People born on January 27 181
Edward of Angoulême
b. 1365 – d. 1370
Edward of Angoulême, English noble (d. 1370)
Albert III, Duke of Saxony
b. 1443 – d. 1500
Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
b. 1546 – d. 1608
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
Abbas I of Persia
b. 1571 – d. 1629
Abbas I of Persia (d. 1629)
Hendrick Avercamp
b. 1585 – d. 1634
Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet
b. 1603 – d. 1685
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (d. 1685)
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Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)
b. 1603 – d. 1654
Humphrey Mackworth, English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654)
Thomas Willis
b. 1621 – d. 1675
Thomas Willis, English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)
Richard Bentley
b. 1662 – d. 1742
Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (b. 1662)
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
b. 1663 – d. 1733
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1733)
Johann Balthasar Neumann
b. 1687 – d. 1753
Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
b. 1701 – d. 1790
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
b. 1708 – d. 1728
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
Hester Thrale
b. 1741 – d. 1821
Hester Thrale, Welsh author (d. 1821)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. 1756 – d. 1791
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
b. 1775 – d. 1854
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)
Eli Whitney Blake
b. 1795 – d. 1886
Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805-1877)
b. 1805 – d. 1877
Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)
Samuel Palmer
b. 1805 – d. 1881
Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
b. 1806 – d. 1826
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)
David Strauss
b. 1808 – d. 1874
David Strauss, German theologian and author (d. 1874)
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
b. 1814 – d. 1879
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
John Chivington
b. 1821 – d. 1892
John Chivington, American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)
Édouard Lalo
b. 1823 – d. 1892
Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
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Urbain Johnson
b. 1824 – d. 1917
Urbain Johnson, Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
b. 1826 – d. 1889
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
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Richard Taylor (general)
b. 1826 – d. 1879
Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
Lewis Carroll
b. 1832 – d. 1898
Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (d. 1898)
Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832)
b. 1832 – d. 1908
Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
b. 1836 – d. 1895
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)
Arkhip Kuindzhi
b. 1842 – d. 1910
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
Tōgō Heihachirō
b. 1848 – d. 1934
Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
John Collier (Pre-Raphaelite painter)
b. 1850 – d. 1934
John Collier, English painter and author (d. 1934)
Samuel Gompers
b. 1850 – d. 1924
Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader (d. 1924)
Edward Smith (sea captain)
b. 1850
Neel Doff
b. 1858 – d. 1942
Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
b. 1859 – d. 1941
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
Will Marion Cook
b. 1869 – d. 1944
Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer (d. 1944)
Dorothy Scarborough
b. 1878 – d. 1935
Dorothy Scarborough, American author (d. 1935)
Jerome Kern
b. 1885 – d. 1945
Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)
Seison Maeda
b. 1885 – d. 1977
Seison Maeda, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
Radhabinod Pal
b. 1886 – d. 1967
Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
Balthasar van der Pol
b. 1889 – d. 1959
Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)
Ilya Ehrenburg
b. 1891 – d. 1967
Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (d. 1967)
Soong Ching-ling
b. 1893 – d. 1981
Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)
Joseph Rosenstock
b. 1895 – d. 1985
Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
Harry Ruby
b. 1895 – d. 1974
Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
Hyman G. Rickover
b. 1900 – d. 1986
Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)
Willy Fritsch
b. 1901 – d. 1973
Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1901)
Art Rooney
b. 1901 – d. 1988
Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
b. 1903 – d. 1997
John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
Otto P. Weyland
b. 1903 – d. 1979
Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)
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James J. Gibson
b. 1904 – d. 1979
James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)
Howard McNear
b. 1905 – d. 1969
Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
b. 1908 – d. 1993
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
Edvard Kardelj
b. 1910 – d. 1979
Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
Arne Næss
b. 1912 – d. 2009
Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)
Francis Rogallo
b. 1912 – d. 2009
Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing (d. 2009)
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Jules Archer
b. 1915 – d. 2008
Jules Archer, American historian and author (d. 2008)
Jacques Hnizdovsky
b. 1915 – d. 1985
Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)
Skitch Henderson
b. 1918 – d. 2005
Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
Elmore James
b. 1918 – d. 1963
Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
William Seawell
b. 1918 – d. 2005
William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
Tom Addington
b. 1919 – d. 2011
Tom Addington, English captain (d. 2011)
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
b. 1919 – d. 1972
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972)
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
b. 1920 – d. 1944
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
Helmut Zacharias
b. 1920 – d. 2002
Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
Donna Reed
b. 1921 – d. 1986
Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
Rauf Denktaş
b. 1924 – d. 2012
Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)
Brian Rix
b. 1924 – d. 2016
Brian Rix, English actor, producer, and politician (d. 2016)
Harvey Shapiro (poet)
b. 1924 – d. 2013
Harvey Shapiro, American poet (d. 2013)
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Fritz Spiegl
b. 1926 – d. 2003
Fritz Spiegl, Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)
Ingrid Thulin
b. 1926 – d. 2004
Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
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Michael Craig (actor)
b. 1928
Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter
Hans Modrow
b. 1928
Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany
Mohamed Al-Fayed
b. 1929
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman
Gastón Suárez
b. 1929 – d. 1984
Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
Bobby Bland
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
Mordecai Richler
b. 1931 – d. 2001
Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson
b. 1931
Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, English lieutenant and businessman
Boris Shakhlin
b. 1932 – d. 2008
Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
Jerry Buss
b. 1933 – d. 2013
Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
Édith Cresson
b. 1934
Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, 160th Prime Minister of France
George Follmer
b. 1934
George Follmer, American race car driver
Steve Demeter
b. 1935 – d. 2013
Steve Demeter, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
Troy Donahue
b. 1936 – d. 2001
Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
Samuel C. C. Ting
b. 1936
Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Fred Åkerström
b. 1937 – d. 1985
Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
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Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin
b. 1940
Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
James Cromwell
b. 1940
James Cromwell, American actor
Terry Harper
b. 1940
Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Petru Lucinschi
b. 1940
Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
Reynaldo Rey
b. 1940 – d. 2015
Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
Beatrice Tinsley
b. 1941 – d. 1981
Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
Maki Asakawa
b. 1942 – d. 2010
Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
Stewart Raffill
b. 1942
Stewart Raffill, American director and screenwriter
John Witherspoon (actor)
b. 1942
John Witherspoon, American actor
Kate Wolf
b. 1942 – d. 1986
Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege
b. 1943
Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, English businesswoman and politician
Peter Akinola
b. 1944
Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop
Mairead Maguire
b. 1944
Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Nick Mason
b. 1944
Nick Mason, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
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Harold Cardinal
b. 1945 – d. 2005
Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
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Christopher Hum
b. 1946
Christopher Hum, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China
Nedra Talley
b. 1946
Nedra Talley, American singer
Björn Afzelius
b. 1947 – d. 1999
Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
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Vyron Polydoras
b. 1947
Vyron Polydoras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order
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Cal Schenkel
b. 1947
Cal Schenkel, American painter and illustrator
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Philip Sugden (historian)
b. 1947 – d. 2014
Philip Sugden, English historian and author (d. 2014)
Perfecto Yasay Jr.
b. 1947
Perfecto Yasay Jr., Filipino lawyer and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Mikhail Baryshnikov
b. 1948
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor
Jean-Philippe Collard
b. 1948
Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
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Seth Justman
b. 1951
Seth Justman, American keyboard player and songwriter
Cees van der Knaap
b. 1951
Cees van der Knaap, Dutch soldier and politician
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Brian Gottfried
b. 1952
Brian Gottfried, American tennis player
Billy Johnson (American football)
b. 1952
Billy Johnson, American football player and coach
Tam O'Shaughnessy
b. 1952
Tam O'Shaughnessy, American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
G. E. Smith
b. 1952
G. E. Smith, American guitarist and songwriter
Peter Laird
b. 1954
Peter Laird, American author and illustrator
Ed Schultz
b. 1954
Ed Schultz, American talk show host and sportscaster
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Brian Engblom
b. 1955
Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
John Roberts
b. 1955
John Roberts, American lawyer and judge, 17th Chief Justice of the United States
Mimi Rogers
b. 1956
Mimi Rogers, American actress
Janick Gers
b. 1957
Janick Gers, English guitarist and songwriter
Frank Miller (comics)
b. 1957
Frank Miller, American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter
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James Grippando
b. 1958
James Grippando, American lawyer and author
Alan Milburn
b. 1958
Alan Milburn, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Cris Collinsworth
b. 1959
Cris Collinsworth, American football player and sportscaster
Göran Hägglund
b. 1959
Göran Hägglund, Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
Keith Olbermann
b. 1959
Keith Olbermann, American journalist and author
Fiona O'Donnell
b. 1960
Fiona O'Donnell, Canadian-Scottish politician
Narciso Rodriguez
b. 1961
Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
Margo Timmins
b. 1961
Margo Timmins, Canadian singer-songwriter
Roberto Paci Dalò
b. 1962
Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
George Monbiot
b. 1963
George Monbiot, English-Welsh author and activist
Patrick van Deurzen
b. 1964
Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer and academic
Bridget Fonda
b. 1964
Bridget Fonda, American actress
Alan Cumming
b. 1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor
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Mike Newell (footballer)
b. 1965
Mike Newell, English footballer and manager
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Ignacio Noé
b. 1965
Ignacio Noé, Argentinian author and illustrator
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Attila Sekerlioglu
b. 1965
Attila Sekerlioglu, Austrian footballer and manager
Tamlyn Tomita
b. 1966
Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer
Dave Manson
b. 1967
Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Tracy Lawrence
b. 1968
Tracy Lawrence, American country singer
Mike Patton
b. 1968
Mike Patton, American singer, composer, and voice artist
Matt Stover
b. 1968
Matt Stover, American football player
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Michael Kulas
b. 1969
Michael Kulas, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
Patton Oswalt
b. 1969
Patton Oswalt, American comedian and actor
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Shane Thomson
b. 1969
Shane Thomson, New Zealand cricketer
Bradley Clyde
b. 1970
Bradley Clyde, Australian rugby league player
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Dean Headley
b. 1970
Dean Headley, English cricketer and coach
Patrice Brisebois
b. 1971
Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Valyantsin Byalkevich
b. 1973 – d. 2014
Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
b. 1974
Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian skier and biathlete
Andrei Pavel
b. 1974
Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player and coach
Chaminda Vaas
b. 1974
Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Ahn Jung-hwan
b. 1976
Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer
Clint Ford
b. 1976
Clint Ford, American actor, voice actor and novelist
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Fred Taylor (American football)
b. 1976
Fred Taylor, American football player
Michael K. Winder
b. 1976
Michael K. Winder, American businessman and politician
Pete Laforest
b. 1978
Pete Laforest, Canadian-American baseball player and manager
Rosamund Pike
b. 1979
Rosamund Pike, English actress
Daniel Vettori
b. 1979
Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach
Chanda Gunn
b. 1980
Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player and coach
Marat Safin
b. 1980
Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician
Alicia Molik
b. 1981
Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
Tony Woodcock (rugby player)
b. 1981
Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
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Deon Anderson
b. 1983
Deon Anderson, American football player
Carlo Colaiacovo
b. 1983
Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
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Paulo Colaiacovo
b. 1983
Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
Gavin Floyd
b. 1983
Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
Dene Halatau
b. 1983
Dene Halatau, New Zealand rugby league player
Katy Rose
b. 1987
Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer
Anton Shunin
b. 1987
Anton Shunin, Russian footballer
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Kerlon
b. 1988
Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
Alberto Botía
b. 1989
Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer
Christian Bickel
b. 1991
Christian Bickel, German footballer
Sebastine Ikahihifo
b. 1991
Sebastine Ikahihifo, New Zealand rugby league player
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Stefano Pettinari
b. 1992
Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer
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Joe Landolina
b. 1993
Joe Landolina, American engineer and businessman, founded Vetigel
Jack Stephens (footballer)
b. 1994
Jack Stephens, English footballer