History Births on April 27

Joey Gathright, American baseball player

#Joey_Gathright

Nigel Barker, English photographer and author

#Nigel_Barker_(photographer)

Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)

#Ulysses_S._Grant

Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, music historian, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (d. 2014)

#Casey_Kasem

Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player

#Sybille_Bammer

Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)

#Adamantios_Korais

Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player

#Frank_Catalanotto

Lizzo (Melissa Jefferson), US singer/rapper

#Lizzo

Olari Elts, Estonian conductor

#Olari_Elts

G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician

#G._K._Butterfield

Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor

#Erik_Thomson

Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist

#Dilip_Kumar_Chakrabarti

Chris Carpenter, American baseball player and manager

#Chris_Carpenter

Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)

#Florence_La_Badie

Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)

#Nicolas_Slonimsky

Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)

#Keith_Magnuson

Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager

#Helmut_Marko

Warren Wood, American golfer (d. 1926)

#Warren_Wood

Corey Seager, American baseball player

#Corey_Seager

Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)

#Guido_Cantelli

Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)

#Chris_Berger

Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater

#Elliott_Shriane

Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (d. 1937)

#Wallace_Carothers

Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

#Robert_Dhéry

William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)

#William_Hudson_(engineer)

Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player

#Daniel_Holdsworth_(rugby_league)

Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter

#Sharlee_D'Angelo

Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator

#Igor_Oistrakh

Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host

#Larry_Elder

Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager

#Josef_Hickersberger

Otto of Bavaria (d. 1916)

#Otto_of_Bavaria

John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)

#John_Kuck

Lars Bender, German footballer

#Lars_Bender

Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper

#Kazuyoshi_Funaki

Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (d. 1631)

#Mumtaz_Mahal

Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian

#Fethullah_Gülen

Draža Mihailovi?, Serbian general (d. 1946)

#Draža_Mihailovi?

Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player

#Semyon_Varlamov

Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (d. 2018)

#Pik_Botha

Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

#Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands

Dmytro Kozban, Ukrainian footballer

#Dmytro_Kozban

Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503)

#Frederick_Jagiellon

Stanis?aw Dziwisz, Polish cardinal

#Stanis?aw_Dziwisz

Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (d. 2006)

#Coretta_Scott_King

Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner

#Meselech_Melkamu

Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (d. 1797)

#Mary_Wollstonecraft

Trude Raad, Norwegian deaf track and field athlete

#Trude_Raad

Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager

#Martin_Chivers

Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (d. 1960)

#Frederick_Fane

Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician

#Andrew_Selous

Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model

#Arielle_Dombasle

Darcey Bussell, English ballerina

#Darcey_Bussell

Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (d. 2001)

#Earl_Anthony

Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia

#Andrew_Schlafly

Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer

#Sheena_Easton

Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)

#Charles_Emmanuel_III_of_Sardinia

Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist

#Isobel_Campbell

Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (d. 2015)

#Judy_Carne

Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)

#Bruno_Beger

George Gervin, American basketball player

#George_Gervin

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1632)

#Henry_Percy,_9th_Earl_of_Northumberland

Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)

#Chiang_Ching-kuo

Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)

#Zohra_Sehgal

Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

#Bryan_Harvey_(musician)

Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1994)

#Walter_Lantz

Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)

#Vernon_B._Romney

Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)

#Friedrich_von_Flotow

Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)

#Enos_Slaughter

Keenan Allen, American football player

#Keenan_Allen

Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player

#Nick_Kyrgios

Ari Graynor, American actress and producer

#Ari_Graynor

Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (d. 1911)

#Edward_Whymper

George Petty, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)

#George_Petty

Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1903)

#Herbert_Spencer

Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer

#Walter_Pandiani

Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician

#Ari_Vatanen

Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman

#Eric_Schmidt

Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter

#Im_Sang-soo

Ruth Glick, American author

#Ruth_Glick

Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Kate_Pierson

Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter

#Ann_Peebles

Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)

#Rogers_Hornsby

Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (d. 1921)

#Hans_Hartwig_von_Beseler

Dana Milbank, American journalist and author

#Dana_Milbank

Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)

#Theodor_Kittelsen

Sally Hawkins, English actress

#Sally_Hawkins

Patrick Stump, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Patrick_Stump

Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician

#Cory_Booker

Jenna Coleman, English actress

#Jenna_Coleman

Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)

#Sergei_Prokofiev

Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (d. 2012)

#Irving_Adler

Isaac Cuenca, Spanish footballer

#Isaac_Cuenca

Franz Roth, German footballer

#Franz_Roth

Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (d. 2016)

#Nina_Ponomaryova

Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (d. 1872)

#Samuel_Morse

Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (d. 2017)

#Cuba_Gooding_Sr.

Jack Klugman, American actor (d. 2012)

#Jack_Klugman

Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop

#Robin_Eames

Sven Bender, German footballer

#Sven_Bender

Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer

#Russell_T_Davies

Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (d. 1863)

#Charles_Robert_Cockerell

Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (d. 1943)

#Luz_Long

Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2001)

#Joe_Moakley

Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player

#Pierre-Marc_Bouchard

Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (d. 1914)

#Jules_Lemaître

Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Herb_Pedersen

Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)

#Edwin_Morgan_(poet)

Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator

#Tommy_Smith_(saxophonist)

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (d. 2011)

#Betty_Mae_Tiger_Jumper

Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host

#Terry_Willesee

Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973)

#Nikos_Zachariadis

Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player

#Pedro_Feliz

Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter

#Ace_Frehley

Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (d. 1988)

#Sheila_Scott

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670-1699) (d. 1714)

#Charlotte_Amalie_of_Hesse-Kassel

Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player

#Natasha_Chokljat

Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator

#Yoshihiro_Togashi

Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1939)

#Allen_Sothoron

Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player

#Taylor_Chorney

Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji

#Frank_Bainimarama

Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress (Miss A)

#Fei_(singer)

William Moseley, English actor

#William_Moseley_(actor)

Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player

#Dinara_Safina

Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian wrestler

#Vladimir_Kozlov

Anouk Aimée, French actress

#Anouk_Aimée

Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)

#Gian-Carlo_Rota

Venkat Krishna Donthineni, Software Engineer, India

Lara Gut, Swiss skier

Eric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer

Tim Glasby, Australian rugby league player

Kris Thackray, English footballer

Joeri Dequevy, Belgian footballer

José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer

Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player

Alexander Widiker, German rugby player

François Parisien, Canadian cyclist

Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer

Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer

Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist

Will Boyd, American bass player

Faisal Saif, Indian director, screenwriter, and critic

Rabih Abdullah, American football player

Richard Johnson, Australian footballer

Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player

Duško Adamovi?, Serbian footballer

Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach

Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist

Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer

Anna Chancellor, English actress

Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach

Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager

Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager

Jeff Probyn, English rugby player, coach, and manager

Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (d. 2011)

Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer

Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

Paul Lockyer, Australian journalist (d. 2011)

Grant Chapman, Australian businessman and politician

Frank Abagnale Jr., CEO of Abagnale & Associates and criminal

Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)

Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales

August Wilson, American author and playwright (d. 2005)

Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author

Jack Deverell, English general

Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist

Jim Keltner, American drummer

Lee Roy Jordan, American football player

Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (d. 2015)

Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)

Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (d. 2016)

Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach

Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (d. 2017)

Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (d. 2015)

Chuck Knox, American football coach (d. 2018)

Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014)

Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014)

Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016)

Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (d. 2015)

James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2010)

Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (d. 1997)

Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)

Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001)

Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)

Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (d. 2004)

Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001)

Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (d. 1972)

Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)

August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)

Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)

Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (d. 1961)

Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)

Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (d. 1916)

William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (d. 1948)

William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)

Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1836)

Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (d. 1790)

Charles Blount (deist), English deist and philosopher (d. 1693)

François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (d. 1626)

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (d. 43 BC)