Famous Births on 27 Apr

Famous Births on 27 Apr

1495 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
1623 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d. 1722)
1650 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
1718 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
1724 - Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
1737 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
1748 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
1755 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (d. 1797)
1791 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
1806 - Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1812 - Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
1812 - William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 - Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d. 1903)
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
1840 - Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (d. 1911)
1848 - King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 - Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
1853 - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
1878 - Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)
1888 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
1891 - Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
1893 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)
1893 - Dragoljub Mihailović, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (d. 1946)
1894 - George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
1894 - Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995)
1896 - Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1899 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d. 1994)
1903 - Horace Stoneham, American Major league baseball owner (d. 1990)
1904 - Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (d. 1972)
1906 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (d. 1966)
1913 - Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
1916 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1918 - Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy
1920 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
1920 - Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
1920 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
1922 - Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor
1922 - Jack Klugman, American actor
1927 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)
1927 - Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Joe Moakley, American politician (d. 2001)
1927 - Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2006)
1931 - Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist
1932 - Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
1932 - Casey Kasem, American disc jockey
1932 - Pik Botha, South African politician
1932 - Anouk Aimée, French actress
1936 - Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
1937 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
1937 - Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman
1938 - Earl Anthony, American bowler (d. 2001)
1938 - Alain Caron, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1939 - Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal
1939 - Judy Carne, British actress and comedian
1941 - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1942 - Jim Keltner, American drummer
1943 - Helmut Marko, Austrian racing driver
1944 - Michael Fish, British former weather forecaster
1944 - Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
1945 - August Wilson, American playwright (d. 2005)
1947 - Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1947 - Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
1947 - George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
1947 - Ann Peebles, American singer
1948 - Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant.
1948 - Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52's)
1948 - Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician
1951 - Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss)
1952 - Larry Elder, American political commentator
1952 - Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
1952 - George Gervin, American basketball player
1953 - Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
1956 - Douglas P., English musician (Death in June, Crisis)
1956 - Bryan Harvey, American musician
1957 - Eric Bristow, English darts player
1957 - Rosanna Scotto, American news anchor
1957 - Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
1959 - Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
1959 - Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
1962 - Ángel Comizzo, Argentine footballer
1962 - James LeGros, American actor
1963 - Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
1964 - Michael Mahonen, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter
1964 - Lisa Wilcox, American actress
1967 - Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
1967 - Erik Thomson, Australian actor
1967 - Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
1967 - Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer
1967 - Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
1969 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
1969 - Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
1969 - Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
1969 - Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
1970 - Kylie Travis, English actress and model
1971 - Tess Daly, British television presenter
1972 - David Lascher, American actor
1973 - Sébastien Lareau, French Canadian professional tennis player
1974 - Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler
1974 - Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
1975 - Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player
1975 - Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
1975 - Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Sally Hawkins, English film actress
1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
1977 - Khalid Zoubaa, French runner
1977 - Jerry Trainor, American actor
1978 - Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress
1979 - Will Boyd, American musician
1979 - Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
1980 - Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
1980 - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
1980 - Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 - Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
1981 - Joey Gathright, American baseball player
1981 - Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
1982 - Katrina Johnson, American actress
1983 - Ari Graynor, American actress
1984 - Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player
1984 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player
1984 - Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist
1984 - Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1986 - Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer
1987 - William Moseley, British actor
1987 - Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
1987 - Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
1989 - Emily Rios, American actress