April 27 - Births

Births

• 1623 – Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d. 1722)
• 1650 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
• 1701 – King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
• 1718 – Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
• 1724 – Col. Thomas Gardner, American politician and soldier (d. 1775)
• 1737 – Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
• 1748 – Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
• 1755 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
• 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher and early feminist, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (d. 1797)
• 1791 – Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
• 1806 – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
• 1812 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
• 1812 – William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
• 1820 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d. 1903)
• 1822 – Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
• 1840 – Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (d. 1911)
• 1848 – King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
• 1850 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
• 1853 – Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
• 1862 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Istanbul born American actor (d. 1930)
• 1878 – Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)
• 1888 – Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
• 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
• 1893 – Dragoljub Mihailović, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (d. 1946)
• 1893 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)
• 1894 – George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995)
• 1896 – Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Horace Stoneham, American Major League Baseball team owner (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Nikos Zachariadis, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (d. 1972)
• 1906 – Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Zohra Segal, Indian stage and film actress
• 1913 – Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Luz Long, German athlete (d. 1943)
• 1916 – Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
• 1920 – Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
• 1920 – Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
• 1921 – John Stott, British theologian and clergyman
• 1922 – Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor
• 1922 – Jack Klugman, American actor
• 1927 – Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Joe Moakley, American politician (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist
• 1932 – Anouk Aimée, French actress
• 1932 – Pik Botha, South African politician
• 1932 – Casey Kasem, American disc jockey
• 1932 – Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
• 1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer
• 1936 – Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
• 1937 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1937 – Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman
• 1938 – Earl Anthony, American bowler (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Alain Caron, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1939 – Judy Carne, British actress and comedian
• 1939 – Jerry Mercer, drummer for Canadian rock band April Wine from 1973-2008.
• 1939 – Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal
• 1941 – Jennings Michael Burch, American author
• 1941 – Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
• 1941 – Pat Choate, American economist
• 1942 – Jim Keltner, American drummer
• 1943 – Helmut Marko, Austrian racing driver
• 1944 – Michael Fish, British former weather forecaster
• 1944 – Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
• 1945 – August Wilson, American playwright (d. 2005)
• 1945 – Helen Hodgman, Australian novelist
• 1947 – Ann Peebles, American singer
• 1947 – George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
• 1947 – Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
• 1947 – Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant.
• 1948 – Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52's)
• 1948 – Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician
• 1949 – Grant Chapman, Australian politician
• 1951 – Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss)
• 1952 – George Gervin, American basketball player
• 1952 – Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
• 1952 – Larry Elder, American political commentator
• 1953 – Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
• 1954 – Herman Edwards, Pro Football Analyst and Former NFL Player and Head Coach
• 1956 – Douglas P., English musician (Death in June, Crisis)
• 1956 – Bryan Harvey, American musician (d. 2006)
• 1957 – Eric Bristow, English darts player
• 1957 – Rosanna Scotto, American news anchor
• 1957 – Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
• 1959 – Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
• 1959 – Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
• 1959 – Neil Pearson, British actor
• 1960 – Mike Krushelnyski, Montreal ice hockey player
• 1962 – Ángel Comizzo, Argentine footballer
• 1962 – James LeGros, American actor
• 1962 – Im Sang-soo, an award winning South Korean film director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
• 1963 – Russell T Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
• 1964 – Michael Mahonen, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter
• 1964 – Lisa Wilcox, American actress
• 1966 – Matt Reeves, American film writer, director and producer
• 1967 – Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, Dutch heir apparent
• 1967 – Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer
• 1967 – Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
• 1967 – Erik Thomson, Australian actor
• 1967 – Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
• 1968 – Dana Milbank, American political reporter and columnist
• 1969 – Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
• 1969 – Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
• 1969 – Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
• 1969 – Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
• 1970 – Kylie Travis, English actress and model
• 1971 – Tess Daly, British television presenter
• 1972 – Mehmet Kurtuluş, German-Turkish actor
• 1972 – David Lascher, American actor
• 1972 – Nigel Barker, English fashion photographer
• 1972 – Maura West, American actress
• 1973 – Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 1973 – Andre Gower, American actor
• 1973 – Sébastien Lareau, French Canadian professional tennis player
• 1974 – Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1974 – Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
• 1974 – Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
• 1975 – Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player
• 1975 – Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1975 – Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 – Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
• 1976 – Sally Hawkins, English film actress
• 1976 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 – Olaf Tufte, Norwegian rower
• 1976 – Faisal Saif, Indian Director, Writer
• 1977 – Khalid Zoubaa, French runner
• 1978 – Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress
• 1979 – Will Boyd, American musician
• 1979 – Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
• 1980 – Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 – Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
• 1980 – Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
• 1980 – Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
• 1981 – Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
• 1981 – Joey Gathright, American baseball player
• 1981 – Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – Katrina Johnson, American actress
• 1982 – Alexander Widiker, German rugby player
• 1983 – Ari Graynor, American actress
• 1984 – Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
• 1984 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player
• 1984 – Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player
• 1986 – Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer
• 1986 – Dinara Safina, Russian Tennis player
• 1987 – William Moseley, British actor
• 1987 – Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
• 1987 – Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
• 1988 – Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Emily Rios, American actress
• 1992 – Allison Iraheta, American singer