July 27 - Births

Births

• 1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
• 1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
• 1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
• 1740 – Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
• 1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
• 1768 – Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
• 1773 – Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
• 1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
• 1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
• 1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
• 1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
• 1812 – Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
• 1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
• 1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
• 1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
• 1848 – Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)
• 1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
• 1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
• 1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6^th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
• 1870 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
• 1877 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
• 1886 – Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinary scientist (d. 1968)
• 1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
• 1913 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Mario del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
• 1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
• 1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
• 1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
• 1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Jack Higgins, British novelist
• 1929 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Shirley Williams, British politician
• 1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
• 1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
• 1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
• 1935 – Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
• 1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
• 1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
• 1938 – Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (Dungeons & Dragons) (d. 2008)
• 1939 – Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
• 1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian baritone
• 1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
• 1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
• 1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
• 1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
• 1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
• 1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
• 1949 – Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (d. 2010)
• 1949 – André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
• 1949 – Robert Rankin, English novelist
• 1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
• 1952 – Roxanne Hart, American actress
• 1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
• 1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
• 1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
• 1954 – Philippe Alliot, French race car driver
• 1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
• 1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
• 1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
• 1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian
• 1957 – Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
• 1957 – Allan Simmons, British Scrabble player
• 1958 – Christopher Dean, English figure skater
• 1959 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1959 – Hugh Green, American football player
• 1959 – Yiannos Papantoniou, Greek politician
• 1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
• 1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz vocalist
• 1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
• 1964 – Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
• 1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
• 1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Blake Babies, Some Girls)
• 1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
• 1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Neil Smith, English cricketer
• 1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
• 1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
• 1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
• 1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
• 1968 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
• 1969 – Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
• 1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
• 1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
• 1970 – Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
• 1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
• 1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
• 1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
• 1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut, the first Malaysian in space
• 1973 – Abe Cunningham, American drummer (Deftones)
• 1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1973 – Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
• 1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
• 1974 – Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
• 1975 – Fred Mascherino, American guitarist (Taking Back Sunday)
• 1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
• 1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
• 1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
• 1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish Hurler
• 1979 – Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
• 1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
• 1979 – Sidney Govou, French footballer
• 1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
• 1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
• 1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
• 1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
• 1981 – Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
• 1982 – Neil Harbisson, British-born Spanish artist
• 1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
• 1983 – Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist
• 1984 – Iekeliene Stange, Dutch high fashion model
• 1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
• 1985 – Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
• 1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
• 1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
• 1987 – Jordan Hill, American basketball player
• 1987 – Jacoby Ford, American football player
• 1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
• 1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gloriana)
• 1990 – Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
• 1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
• 1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor