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Who was born on April 27
160 notable people were born on April 27. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.
- 160births
- 46events
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Best known
Jessie R. Fauset
American writer, poet, and educator
Florence La Badie
American actress
Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer and pianist
Draža Mihailović
Leader of the Chetniks in WWII
Allen Sothoron
American baseball player and manager
George Petty
American artist
Jessie R. Fauset — American writer, poet, and educator, born on April 27 1882.
Florence La Badie — American actress, born on April 27 1888.
Sergei Prokofiev — Russian composer and pianist, born on April 27 1891.
Draža Mihailović — Leader of the Chetniks in WWII, born on April 27 1893.
Allen Sothoron — American baseball player and manager, born on April 27 1893.
George Petty — American artist, born on April 27 1894.
All entries
- 1887
Warren WoodAmerican amateur golfer - 1894
Nicolas SlonimskyRussian-American musicologist - 1896
Rogers HornsbyAmerican baseball player, coach and manager - 1896
William Hudson (engineer)New Zealand–Australian engineer - 1896
Wallace CarothersAmerican chemist and inventor - 1898
Ludwig BemelmansAmerican writer and illustrator - 1899
Walter LantzAmerican animator - 1900AAugust KoernEstonian statesman and diplomat
- 1902
Tiemoko Garan KouyatéFrench Sudanese communist - 1904
Cecil Day-LewisIrish-born British poet - 1904
Nikos ZachariadisGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956 - 1905
John KuckAmerican track and field athlete - 1906
Yiorgos TheotokasGreek novelist - 1909
Lim Bo SengChinese resistance fighter - 1910
Chiang Ching-kuoPresident of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988 - 1911
Bruno BegerGerman racial anthropologist - 1911
Chris BergerDutch sprinter - 1912JJacques de Bourbon-BussetFrench novelist, essayist and politician
- 1912
Zohra SehgalIndian actress and choreographer - 1913
Philip AbelsonAmerican physicist and scientific editor - 1913
Irving AdlerAmerican political activist - 1913
Luz LongGerman long jumper and Wehrmacht Heer Soldier - 1916RRobert Hugh McWilliams Jr.American judge
- 1916
Enos SlaughterAmerican baseball player - 1917RRoman MatsovSoviet and Estonian conductor
- 1918SSten RudholmSwedish jurist
- 1920
Guido CantelliItalian conductor - 1920
Mark KrasnoselskyRussian mathematician - 1920
James Mann (South Carolina politician)American politician - 1920
Edwin Morgan (poet)Scottish poet and essayist - 1921
Robert DhéryFrench comedian, actor, director and screenwriter - 1922
Jack KlugmanAmerican actor - 1922
Sheila ScottBritish aviator - 1923
Betty Mae Tiger JumperChief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida - 1924
Vernon B. RomneyAmerican politician - 1925DDerek Chinnery
- 1926
Tim LaHayeEvangelical Christian minister and author from the United States - 1926
Basil A. PatersonAmerican politician and lawyer - 1926AAlan Reynolds (artist)
- 1927
Coretta Scott KingAmerican civil rights leader - 1927
Joe MoakleyAmerican politician - 1929
Nina PonomaryovaSoviet discus thrower - 1931
Igor OistrakhSoviet and Russian violinist - 1932
Anouk AiméeFrench actress - 1932
Pik BothaSouth African politician - 1932
Casey KasemAmerican disc jockey and actor - 1932
Chuck KnoxAmerican football player and coach - 1932
Derek MinterBritish motorcycle racer
- 1932
Gian-Carlo RotaItalian-American mathematician - 1933
Peter Imbert, Baron ImbertMetropolitan Police Service Commissioner from 1987 to 1993 - 1935
Theo AngelopoulosGreek film director, screenwriter and film producer - 1935
Ron Morris (pole vaulter)American pole vaulter - 1936
Geoffrey ShoveltonEnglish singer, actor and illustrator - 1937
Sandy DennisAmerican actress - 1937
Robin EamesAnglican Primate of All Ireland - 1937
Richard PerhamEnglish biochemist and professor - 1938
Earl AnthonyAmerican professional bowler - 1938
Alain Caron (ice hockey)Canadian ice hockey player - 1939
Judy CarneBritish actress
- 1939
Stanisław DziwiszPolish cardinal of the Catholic Church - 1941
Fethullah GülenTurkish scholar, theologian and dissident - 1941
Dilip Kumar ChakrabartiIndian archaeologist - 1941
Lee Roy JordanAmerican football player - 1942
Ruth GlickAmerican writer (born 1942) - 1942
Jim KeltnerAmerican drummer (born 1942) - 1943
Helmut MarkoAustrian racing driver and motorsport executive (born 1943) - 1944
Michael FishBritish weather forecaster (born 1944) - 1944
Cuba Gooding Sr.American singer - 1944
Herb PedersenAmerican musician, guitarist, banjo player, and songwriter - 1945
Martin ChiversEnglish footballer - 1945
Terry WilleseeAustralian presenter from 1969 to 2013 - 1945
August WilsonAmerican playwright - 1946
Franz RothGerman footballer - 1947
G. K. ButterfieldAmerican politician (born 1947) - 1947
Nick GreinerAustralian politician (born 1947) - 1947
Pete HamWelsh musician - 1947
Keith MagnusonCanadian ice hockey player - 1947
Ann PeeblesAmerican singer and songwriter (born 1947) - 1948
Frank AbagnaleAmerican security consultant and convicted fraudster - 1948
Josef HickersbergerAustrian footballer and manager (born 1948) - 1948
Kate PiersonAmerican singer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist (b. 1948) - 1950
Jaime FresnediFilipino politician - 1950DDavid W. DuclonAmerican television writer
- 1951
Ace FrehleyAmerican guitarist - 1952
Larry ElderAmerican talk radio host and attorney (born 1952) - 1952
George GervinAmerican basketball player (born 1952) - 1952
Ari VatanenFinnish rally driver and politician (born 1952) - 1953
Arielle DombasleFrench singer and actress (born 1953) - 1954
Frank BainimaramaPrime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022 - 1954
Herm EdwardsAmerican football player and coach (born 1954) - 1954MMark HoldenAustralian singer, actor, TV personality, record producer, songwriter, and barrister
- 1955
Eric SchmidtAmerican businessman and software engineer (born 1955) - 1956
Bryan Harvey (musician)Musical artist - 1957
Dietmar KeckAustrian politician (born 1957) - 1957
Willie UpshawAmerican baseball player (born 1957) - 1959
Sheena EastonScottish singer (born 1959) - 1959MMarco PirroniBritish musician (born 1959)
- 1960
Mike KrushelnyskiCanadian ice hockey player (born 1960) - 1961
Andrew SchlaflyAmerican lawyer and activist (born 1961) - 1962
Ángel ComizzoArgentine footballer and manager - 1962
Seppo RätyFinnish javelin thrower (born 1962) - 1962
Im Sang-sooSouth Korean film director (born 1962) - 1962
Andrew SelousBritish politician - 1963
Russell T DaviesWelsh screenwriter and television producer (born 1963) - 1965
Anna ChancellorEnglish actress - 1966
Siobhan FinneranBritish actress (born 1966) - 1966PPeter McIntyre (cricketer)Australian cricketer (born 1966)
- 1966
Yoshihiro TogashiJapanese manga artist (born 1966) - 1967
Willem-Alexander of the NetherlandsKing of the Netherlands since 2013 - 1967
Tommy Smith (saxophonist)Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator - 1967
Erik ThomsonAustralian actor - 1967
Jason WhitlockAmerican sports journalist (born 1967) - 1968
Dana MilbankAmerican journalist (born 1968) - 1969
Cory BookerAmerican politician (born 1969) - 1969
Darcey BussellBritish ballerina (born 1969) - 1972
Nigel Barker (photographer)English TV show personality, author, and filmmaker - 1973
Sharlee D'AngeloSwedish bassist (born 1973) - 1973SSébastien LareauCanadian tennis player (born 1973)
- 1974
Frank CatalanottoAmerican baseball player (born 1974) - 1975
Chris CarpenterAmerican baseball player (born 1975) - 1975
Pedro FelizDominican baseball player (born 1975) - 1975
Kazuyoshi FunakiJapanese ski jumper (born 1975) - 1976
Isobel CampbellScottish singer - 1976
Sally HawkinsBritish actress (born 1976) - 1976
Walter PandianiUruguayan footballer and manager (born 1976) - 1979
Vladimir KozlovUkrainian-American actor and former professional wrestler - 1980
Sybille BammerAustrian tennis player - 1980CChristian Lara (footballer)Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)
- 1983
Ari GraynorAmerican actress (born 1983) - 1984
Pierre-Marc BouchardCanadian ice hockey player (born 1984) - 1984
Daniel Holdsworth (rugby league)Australian rugby league footballer (born 1984) - 1984
Patrick StumpAmerican musician and songwriter (born 1984) - 1985
Meselech MelkamuEthiopian long-distance runner (born 1985) - 1986
Jenna ColemanEnglish actress (born 1986) - 1986
Dinara SafinaRussian former tennis player (born 1986) - 1987
Taylor ChorneyCanadian-American ice hockey player (born 1987)
- 1987
William Moseley (actor)British actor (born 1987) - 1987
Fei (singer)Chinese singer and actress - 1988
LizzoAmerican singer and rapper (born 1988) - 1988
Semyon VarlamovRussian ice hockey player (born 1988) - 1989
Lars BenderGerman footballer (born 1989) - 1989
Sven BenderGerman footballer (born 1989) - 1990
Austin DillonAmerican racing driver (born 1990) - 1991
Lara Gut-BehramiSwiss alpine skier (born 1991) - 1992
Keenan AllenAmerican football player (born 1992) - 1994
Corey SeagerAmerican baseball player (born 1994) - 1995
Nick KyrgiosAustralian tennis player (born 1995) - 1997
Jesse RamienAustralian rugby league footballer - 1998
Cristian RomeroArgentine footballer (born 1998) - 1999
Peter HolaAustralian rugby league footballer - 2002
Anthony ElangaSwedish footballer (born 2002) - 2003
Xavier WorthyAmerican football player (born 2003) - 2004
Arch ManningAmerican football player (born 2004) - 2005
Mathys TelFrench footballer (born 2005)
Frequently asked questions
Who was born on April 27?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on April 27, including Jessie R. Fauset, Florence La Badie, Sergei Prokofiev. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
What happened on April 27?
46 documented historical events happened on April 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Aelia Eudoxia married Byzantine emperor Arcadius without the knowledge or consent of Rufinus, the Praetorian prefect who had intended for his own daughter to wed the emperor. On the same day, in another year: Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself killed six weeks later. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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