History Births on July 27

Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Juliana_Hatfield

Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508)

#Lucrezia_Crivelli

Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

#Donnie_Yen

Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)

#Leo_Durocher

Hugh Green, American football player

#Hugh_Green_(American_football)

Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Édith_Butler

Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater

#Stephen_Li-Chung_Kuo

Christopher Dean, English figure skater and choreographer

#Christopher_Dean

Steve Tilson, English footballer and manager

#Steve_Tilson

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut

#Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor

Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer

#Bill_Engvall

Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer and coach

#Jonty_Rhodes

Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese martial artist (d. 1994)

#Mas_Oyama

Julian McMahon, Australian actor and producer

#Julian_McMahon

Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1748)

#Johann_Bernoulli

Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (d. 1839)

#Joseph_Anton_Koch

Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (d. 2018)

#Marielle_Franco

Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (d. 2016)

#Lupita_Tovar

Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification

#Chung_Dong-young

Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education

#Shirley_Williams

John Howell, English journalist and politician

#John_Howell_(politician)

Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007)

#Jean_Baudrillard

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress and producer

#Maria_Grazia_Cucinotta

Rena Matsui, Japanese actress and singer

#Rena_Matsui

Antoine Bethea, American football player

#Antoine_Bethea

Julien Gracq, French author and critic (d. 2007)

#Julien_Gracq

Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player

#Alex_Rodriguez

Cassandra Clare, American journalist and author

#Cassandra_Clare

Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Pete_Yorn

Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer

#Eason_Chan

Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence

#Yiannos_Papantoniou

Philippe Alliot, French race car driver and sportscaster

#Philippe_Alliot

Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (d. 2000)

#Jerzy_Giedroyc

Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (d. 1972)

#Vera_Karalli

Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician (Homer and Jethro) (d. 1971)

#Henry_D._"Homer"_Haynes

Tom Goodwin, American baseball player and coach

#Tom_Goodwin

Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer

#Shannon_Moore

Matthew Johns, Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host

#Matthew_Johns

Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia

#Khieu_Samphan

Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)

#Mario_Del_Monaco

Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist and journalist

#Jean-Marie_Leblanc

Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (d. 1897)

#Thomas_Lanier_Clingman

Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player

#Ryan_Flaherty

Mark Stanway, English keyboard player Magnum

#Mark_Stanway

Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)

#Denis_Davydov

Bob Diamond, American-English banker and businessman

#Bob_Diamond_(banker)

Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer

#Lorik_Cana

Jordan Hill, American basketball player

#Jordan_Hill_(basketball)

Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist

#Martijn_Maaskant

Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)

#Hans_Fischer

Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508)

#Ludovico_Sforza

Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916)

#Enrique_Granados

Neil Harbisson, English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist

#Neil_Harbisson

Hillar Kärner, Estonian chess player

#Hillar_Kärner

Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer

#Goran_Pandev

Yoervis Medina, Venezuelan baseball player

#Yoervis_Medina

Rex Brown, American bass player and songwriter

#Rex_Brown

Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster

#Jo_Durie

Paolo Hurtado, Peruvian footballer

#Paolo_Hurtado

Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)

#Keenan_Wynn

Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 1995)

#Ted_Whitten

Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

#Giosuè_Carducci

Husain Abdullah, American football player

#Husain_Abdullah

Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)

#Don_Galloway

John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (d. 2014)

#John_Seigenthaler

Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator

#Robert_Rankin

Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (d. 1853)

#Henry_Trevor,_21st_Baron_Dacre

Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (d. 1966)

#Mientje_Kling

Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)

#Gary_Gygax

DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player

#DeMarre_Carroll

Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player

#Shea_Hillenbrand

Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician

#Emily_Thornberry

Nick Reynolds, American singer and bongo player (d. 2008)

#Nick_Reynolds

Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer

#Norman_Lear

Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Fred_Mascherino

Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Cheyenne_Kimball

Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1976)

#Armas_Taipale

Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)

#Takahashi_Korekiyo

Jordan Spieth, American golfer

#Jordan_Spieth

Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet and academic

#Michael_Longley

Betty Thomas, American actress, director, and producer

#Betty_Thomas

Percy Hornibrook, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)

#Percy_Hornibrook

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (d. 1949)

#Yaroslav_Halan

Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress

#Maureen_McGovern

Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (d. 1986)

#Lyudmila_Rudenko

Adam Biddle, Australian footballer

#Adam_Biddle_(soccer)

Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)

#Charlotte_Corday

Barbara Thomson, English saxophonist and composer

#Barbara_Thompson_(musician)

Soccor Velho, Indian footballer (d. 2013)

#Soccor_Velho

Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)

#Murad_IV

Kenny Wormald, American actor, dancer, and choreographer

#Kenny_Wormald

Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer

#Ryan_Griffen

Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (d. 1984)

#Leonard_Rose

Sidney Govou, French footballer

#Sidney_Govou

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer

#Nikolaj_Coster-Waldau

Elizabeth Plankinton, American philanthropist (d. 1923)

#Elizabeth_Plankinton

Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (d. 2018)

#Jerry_Van_Dyke

Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster

#Peggy_Fleming

Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921)

#Vladimir_Korolenko

Sabina Jeschke, Swedish-German engineer and academic

#Sabina_Jeschke

Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist (d.1916)

#Friedrich_Ernst_Dorn

Max Scherzer, American baseball player

#Max_Scherzer

Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player

#Henny_Vrienten

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (d. 1672)

#Edward_Montagu,_1st_Earl_of_Sandwich

Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player

#Rolf_Thung

Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bobbie_Gentry

Dennis Ralston, American tennis player

#Dennis_Ralston

Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Australian rugby league player

#Reagan_Campbell-Gillard

Jacoby Ford, American football player

#Jacoby_Ford

Maya Rudolph, American actress

#Maya_Rudolph

Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot

#Joseph_Kittinger

George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000)

#George_L._Street_III

Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)

#Thomas_Campbell_(poet)

Ugo Agostoni, Italian cyclist (d. 1941)

#Ugo_Agostoni

Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (d. 1571)

#Francesco_Corteccia

Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler and manager

#Diarmuid_O'Sullivan

Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965)

#Geoffrey_de_Havilland

George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (d. 1938)

#George_Lyon_(golfer)

Robert George, Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)

#Robert_George_(RAF_officer)

Triple H, American wrestler and actor

#Triple_H

Carol Leifer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer

#Carol_Leifer

Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player

#Tsuyoshi_Nishioka

Johannes Fritsch, German viola player and composer (d. 2010)

#Johannes_Fritsch

Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (d. 1953)

#Hilaire_Belloc

José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer

#José_Luis_Chilavert

Hans Mathisen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

#Hans_Mathisen

Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (d. 2015)

#Guy_Carawan

Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (d. 1902)

#Agostino_Roscelli

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor

#Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers

Taylor Schilling, American actress

#Taylor_Schilling

Allan Davis, Australian cyclist

#Allan_Davis_(cyclist)

Adolfo Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)

#Adolfo_Celi

Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (d. 1937)

#Ross_Alexander

José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (d. 1921)

#José_Celso_Barbosa

Stanislav Bini?ki, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (d. 1942)

#Stanislav_Bini?ki

Demis Hassabis, English computer scientist and academic

#Demis_Hassabis

Ernst May, German architect and urban planner (d. 1970)

#Ernst_May

Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Gorden_Tallis

Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

#Jeremiah_Dixon

Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician (d. 1844)

#Jacob_Aall

Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)

#Loránd_Eötvös

Allan Border, Australian cricketer and coach

#Allan_Border

Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter

#Rahul_Bose

Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations

#Jeremy_Greenstock

Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)

#Pina_Bausch

Cat Bauer, American journalist, author, and playwright

#Cat_Bauer

Samuel Smith, American general and politician (d. 1839)

#Samuel_Smith_(Maryland)

Kriti Sanon, Indian actress

#Kriti_Sanon

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)

#François-Hippolyte_Barthélémon

Serkan Çeliköz, Turkish keyboard player and songwriter

#Serkan_Çeliköz

Ryan Tannehill, American football player

#Ryan_Tannehill

Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer

#Marek_Hamšík

Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828)

#Mauro_Giuliani

Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

#Roseanna_Cunningham

Thomas George Bonney, English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (d. 1923)

#Thomas_George_Bonney

Shin Ki-joon, South Korean actor

Max Power, English footballer

Nick Hogan, American race car driver and actor

Maya Ali, Pakistani actress

Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player

Ajmal Shahzad, English cricketer

Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player

Christopher Weselek, German rugby player

Dash Snow, American painter and photographer (d. 2009)

Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer

Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player

Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player

Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer

Björn Dreyer, German footballer

Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator

Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)

Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer

Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper

David Davies, English-Welsh politician

Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver

Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player

Neil Smith, English cricketer

Karl Mueller, American bass player (d. 2005)

Neil Brooks, Australian swimmer

Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2018)

Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)

Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer

Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer

Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist and author

G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician

Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Roxanne Hart, American actress

Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (d. 2014)

Simon Jones, English actor

Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player

André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (d. 2010)

James Munby, English lawyer and judge

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)

Peter Reading, English poet and author (d. 2011)

John Pleshette, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Christian Boesch, Austrian opera singer

Paulo Silvino, Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (d. 2017)

William Eggleston, American photographer and academic

Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990)

Anna Dawson, English actress and singer

J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (d. 2008)

Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer

Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress

Forest Able, American basketball player

Joy Whitby, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Marc Wilkinson, French-Australian composer and conductor

Jack Higgins, English author and academic

Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

C. Rajadurai, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa

Will Jordan, American comedian and actor

Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter (d. 2007)

Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)

Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000)

Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)

Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (d. 2013)

Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)

Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007)

Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (d. 1961)

August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969)

Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)

Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (d. 1981)

Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1996)

Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009)

Carl McClellan Hill, African American educator and academic administrator (d. 1995)

Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999)

M?rti?š Z?verts, Latvian playwright (d. 1990)

Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (d. 2002)

Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)

Henri Longchambon, French lawyer and politician (d. 1969)

Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (d. 1968)

Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (d. 1976)

Ern? Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)

Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (d.1927)

António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)

Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (d.1934)

Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (d. 1895)

Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)

Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (d. 1639)