July 27 - Births

Births

• 1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (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)
• 1741 – François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French violinist and composer (d. 1808)
• 1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
• 1768 – Charlotte Corday, French murderer of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
• 1768 – Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (d. 1839)
• 1773 – Jacob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
• 1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
• 1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English soldier (d. 1853)
• 1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
• 1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
• 1812 – Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general (d. 1897)
• 1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
• 1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
• 1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
• 1848 – Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)
• 1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian-Russian writer (d. 1921)
• 1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
• 1858 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer (d. 1938)
• 1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician, 6th 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)
• 1878 – John Henry Lake, American racing cyclist (death date unknown)
• 1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, English engineer and businessman, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (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)
• 1894 – Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (d. 1966)
• 1896 – Robert George, Scottish soldier, 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)
• 1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
• 1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Fern Persons, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1981)
• 1912 – Vernon Elliott, English conductor and composer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (d. 1993)
• 1913 – George L. Street III American navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Josef Priller, German pilot (d. 1961)
• 1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American critic and novelist (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
• 1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Émile Genest, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Norman Lear, American scriptwriter and producer
• 1923 – Mas Oyama, Japanese karate master, founded Kyokushinkai karate (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)
• 1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth) (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Jack Higgins, English novelist
• 1929 – Marc Wilkinson, Australian composer and conductor
• 1930 – Shirley Williams, English politician
• 1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
• 1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
• 1932 – Forest Able, American basketball player
• 1933 – Nick Reynolds, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian footballer (d. 1995)
• 1935 – Billy McCullough, Irish footballer
• 1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
• 1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
• 1938 – Gary Gygax, American game designer and writer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)
• 1939 – Michael Longley, Irish poet
• 1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian singer
• 1941 – Johannes Fritsch, German composer (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
• 1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
• 1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian and actor (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
• 1944 – Barbara Thomson, English musician and composer (Colosseum)
• 1946 – Peter Reading, English poet (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
• 1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
• 1948 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and director
• 1948 – Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter, bass player, and composer (Doe Maar)
• 1949 – Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (d. 2010)
• 1949 – André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Runrig and The Band from Rockall)
• 1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress
• 1949 – Robert Rankin, English novelist
• 1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
• 1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sportscaster
• 1952 – Roxanne Hart, American actress
• 1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, and composer
• 1953 – Chung Dong-young, South Korean Politician
• 1954 – Philippe Alliot, French race car driver
• 1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
• 1954 – Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist
• 1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
• 1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
• 1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
• 1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian and actor
• 1957 – Matt Osborne, American wrestler
• 1957 – Allan Simmons, English 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
• 1960 – Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
• 1962 – Karl Mueller, American bass player (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
• 1963 – Karrin Allyson, American singer and pianist
• 1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor
• 1964 – Rex Brown, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Pantera, Kill Devil Hill, and Down)
• 1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
• 1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blake Babies, Some Girls, and The Lemonheads)
• 1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
• 1967 – David Chacón Perez, Venezuelan director and producer
• 1967 – Neil Smith, English cricketer
• 1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
• 1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
• 1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
• 1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
• 1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver
• 1969 – Triple H, American wrestler and actor
• 1969 – Timo Maas, German DJ and producer
• 1969 – Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player
• 1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
• 1970 – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor
• 1971 – Emma Laura Gutiérrez Jiménez, Mexican actress who disappeared
• 1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports-caster
• 1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
• 1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut
• 1973 – Cassandra Clare, American author
• 1973 – Abe Cunningham, American drummer (Deftones and Phallucy)
• 1973 – Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper
• 1973 – Tracy Shaw, English actress
• 1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, producer, and actor
• 1974 – Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
• 1975 – Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred, and Terrible Things)
• 1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
• 1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator and writer
• 1977 – Björn Dreyer, German footballer
• 1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
• 1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler
• 1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
• 1979 – Sidney Govou, French footballer
• 1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
• 1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
• 1980 – Dolph Ziggler, American wrestler
• 1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
• 1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
• 1981 – Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
• 1982 – Cascy Beddow, Canadian acror
• 1982 – Neil Harbisson, Irish-Catalan artist, composer, and activist
• 1983 – Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer
• 1983 – Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist
• 1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
• 1983 – Blair Redford, American actor
• 1984 – Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player
• 1984 – Taylor Schilling, American actress
• 1984 – Iekeliene Stange, Dutch model
• 1984 – Kenny Wormald, American dancer and actor
• 1985 – Aljin Abella, Filipino-Australian actor
• 1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
• 1985 – Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
• 1986 – DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player
• 1986 – Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player
• 1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
• 1986 – Nathan Stephenson, Canadian actor
• 1987 – Jacoby Ford, American football player
• 1987 – Marek Hamšík, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Jordan Hill, American basketball player
• 1987 – Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player
• 1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
• 1989 – Mohamed Bangura, Sierra Leonean footballer
• 1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
• 1990 – Nick Hogan, American actor
• 1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gloriana)
• 1991 – Rena Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (SKE48)
• 1993 – Elana Binysh, English actress
• 1993 – Max Power, English footballer
• 1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
• 1996 – Ashlyn Sanchez, American actress