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August 27 birthdays

295 notable historical figures were born on August 27, and 168 died on this day. Everyone born on August 27 is a Virgo.

16% of August 27 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on August 27

• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 to 1973. President of the United States from 1963 to 1969)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 to 1831. German philosopher (1770–1831))
• Chandra Wilson (born 1969. American actress and director (born 1969))
• Man Ray (1890 to 1976. American and French visual artist (1890–1976))
• Hannibal Hamlin (1809 to 1891. Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865)
• Tony Kanal (born 1970. British-American musician, songwriter and record producer)
• Lynn Shelton (1965 to 2020. American filmmaker (1965–2020))
• Sergei Krikalev (born 1958. Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (born 1958))
• Pyotr Wrangel (1878 to 1928. Russian general (1878–1928))
• Charles G. Dawes (1865 to 1951. Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929)
• Sri Chinmoy (1931 to 2007. Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007))
• Ivan (1666 to 1696. Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696)
• Theodore Dreiser (1871 to 1945. American novelist and journalist (1871–1945))
• Ira Levin (1929 to 2007. American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (1929–2007))
• Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928 to 2023. South African politician (1928–2023))
• C. S. Forester (1899 to 1966. British novelist (1899–1966))
• Mary Miller (born 1959. American politician (born 1959))
• Carl Bosch (1874 to 1940. German chemist and engineer (1874–1940))
• Rhun ap Iorwerth (born 1972. Welsh journalist and politician (born 1972))
• Sanjeev Sanyal (born 1970. Indian economist and writer)
• Antonia Fraser (born 1932. British author and novelist (born 1932))
• Vincent Auriol (1884 to 1966. President of France from 1947 to 1954)
• Mack Brown (born 1951. American football coach (born 1951))
• Anne Marie of Orléans (1669 to 1728. Queen of Sardinia and Duchess of Savoy)
• Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545 to 1592. Italian general and governor (1545–1592))
• Kenji Miyazawa (1896 to 1933. Japanese writer (1896–1933))
• Cătălin Predoiu (born 1968. Romanian politician (born 1968))
• David Elazar (1925 to 1976. Ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces)
• Daphne Koller (born 1968. Israeli-American computer scientist (born 1968))
• George Weah Jr. (born 1987. American soccer player (born 1987))
• George, Crown Prince of Serbia (1887 to 1972. Crown Prince of Serbia)
• Osamu Shimomura (1928 to 2018. Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018))
• Rebecca Clarke (composer) (1886 to 1979. English composer and violist (1886–1979))
• Kristen Nygaard (1926 to 2002. Norwegian computer scientist and mathematician)
• Saye Zerbo (1932 to 2013. President of Upper Volta from 1980 to 1982)
• Aris Velouchiotis (1905 to 1945. Greek resistance fighter (1905–1945))
• George I the Bearded (1471 to 1539. Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539)
• Péter Boross (born 1928. Hungarian politician (born 1928))
• Paul Reubens (1952 to 2023. American actor and comedian (1952–2023))
• Sanam Chaudhry (born 1991. Pakistani former actress and model (born 1991))
• Zoran Lilić (born 1953. Serbian politician)
• Alexandra Nechita (born 1985. Romanian-American painter)
• Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789 to 1868. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg from 1834 to 1848)
• Norman Ramsey Jr. (1915 to 2011. American physicist (1915–2011))
• Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo (1924 to 1984. Spanish Filipino painter (1924–1984))
• Agustín Gamarra (1785 to 1841. President of Peru variously in the 1800s (1785–1841))
• Angélique du Coudray (1712 to 1794. French pioneering midwife)
• Grigore Alexandru Ghica (1804 to 1857. Prince of Moldavia)
• Lina Poletti (1885 to 1971. Italian writer, poet, playwright, and feminist (1885–1971))
• Guy Hands (born 1959. English financier and investor (born 1959))
• Jelle Zijlstra (1918 to 2001. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 to 1967)
• Anna of Brandenburg (1487 to 1514. Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein)
• Michael Holroyd (born 1935. English writer and biographer (born 1935))
• Onisaburo Deguchi (1871 to 1948. Japanese founder and leader of the Oomoto religion)
• Narayan Dharap (1925 to 2008. Marathi Writer)
• Ange Postecoglou (born 1965. Soccer manager (born 1965))
• Douglas Sims (born 1968. 50th Director of the Joint Staff)
• Don Bradman (1908 to 2001. Australian cricketer (1908–2001))
• Robin Beanland (born 1968. British composer)
• Erika Fatland (born 1983. Norwegian writer (born 1983))

Died on August 27

• Lord Mountbatten (1900 to 1979. British statesman and admiral (1900–1979))
• Haile Selassie (1892 to 1975. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974)
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 to 1963. American sociologist and activist (1868–1963))
• Le Corbusier (1887 to 1965. Swiss-French architect (1887–1965))
• Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906 to 1968. Duchess of Kent (1906–1968))
• Ernest Lawrence (1901 to 1958. American physicist (1901–1958))
• Charles Evans Hughes (1862 to 1948. Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941)
• Sixtus V (1520 to 1590. Head of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590)
• Magnus Maximus (335 to 388. Roman emperor from 383 to 388)
• Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868 to 1937. British banker and zoologist (1868–1937))
• Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902 to 1944. Landgravine of Hesse (1902–1944))
• Douglas Kenney (1946 to 1980. American comedy writer (1946–1980))
• Louis Botha (1862 to 1919. 1st prime minister of South Africa from 1910 to 1919)
• Francisco de Zurbarán (1598 to 1664. Spanish painter (1598–1664))
• Erika Mann (1905 to 1969. German actress and writer)
• Cesare Pavese (1908 to 1950. Italian writer, literary critic, and translator)
• Dawda Jawara (1924 to 2019. First president of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994)
• Hélder Câmara (1909 to 1999. Brazilian archbishop and socialist (1909–1999))
• Barbara of Portugal (1711 to 1758. Queen of Spain from 1746 to 1758)
• Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785 to 1851. Head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry)
• Eugene II (780 to 827. Head of the Catholic Church from 824 to 827)
• Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851 to 1914. Austrian economist (1851–1914))
• Albert Frederick (1553 to 1618. Duke of Prussia from 1568 to 1618)
• Juan Seguín (1806 to 1890. Spanish-Tejano politician and military leader (1806–1890))
• Táhirih (1817 to 1852. Influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran)
• Stetson Kennedy (1916 to 2011. American author, folklorist, anti–Ku Klux Klan crusader (1916–2011))
• Jayanta Mahapatra (1928 to 2023. Indian poet (1928–2023))
• Irene Angelina of Byzantium (1181 to 1208. Queen of Sicily (1193) and Germany (1198–1208))
• Emperor Chōkei (1343 to 1394. Emperor of Japan from 1368 to 1383)
• Caesarius of Arles (470 to 542. Merovingian monk, archbishop and saint)

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