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April 27 birthdays

271 notable historical figures were born on April 27, and 168 died on this day. Everyone born on April 27 is a Taurus.

19% of April 27 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (64) than any other country.

Born on April 27

• Ulysses S. Grant (1822 to 1885. Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877)
• Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (born 1967. King of the Netherlands since 2013)
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 to 1797. English writer and philosopher (1759–1797))
• Eric Schmidt (born 1955. American businessman and software engineer (born 1955))
• Mumtaz Mahal (1593 to 1631. Empress of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631)
• Herbert Spencer (1820 to 1903. English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903))
• Samuel Morse (1791 to 1872. American inventor and painter (1791–1872))
• Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song (1910 to 1988. President of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988)
• Edward Gibbon (1737 to 1794. British essayist, historian and politician (1737–1794))
• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904 to 1972. Irish-born British poet (1904–1972))
• Tongzhi Emperor (1856 to 1875. Emperor of China from 1861 to 1875)
• Nigel Barker (born 1972. English TV show personality, author, and filmmaker)
• Otto, King of Bavaria (1848 to 1916. King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913)
• Paul Karađorđević (1893 to 1976. Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941)
• Valeri Polyakov (1942 to 2022. Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1942–2022))
• Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806 to 1878. Queen of Spain from 1829 to 1833)
• Frank Bainimarama (born 1954. Prime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022)
• Jussi Halla-aho (born 1971. Finnish politician (born 1971))
• João Bernardo Vieira (1939 to 2009. 2nd President of Guinea-Bissau (1980–1999, 2005–2009))
• Stanisław Dziwisz (born 1939. Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church)
• Charles Emmanuel III (1701 to 1773. King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773)
• Wallace Carothers (1896 to 1937. American chemist and inventor (1896–1937))
• Neige (musician) (born 1985. French black metal musician)
• Edvard Moser (born 1962. Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist)
• Amir Sjarifuddin (1907 to 1948. Indonesian politician and journalist (1907–1948))
• Frank Belknap Long (1901 to 1994. American novelist, short story writer, and poet)
• Mary Ward (scientist) (1827 to 1869. Anglo-Irish scientist and writer)
• Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650 to 1714. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699)
• Adamantios Korais (1748 to 1833. Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833))
• Andrew Fire (born 1959. American biologist and professor of pathology and genetics)
• Guillermo León Valencia (1909 to 1971. President of Colombia from 1962 to 1966)
• Cory Booker (born 1969. American politician (born 1969))
• Iyabo Obasanjo (born 1967. Nigerian politician (born 1967))
• Rachel Caine (1962 to 2020. American author (1962–2020))
• Jean Rapp (1771 to 1821. French general (1771–1821))
• Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky (1877 to 1961. Russian surgeon and saint (1877–1961))
• Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796 to 1865. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1821 to 1824)
• Freundel Stuart (born 1951. Prime Minister of Barbados from 2010 to 2018)
• Edwin Morgan (poet) (1920 to 2010. Scottish poet and essayist)
• Coretta Scott King (1927 to 2006. American civil rights leader (1927–2006))
• Abdelmalek Benhabyles (1921 to 2018. Algerian politician)
• Ellen S. Baker (born 1953. American physician and astronaut (born 1953))
• Gʻafur Gʻulom (1903 to 1966. Uzbek poet, writer, and translator)
• Gabriel Orozco (born 1962. Mexican artist)
• Lionel Loueke (born 1973. Beninese guitarist and vocalist)
• Charles Robert Cockerell (1788 to 1863. English architect, archaeologist, and writer)
• Alberto Bachelet (1923 to 1974. Chilean Brigadier General of the Chilean Air Force)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 to 1883. German composer (1812–1883))
• Sufi Muhammad Barkat Ali Ludhianvi (1911 to 1997. Sufi saint (1911–1997))
• Hovhannes Shiraz (1915 to 1984. Armenian poet)
• Astrid Roemer (1947 to 2026. Surinamese-Dutch writer and teacher (1947–2026))
• Pura Villanueva Kalaw (1886 to 1954. Filipino writer and journalist)
• Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1948 to 2020. Kuwaiti royal (1948–2020))
• Barry Leitch (born 1970. Scottish video game music composer)
• Théophile Wahis (1844 to 1921. Belgian soldier and colonial civil servant)
• Casey Kasem (1932 to 2014. American disc jockey and actor (1932–2014))
• Emil Jakob Schindler (1842 to 1892. Austrian landscape painter (1842–1892))
• Alexander Andrae (1888 to 1979. German general (1888–1979))
• Nick Kyrgios (born 1995. Australian tennis player (born 1995))
• Najwa Zebian (born 1990. Lebanese-Canadian author)

Died on April 27

• Ferdinand Magellan (1480 to 1521. Portuguese explorer (1480–1521))
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 to 1882. American philosopher (1803–1882))
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909 to 1972. Ghanaian politician (1909–1972))
• Antonio Gramsci (1891 to 1937. Albanian-Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937))
• Ruth Handler (1916 to 2002. American business magnate and inventor (1916–2002))
• Edmund Husserl (1859 to 1938. Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938))
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 to 1915. Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915))
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 to 1992. French composer (1908–1992))
• Leo XI (1535 to 1605. Head of the Catholic Church in 1605)
• Karl Pearson (1857 to 1936. English eugenicist and polymath (1857–1936))
• Mstislav Rostropovich (1927 to 2007. Russian-American cellist and conductor (1927–2007))
• Philip the Bold (1342 to 1404. Duke of Burgundy from 1363 to 1404)
• William Jones (philologist) (1746 to 1794. British scholar and judge (1746–1794))
• David Wilkerson (1931 to 2011. American Pentecostal evangelist (1931 – 2011))
• J. Allen Hynek (1910 to 1986. American astronomer and ufologist (1910–1986))
• A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873 to 1962. Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962))
• Hart Crane (1899 to 1932. American poet (1899–1932))
• Zebulon Pike (1779 to 1813. American general and explorer (1779–1813))
• Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894 to 1989. Japanese industrialist (1894–1989))
• Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765 to 1831. King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831)
• John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916 to 1981. American businessman (1916–1981))
• Gerard van Honthorst (1592 to 1656. Dutch painter (1592–1656))
• Sisowath Kossamak (1904 to 1975. Queen of Cambodia (b. 1904 – d. 1975))
• René Barrientos (1919 to 1969. President of Bolivia (1964–1966, 1966–1969))
• Maeda Toshiie (1538 to 1599. General of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period)
• Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 to 1886. American architect (1838–1886))
• Queen Insu (1437 to 1504. Grand queen dowager of Joseon)
• Harold Kushner (1935 to 2023. American rabbi (1935–2023))
• Simeon (1316 to 1353. Russian ruler (1317–1353))
• Ardashir III (621 to 630. Shah of the Sasanian Empire from 628 to 630)

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