History Births on September 27

Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Miklós_Jancsó

William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887)

#William_Babcock_Hazen

Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer

#Anete_Paulus

Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jahn_Teigen

Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)

#Michael_Denis

Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Meat_Loaf

Craig L. Rice, American politician

#Craig_L._Rice

Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1327)

#Adolf,_Count_Palatine_of_the_Rhine

Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Al_MacNeil

Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Jon_McLaughlin

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)

#Jacques-Bénigne_Bossuet

Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)

#Samuel_Francis_Du_Pont

Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)

#Samuel_Adams

Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint

#Mata_Amritanandamayi

Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)

#Sada_Thompson

Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

#Carrie_Brownstein

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)

#Abraham_Gotthelf_Kästner

Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut

#Dumitru_Prunariu

Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)

#Sergei_Varshavsky

Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Stephan_Jenkins

Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

#Duncan_Fletcher

Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut

#Stephanie_Wilson

Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

#Barbara_Dickson

Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer

#Daniel_Pudil

Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host

#Alexis_Stewart

Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick

#Bernard_Lord

Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

#Grazia_Deledda

John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)

#John_II,_Duke_of_Brabant

Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator

#Sophie_Crumb

Hieronymus ?aski, Polish diplomat (d. 1542)

#Hieronymus_?aski

Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer

#Luc_Castaignos

Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor

#Freddy_Quinn

Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper

#Jovanotti

Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Ehron_VonAllen

Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator

#Jim_Shooter

Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist

#Benoni_Beheyt

Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Jean-Marc_Barr

Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach

#Sylvia_Crawley

Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (Soul Train) (d. 2012)

#Don_Cornelius

Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer

#Pak_Kwang-ryong

Mike Schmidt, American baseball player and coach

#Mike_Schmidt

Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower

#Andrus_Värnik

John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)

#John_de_la_Pole,_2nd_Duke_of_Suffolk

Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Serge_Ménard

Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician

#Gabriel_Loubier

Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Michel_Rivard

Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

#Avril_Lavigne

Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter

#Brad_Arnold

Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer

#Lakshmipathy_Balaji

Jon Rauch, American baseball player

#Jon_Rauch

Vratislav Lokvenc, Czech footballer

#Vratislav_Lokvenc

Steve Soper, English race car driver

#Steve_Soper

Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player

#Dick_Advocaat

Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)

#Barbara_Murray

Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer

#Ádám_Bogdán

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician

#Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz

Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist

#Beth_Heiden

Asash?ry? Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna

#Asash?ry?_Akinori

Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 8th Prime Minister of Ukraine

#Vasyl_Durdynets

Jayne Meadows, American actress and author (d. 2015)

#Jayne_Meadows

Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach

#Peter_Bonetti

Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver

#Ricardo_Risatti

Jon Garland, American baseball player

#Jon_Garland

Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout

#Gary_Sutherland

Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)

#Cosimo_de'_Medici

Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Peter_Sellars

Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)

#Henri-Frédéric_Amiel

Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player

#Vin_Mazzaro

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist

#Cary-Hiroyuki_Tagawa

Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Health

#Graham_Richardson

Vanessa James, French figure skater

#Vanessa_James

Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author

#Yoshiharu_Habu

Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)

#Sam_Ervin

Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)

#Josef_Škvorecký

Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)

#Robert_Blake_(admiral)

Matt Shoemaker American baseball player

#Matt_Shoemaker

Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright

#Irvine_Welsh

Don Jamieson, American comedian and television host

#Don_Jamieson_(comedian)

Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)

#Wouter_Weylandt

George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)

#George_Müller

Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)

#Alvin_Stardust

Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host

#Marc_Maron

Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer

#Matt_Harding

Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor

#Ryan_O'Shaughnessy

Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)

#Mihaela_Ursuleasa

Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)

#Greg_Morris

Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898)

#Lawrence_Sullivan_Ross

Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

#Diane_Abbott

Wilford Brimley, American actor

#Wilford_Brimley

Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic

#Tracy_Camp

Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Oliver_E._Williamson

Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter

#Denis_Lawson

Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player

#Monica_Puig

Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player

#Dylan_Walker

John Lannan, American baseball player

#John_Lannan

Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)

#Bernard_Miles

Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)

#Louis_Auchincloss

Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (d. 1566)

#Guillaume_Rondelet

Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player

#Olga_Puchkova

Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player

#Simona_Halep

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933)

#Corinne_Roosevelt_Robinson

Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)

#Thomas_Nast

Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach

#Jason_Phillips_(catcher)

Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 7th President of Cyprus

#Nicos_Anastasiades

Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)

#Gaston_Tarry

Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)

#Alfred_Thayer_Mahan

Christian Jones, Australian race car driver

#Christian_Jones

Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager

#Claudio_Gentile

Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter

#Austin_Carlile

William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)

#William_Empson

Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier (d. 1948)

#Woolf_Barnato

Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer

#Markus_Rosenberg

Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)

#Andrej_Hlinka

Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)

#Frederick_Schule

Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress

#Rio_Uchida

Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter

#Jean-Loup_Dabadie

Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author

#Larry_Wall

Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)

#Edvard_Kocbek

Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)

#Greg_Ham

Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)

#Dith_Pran

S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)

#S._Yizhar

Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice

#Peter_MacKay

Steve Kerr, American basketball player, coach and sportscaster

#Steve_Kerr

Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman

#Gwyneth_Paltrow

Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist

#Marcia_Neugebauer

Stanis?aw Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)

#Stanis?aw_Kazimierczyk

Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)

#Charles_H._Percy

Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)

#Red_Rodney

Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Randy_Bachman

Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer

#Granit_Xhaka

Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children (d. 1836)

#Martha_Jefferson_Randolph

Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)

#Lothar_von_Richthofen

Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)

#Takenaka_Shigeharu

Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Lil_Wayne

Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress

#Tamara_Taylor

Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland

#Mari_Kiviniemi

Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia

#Geoff_Gallop

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, king of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)

#Wenceslaus_II_of_Bohemia

Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic

#Fred_Singer

Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter

#Lisa_Ryzih

Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player

#Lachlan_Burr

Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)

#Hermann_Kolbe

Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer

#Jeon_Hye-bin

Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater

#Clara_Hughes

Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer

#Park_Tae-hwan

Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

#Angélica_María

Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician (d. 1767)

#Francis_Russell,_Marquess_of_Tavistock

Francesco Totti, Italian footballer

#Francesco_Totti

Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)

#Bruno_Junk

Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)

#Carl_Ballantine

William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)

#William_"Bull"_Nelson

Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer

#Brendon_McCullum

Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)

#Antoine_Philippe_de_La_Trémoille

Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)

#Agustín_de_Iturbide

Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia

#Richard_Court

Ioana Minc?, Romanian tennis player

Vinnie Sunseri, American football player

Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer

Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer

Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer

Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)

Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete

Davide Capello, Italian footballer

Paul Bevan, Australian footballer

Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)

Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player

Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model

Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator

Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer

Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)

Predrag Brzakovi?, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)

Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster

Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach

Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor

Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster

Katie Fforde, English author

David Starobin, American guitarist, producer, and director

Paul Craig, English author and academic

Les Chapman, English footballer and manager

Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer

T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)

Bob Spiers, Scottish-English director and producer (d. 2008)

Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)

Ian Garnett, English admiral

Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress

Kathy Whitworth, American golfer

Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright

Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author

Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)

Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)

Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer

Paul Goble, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2017)

Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)

Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (d. 2000)

Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)

Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (d. 2013)

Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)

Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)

Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)

Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)

Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)

George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)

Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)

Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)

Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)

Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)

Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)

Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)

James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)

Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)

Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)

William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)

Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007)

Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)

Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)

Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)

Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)

Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981)

George Bambridge, English diplomat (d. 1943)

Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)

Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)

Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)

Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)

Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)

Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932)

Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)

Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)

Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)

Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)

Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)

Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)

Stefan Batory, King of Poland (d. 1586)

Ermentrude of Orléans, queen of the Franks (d. 869)

Ninmy?, Japanese emperor (d. 850)