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February 27 birthdays

283 notable historical figures were born on February 27, and 187 died on this day. Everyone born on February 27 is a Pisces.

16% of February 27 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on February 27

• Elizabeth Taylor (1932 to 2011. British and American actress (1932–2011))
• Constantine the Great (272 to 337. Roman emperor from 306 to 337)
• Chelsea Clinton (born 1980. American writer (born 1980))
• John Steinbeck (1902 to 1968. American writer and novelist (1902–1968))
• Rudolf Steiner (1861 to 1925. Austrian esotericist (1861–1925))
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 to 1882. American poet and educator (1807–1882))
• Roger Scruton (1944 to 2020. English philosopher (1944–2020))
• Ian Khama (born 1953. Fourth president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018)
• Dexter Gordon (1923 to 1990. American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990))
• Paddy Ashdown (1941 to 2018. British politician (1941–2018))
• Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708 to 1728. Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1725 to 1728)
• Ernest Renan (1823 to 1892. French philosopher and orientalist (1823–1892))
• Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861 to 1951. Swedish prince (1861–1951))
• George Herbert Mead (1863 to 1931. American philosopher (1863–1931))
• Matilda Brown (born 1987. Australian actress (born 1987))
• James A. Robinson (born 1960. British political scientist and economist (born 1960))
• Abaqa Khan (1234 to 1282. Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate from 1265 to 1282)
• Alan Guth (born 1947. American theoretical physicist and cosmologist)
• Hubert Parry (1848 to 1918. British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918))
• Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903 to 1993. American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher)
• Sveinn Björnsson (1881 to 1952. Regent/President of Iceland from 1941 to 1952)
• N. Scott Momaday (1934 to 2024. Native American author and academic (1934–2024))
• Bertha Pappenheim (1859 to 1936. Austrian-Jewish feminist (1859 – 1936))
• Anne Treisman (1935 to 2018. English cognitive psychologist (1935–2018))
• Yulii Khariton (1904 to 1996. Russian physicist and scientist)
• Kusumagraj (1912 to 1999. Indian writer and poet (1912–1999))
• Theodore Van Kirk (1921 to 2014. US Army Air Forces navigator; recipient of the Silver Star)
• L. E. J. Brouwer (1881 to 1966. Dutch mathematician and logician)
• Nick Langworthy (born 1981. American politician (born 1981))
• Robert H. Grubbs (1942 to 2021. American chemist and Nobel Laureate (1942–2021))
• Grady Booch (born 1955. American software engineer)
• Simon Critchley (born 1960. British philosopher (born 1960))
• Keiji Nishitani (1900 to 1990. Japanese philosopher (1900–1990))
• Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767 to 1855. French politician (1767–1855))
• Robert de Castella (born 1957. Australian long-distance runner)
• Baldomero Espartero Count of Luchana (1793 to 1879. Spanish general and statesman (1793–1879))
• Yolande Moreau (born 1953. Belgian actress)
• Manoj Das (1934 to 2021. Indian author (1934–2021))
• Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken (1724 to 1767. Count Palatine of Zweibrücken)
• David H. Hubel (1926 to 2013. Canadian neurophysiologist (1926–2013))
• Georgy Guryanov (1961 to 2013. Soviet and Russian musician)
• Princess Isabella of Croÿ (1856 to 1931. Duchess of Teschen)
• Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond (1818 to 1903. British politician (1818–1903))
• Roberto Assagioli (1888 to 1974. Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (1888–1974))
• Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956 to 1987. Afghan activist (1956–1987))
• Edwin Black (born 1950. American journalist (born 1950))
• John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575 to 1616. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp)
• Philip J. Deloria (born 1959. American historian from Massachusetts (born 1959))
• James T. Farrell (1904 to 1979. American novelist (1904–1979))
• Kazimierz Sabbat (1913 to 1989. Polish exile politician (1913–1989))
• Jeong Seung-hwa (1929 to 2002. South Korean military officer (1929–2002))
• Alexandra Bracken (born 1987. American author)
• Kenneth Koch (1925 to 2002. American poet (1925–2002))
• Frederick Catherwood (1799 to 1854. English artist, architect and explorer (1799–1854))
• Ralph Nader (born 1934. American lawyer and activist (born 1934))
• Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943. English socialist feminist theorist and historian (born 1943))
• Peter De Vries (1910 to 1993. American editor and novelist)
• Thomas Conway (1735 to 1800. Irish-born army officer and colonial administrator)
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 1942. American journalist (born 1942))
• Edward Belcher (1799 to 1877. Royal Navy Admiral (1799–1877))

Died on February 27

• William F. Buckley Jr. (1925 to 2008. American conservative author and commentator (1925–2008))
• Ivan Pavlov (1849 to 1936. Russian physiologist (1849–1936))
• Count of St. Germain (1712 to 1784. 18th-century European adventurer and intellectual)
• Bahadur Shah I (1643 to 1712. Mughal emperor from 1707 to 1712)
• Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906 to 1931. Indian revolutionary (1906–1931))
• Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869 to 1939. Wife of Vladimir Lenin (1869–1939))
• Boris Nemtsov (1959 to 2015. Russian scientist, statesman, and politician (1959–2015))
• Leonard Nimoy (1931 to 2015. American actor (1931–2015))
• Konrad Lorenz (1903 to 1989. Austrian zoologist (1903–1989))
• France-Albert René (1935 to 2019. President of Seychelles from 1977 to 2004)
• Harry Cohn (1891 to 1958. Co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation (1891–1958))
• Anna J. Cooper (1858 to 1964. African-American author, educator, speaker, and scholar (1858–1964))
• Fred Rogers (1928 to 2003. American television host and author (1928–2003))
• Vasily I (1371 to 1425. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425)
• Peter Behrens (1868 to 1940. German architect and designer (1868–1940))
• Samuel Langley (1834 to 1906. American astronomer, physicist and inventor (1834–1906))
• Natalia Revuelta Clews (1925 to 2015. Cuban socialite (1925-2015))
• Boris Skossyreff (1896 to 1989. Russian adventurer and self-declared King of Andorra (1896–1989))
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904 to 1986. Russian composer (1904–1987))
• Paul Sweezy (1910 to 2004. American Marxist economist (1910–2004))
• Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819 to 1874. Cuban revolutionary and plantation owner (1819–1874))
• Linda Smith (comedian) (1958 to 2006. English comedian)
• Burny Mattinson (1935 to 2023. American animator (1935–2023))
• Wolfgang Larrazábal (1911 to 2003. President of Venezuela in 1958)
• Adélaïde of France (1732 to 1800. Princess of France (1732–1800))
• Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908 to 1983. Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist)
• Richard H. Truly (1937 to 2024. American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024))
• Félicité de La Mennais (1782 to 1854. French Catholic priest and philosopher (1782–1854))
• Carlos Humberto Romero (1924 to 2017. President of El Salvador from 1977 to 1979)
• Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783 to 1853. Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1829 to 1853)

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