Famous Births on 27 Oct

Famous Births on 27 Oct

1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
1814 - Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)
1838 - John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)
1854 - Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)
1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960)
1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)
1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978)
1896 - Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (d. 1997)
1904 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)
1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)
1908 - Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)
1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1915 - Harry Saltzman, American film producer (d. 1994)
1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)
1917 - Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress
1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India
1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist
1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)
1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress
1924 - Michel Galabru, French actor
1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor
1925 - Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State (1993-1997)
1926 - H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (d. 1993)
1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, singer and songwriter
1929 - Maurice Robert Johnston, English Lieutenant-General
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
1933 - Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
1934 - Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director
1937 - Lara Parker, American actress
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer
1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002)
1941 - Dick Trickle, American auto racer
1942 - Lee Greenwood, American singer
1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
1945 - John Kane, actor/writer
1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
1949 - Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band)
1949 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer
1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American actress, model, and sportscaster
1951 - Nancy Jacobs, American politician
1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist
1951 - K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
1952 - Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
1953 - Peter Firth, British actor
1953 - Robert Picardo, American actor
1954 - Jan Duursema, American comic book artist
1955 - Debra Bowen, American politician
1956 - Veronica Hart, American porn actress
1956 - Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer
1957 - Jeff East, American actor
1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
1958 - Lee Carter, Alabama Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit
1960 - Tom Nieto, American baseball player
1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model
1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
1966 - Matt Drudge, American blogger
1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1968 - Vinny Samways, English footballer
1970 - Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
1971 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
1971 - Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
1971 - Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
1972 - Lee Clark, English footballer
1972 - Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer
1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker
1972 - Brad Radke, American baseball player
1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)
1972 - Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambican athlete
1973 - Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
1977 - Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
1977 - Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
1978 - Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress
1980 - Cassia Riley, American model
1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer
1981 - Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
1981 - Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier
1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor
1982 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker
1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
1982 - Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter
1983 - Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
1984 - Brady Quinn, American football player
1984 - Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
1986 - Matty Pattison, English footballer
1987 - Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Disputed)