History Births on May 27

Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Riivo_Sinijärv

Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (d. 1604)

#Louis_IV,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Marburg

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter

#Giuseppe_Tornatore

Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer

#Ramsey_Lewis

Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Derek_Webb

Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (d. 1876)

#Wild_Bill_Hickok

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer

#Gonzalo_Rubalcaba

Piers Courage, English racing driver (d. 1970)

#Piers_Courage

Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (d. 1931)

#Arnold_Bennett

Antonio Freeman, American football player

#Antonio_Freeman

Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)

Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)

#Arthur_Mold

John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

#John_Cockcroft

Harry Hibbs, English footballer (d. 1984)

#Harry_Hibbs_(footballer)

Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player

#Ksenia_Pervak

Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007)

#Teddy_Kollek

Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)

#Dashiell_Hammett

Paul Bettany, English actor

#Paul_Bettany

John Barth, American novelist and short story writer

#John_Barth

Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955

#Lee_Meriwether

Joseph Fiennes, English actor

#Joseph_Fiennes

Herman Wouk, American novelist (d. 2019)

#Herman_Wouk

Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer, former member of Siouxsie and the Banshees

#Siouxsie_Sioux

Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (d. 1594)

#Girolamo_Mei

Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour

#Dag_Terje_Andersen

John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982)

#John_Cheever

Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (d. 1917)

#Zenas_Ferry_Moody

Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician

#Pauline_Hanson

Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer

#Lasse_Schöne

Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

#Roger_Freeman,_Baron_Freeman

Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (d. 1892)

#Jay_Gould

Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player

#Ray_Daviault

Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach

#Tana_Umaga

Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer

#Mile_Sterjovski

Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)

#Louis_Durey

Aleksa Šanti?, Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)

#Aleksa_Šanti?

Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (d. 1962)

#Hans_Lammers

Jamie Oliver, English chef and author

#Jamie_Oliver

Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)

#Louis_Antoine_de_Noailles

Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)

#Vincent_Price

Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner

#Yenew_Alamirew

Lee Baca, American police officer

#Lee_Baca

Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (d. 1640)

#Michael_Altenburg

Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic

#Anthony_A._Hyman

Danny Wuerffel, American football player

#Danny_Wuerffel

Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior (d. 2012)

#Jesse_Robredo

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)

#Ferdynand_Antoni_Ossendowski

Blake Ahearn, American basketball player

#Blake_Ahearn

Bruce Weitz, American actor

#Bruce_Weitz

Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (d. 1649)

#Caspar_Schoppe

Christopher Lee, English actor (d. 2015)

#Christopher_Lee

Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (d. 1406)

#Ibn_Khaldun

Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1648)

#Antoine_Daniel

Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician (Split Enz, Crowded House)

#Neil_Finn

Tyler Sash, American football player (d. 2015)

#Tyler_Sash

Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach

#Wayne_Carey

Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)

#Claude_Champagne

Emperor Dezong of Tang (d. 805)

#Emperor_Dezong_of_Tang

Chris Colfer, American actor and singer

#Chris_Colfer

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)

#Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_Bavaria

Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)

#Jaime_Lusinchi

Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player

#Bora_Paçun

Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)

#Faten_Hamama

Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher

#Garrett_Richards

José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach

#José_Luíz_Barbosa

Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Dee_Dee_Bridgewater

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bruce_Cockburn

Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter

#Aaron_Brown_(sprinter)

Tim Farron, English educator and politician

#Tim_Farron

Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer

#Roberto_Soldado

Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer

#Eric_Bischoff

Philip Kotler, American author and professor

#Philip_Kotler

Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)

#Dolores_Hope

Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)

#Buddhadasa

Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (d. 2015)

#Otto_Carius

Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)

#Georges_Rouault

Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician

#Hugh_Lowther,_8th_Earl_of_Lonsdale

Cilla Black, English singer and actress (d. 2015)

#Cilla_Black

Cynthia McFadden, American journalist

#Cynthia_McFadden

Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer

#Johan_Elmander

Pete Sears, English bass player

#Pete_Sears

Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Adam_Carolla

Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer

#Craig_Federighi

William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

#William_S._Sessions

Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group

#Rosemary_Squire

Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver

#Marcel_Fässler_(racing_driver)

Gervinho, Ivorian footballer

#Gervinho

Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)

#Jerry_Kindall

Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

#Feryal_Özel

Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer

#Mahela_Jayawardene

Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (d. 1857)

#Francis_Beaufort

Bernard Fresson, French actor (d. 2002)

#Bernard_Fresson

Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (d. 1972)

#Anna_Cervin

Bella Heathcote, Australian actress

#Bella_Heathcote

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)

#Manuel_Teixeira_Gomes

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan

#Yasuhiro_Nakasone

Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2018)

#Harlan_Ellison

Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater

#Craig_Buntin

Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author

#Heston_Blumenthal

Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician

#Chris_Dodd

Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach

#Jeff_Bagwell

Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964)

#Rachel_Carson

Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London

#Nick_Anstee

Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter

#Skye_Edwards

Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist

#Michele_Bartoli

David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

#David_Mundell

André 3000, American rapper

#André_3000

Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer

#Michael_Hussey

Theodor Curtius, German chemist (d. 1928)

#Theodor_Curtius

Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster

#Pat_Cash

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1693)

#Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier

John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar

#John_Chapple_(British_Army_officer)

Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1796)

#Nathaniel_Gorham

Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer

#Richard_Schiff

Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1896)

#Henry_Parkes

Maria Walliser, Swiss skier

#Maria_Walliser

William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)

#William_II,_Prince_of_Orange

Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)

#Samuel_F._Miller_(U.S._politician)

André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (d. 1986)

#André_Barbeau

Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate

#Henry_Kissinger

Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek film video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter

#Yorgos_Lanthimos

Robin Widdows, English racing driver

#Robin_Widdows

Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

#Ravi_Shastri

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)

#Cornelius_Vanderbilt

U?adzimir Žy?ka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933)

#U?adzimir_Žy?ka

Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)

#Terry_Moore_(baseball)

Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host

#Denise_van_Outen

Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978)

#Hubert_Humphrey

Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (d. 1448)

#Zhu_Quan

Vontae Davis, American football player

#Vontae_Davis

Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (d. 1910)

#Julia_Ward_Howe

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (d. 1961)

#Louis-Ferdinand_Céline

Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party

#Sophie_Walker

Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler

#Irina_Davydova

Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Alain_Souchon

John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)

#John_Rudolph_Niernsee

Peter DeFazio, American politician

#Peter_DeFazio

Billy Barnes, English cricketer (d. 1899)

#Billy_Barnes_(cricketer)

Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer

#Conor_Cummins

Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Don_Williams

Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player

#Matt_Prior_(rugby_league)

Frank Woolley, English cricketer (d. 1978)

#Frank_Woolley

Eddie McClintock, American actor

#Eddie_McClintock

Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player

#Bamba_Fall

Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport

#Nitin_Gadkari

Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver

#Jeremy_Mayfield

Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (d. 1999)

#Allan_Carr

Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

#Ingrid_Roscoe

Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968)

#Max_Brod

Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian

#Jack_McBrayer

Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina

#Alina_Cojocaru

Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (d. 1894)

#Amelia_Bloomer

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2014)

#Marcel_Masse

Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)

#Dink_Templeton

John Conteh, English boxer

#John_Conteh

Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)

#Sam_Snead

Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher

#Miguel_González_(pitcher)

Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player

#Tim_Lafai

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)

#Niels-Henning_Ørsted_Pedersen

Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist

#Sumner_Redstone

Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach

#Branko_Oblak

Ch?hei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)

#Ch?hei_Nambu

Anthony Donovan, Canadian singer

Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer

Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player

Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer

Martina Sablikova, Czech speed skater and cyclist

Eric Kolelas, French-English actor and director

Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player

Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)

Adin Brown, American soccer player

Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper

Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player

Todd Demsey, American golfer

Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster

Grant Stafford, South African tennis player

Lee Sharpe, English footballer

Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (d. 2002)

Kaur Kender, Estonian author

Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician

Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician

Todd Hundley, American baseball player

Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach

Rebekah Brooks, English journalist

Paul Gascoigne, English footballer, coach, and manager

Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Ray Borner, Australian basketball player

Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer

Peri Gilpin, American actress

Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (d. 2016)

Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor

Jackie Slater, American football player and coach

Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

Christa Vahlensieck, German runner

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (d. 2014)

Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (d. 2017)

Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

John Williams, English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)

Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2015)

Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive

Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist

Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman

Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician

Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman

Louis Gossett, Jr., American actor and producer

Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral

Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (d. 1976)

Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)

Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (d. 2008)

Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010)

Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator

Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)

Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (d. 2008)

John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)

John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (d. 2013)

Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)

Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007)

Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)

Nicolas Calas, Swiss-American poet and critic (d. 1988)

Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (d. 2009)

Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964)

Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (d. 1993)

David Crosthwait, African-American engineer, inventor and writer (d. 1976)

Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995)

Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (d. 1958)

Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (d. 1971)

Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)

William Stanier, English engineer (d. 1965)

Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (d. 1942)

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (d. 1722)