 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
• 1859 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1927)
• 1860 – Frank Frost Abbott, American-Swiss scholar and academic (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Jelena Dimitrijević, Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist and polyglot (d. 1945)
• 1862 – Arturo Berutti, Argentinian composer (d. 1938)
• 1863 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
• 1866 – John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
• 1868 – Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
• 1869 – James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
• 1869 – J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary (d. 1949)
• 1871 – Heinrich Mann, German author and poet (d. 1950)
• 1871 – Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister (d. 1939)
• 1871 – Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour (d. 1948)
• 1875 – Albert Marquet, French painter (d. 1947)
• 1877 – Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
• 1878 – Kathleen Scott, British sculptor (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
• 1879 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist (d. 1925)
• 1882 – Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
• 1884 – Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant (d. 1953)
• 1885 – Julio Lozano Díaz, Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
• 1885 – Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 1961)
• 1886 – Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (d. 1934)
• 1886 – Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
• 1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (d. 1932)
• 1888 – George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (d. 1974)
• 1889 – Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general (d. 1979)
• 1890 – Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (d. 1974)
• 1891 – Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian novelist and playwright (d. 1974)
• 1891 – Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski, Belarusian-Lithuanian architect, journalist, and diplomat, created the Flag of Belarus (d. 1959)
• 1892 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Thorne Smith, American author (d. 1934)
• 1893 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (d. 1947)
• 1893 – G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1981)
• 1893 – George Beranger, Australian-American actor and director (d. 1973)
• 1894 – René Fonck, French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)
• 1895 – Roland Leighton, English soldier and poet (d. 1915)
• 1897 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
• 1897 – Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (d. 1961)
• 1899 – Francis Ponge, French poet and author (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer (d. 1983)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000)^[14]
• 1901 – Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (d. 1963)^[15]
• 1901 – Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)^[16]
• 1901 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian journalist and poet (d. 1971)
• 1902 – Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Leif Tronstad, Norwegian chemist and military leader (d. 1945)^[17]
• 1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1905 – Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)
• 1905 – Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer (d. 1980)
• 1906 – Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Ben Webster, American saxophonist (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Valery Marakou, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1937)
• 1910 – Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)
• 1912 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1914 – Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Dick King-Smith, English author (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
• 1924 – Ian Black, Scottish international footballer and lawn bowls player (d. 2012)^[18]
• 1924 – Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Frank O'Hara, American writer (d. 1966)
• 1927 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1927 – Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Jean Dotto, French cyclist (d. 2000)
• 1929 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Reg Evans, Australian actor (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist
• 1931 – David Janssen, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1932 – Junior Parker, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1971)
• 1932 – Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Lê Văn Hưng, South Vietnamese Brigadier general (d. 1975)
• 1934 – István Csurka, Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Greek politician (d. 2021) ^[19]
• 1935 – Stanley Rother, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (d. 1981)
• 1935 – Julian Glover, English actor
• 1936 – Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer
• 1937 – Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1939 – Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician
• 1939 – Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman
• 1940 – Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver
• 1940 – Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright
• 1941 – Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
• 1941 – Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1942 – John Sulston, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Michael York, English actor
• 1943 – Mike Curtis, American football player and coach (d. 2020)
• 1944 – Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1946 – Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher (d. 2020)
• 1947 – Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot
• 1947 – Walt Mossberg, American journalist
• 1948 – Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
• 1950 – Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter
• 1950 – Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
• 1950 – Maria Ewing, African-American soprano (d. 2022)
• 1950 – Terry Yorath, Welsh international footballer and international manager^[20]
• 1951 – Andrei Kozyrev, Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
• 1951 – Chris Stewart, English musician and author
• 1952 – Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier
• 1952 – Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist
• 1954 – Gerard Batten, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 – Patrick McCabe, Irish writer
• 1955 – Lefteris Pantazis, Greek singer ^[21]
• 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1955 – Susan Neiman, Jewish American-German philosopher and author
• 1956 – Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician
• 1956 – Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier
• 1957 – Kostas Vasilakakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1957 – Stephen Dillane, English actor
• 1958 – Didier de Radiguès, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer
• 1959 – Andrew Farriss, Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
• 1959 – Ivan Savvidis, Russian-Greek oligarch and politician ^[22]
• 1960 – Hans Pflügler, German footballer
• 1960 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Ellery Hanley, English rugby league player and coach
• 1961 – Tony Rominger, Swiss professional cyclist
• 1962 – Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Brett French, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 – Rob Hollink, Dutch poker player
• 1962 – John O'Farrell, English journalist and author
• 1962 – Brad Wright, American-Spanish basketball player
• 1962 – Kevin J. Anderson, American science fiction writer
• 1963 – Cory Blackwell, American basketball player
• 1963 – Randall Cunningham, American football player, coach, and pastor
• 1963 – Georgios Katrougalos, Greek jurist and politician^{[citation needed]}
• 1963 – Filippos Sachinidis, Greek-Canadian economist and politician
• 1963 – Gary Stevens, English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist
• 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1963 – Xuxa, Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman and television presenter
• 1965 – Gregor Foitek, Swiss race car driver
• 1966 – Žarko Paspalj, Serbian basketball player
• 1967 – Talisa Soto, American actress
• 1968 – Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete
• 1969 – Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1969 – Pauley Perrette, American actress
• 1969 – Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress^[23]
• 1970 – Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (d. 2001)
• 1970 – Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player (d. 2020)
• 1970 – Brent Fitz, Canadian-American multi-instrumentalist and recording artist
• 1970 – Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1970 – Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
• 1970 – Uwe Rosenberg, German game designer, created Bohnanza
• 1971 – David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
• 1971 – Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
• 1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Surinamese-Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1972 – Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Roger Telemachus, South African cricketer
• 1974 – Marek Citko, Polish footballer and manager
• 1974 – George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer
• 1974 – Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Andrew Blowers, New Zealand rugby player
• 1975 – Kim Felton, Australian golfer
• 1975 – Fergie, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1975 – Christian Fiedler, German footballer and manager
• 1976 – Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
• 1976 – Danny Fortson, American basketball player
• 1976 – Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer
• 1977 – Vítor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
• 1977 – Ioannis Melissanidis, Greek artistic gymnast ^[24]
• 1978 – Gabriel Paraschiv, Romanian footballer
• 1978 – Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner
• 1978 – Amélie Cocheteux, French tennis player
• 1979 – Tom Palmer, English rugby union player
• 1979 – Mohsen Moeini, Iranian author and director
• 1979 – Imran Tahir, Pakistani-South African cricketer
• 1979 – Jennifer Wilson, Zimbabwean-South African field hockey player
• 1980 – Sean Ryan, American football player
• 1980 – Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
• 1980 – Maksim Shevchenko, Kazakhstani footballer
• 1981 – Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer
• 1981 – Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner
• 1981 – Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner
• 1981 – Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer^[25]
• 1982 – Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer
• 1983 – Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1983 – Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Román Martínez, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Brett Holman, Australian footballer
• 1985 – Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Manuel Neuer, German footballer
• 1987 – Jefferson Bernárdez, Honduran footballer
• 1987 – Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
• 1987 – Polina Gagarina, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Buster Posey, American baseball player
• 1988 – Jessie J, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
• 1988 – Brenda Song, American actress
• 1988 – Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer
• 1988 – Holliday Grainger, English actress
• 1989 – Matt Harvey, American baseball player
• 1989 – Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player
• 1990 – Erdin Demir, Swedish-Turkish footballer
• 1990 – Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer
• 1990 – Luca Zuffi, Swiss footballer
• 1990 – Kimbra, New Zealand musician
• 1990 – Brodha V, Indian Rapper and Music Producer
• 1992 – Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer
• 1995 – Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer
• 1998 – Giannis Bouzoukis, Greek footballer ^[26]
• 2002 – Daria Snigur, Ukrainian tennis player^[27]