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January 27 birthdays

293 notable historical figures were born on January 27, and 211 died on this day. Everyone born on January 27 is a Aquarius.

22% of January 27 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (54) than any other country.

Born on January 27

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 to 1791. Composer (1756–1791))
• Wilhelm II (1859 to 1941. German Emperor from 1888 to 1918)
• Lewis Carroll (1832 to 1898. British author and scholar (1832–1898))
• Mike Patton (born 1968. American singer (born 1968))
• Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 to 1907. Russian chemist (1834–1907))
• Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 1960. President of Tanzania since 2021)
• Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805 to 1872. Bavarian princess turned Archduchess of Austria (1805–1872))
• Soong Ching-ling (1893 to 1981. Wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893–1981))
• Narciso Rodriguez (born 1961. American fashion designer (born 1961))
• George Monbiot (born 1963. English writer and political activist (born 1963))
• Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773 to 1843. British prince (1773–1843))
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775 to 1854. German philosopher (1775–1854))
• Jerome Kern (1885 to 1945. American composer (1885–1945))
• Tam O'Shaughnessy (born 1952. American educator, writer and former tennis player)
• Ross Bagdasarian (1919 to 1972. American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor (1919–1972))
• Tasuku Honjo (born 1942. Japanese immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1942))
• Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814 to 1879. French architect and author (1814–1879))
• Dan Jones (writer) (born 1981. British historian and journalist (born 1981))
• Vitalian (600 to 672. Head of the Catholic Church from 657 to 672)
• Mordecai Richler (1931 to 2001. Canadian writer (1931–2001))
• Mairead Maguire (born 1944. Northern Irish peace activist (born 1944))
• Édith Cresson (born 1934. Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992)
• Samuel C. C. Ting (born 1936. Nobel prize winning physicist)
• Thom Bell (1943 to 2022. American producer, arranger, and songwriter (1943–2022))
• Asma Jahangir (1952 to 2018. Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer)
• David Strauss (1808 to 1874. German theologian and writer (1808–1874))
• Richard Taylor (Confederate general) (1826 to 1879. American politician and Confederate general of the Civil War (1826–1879))
• Léon Bakst (1866 to 1924. Russian painter (1866–1924))
• Barry Barish (born 1936. American physicist and Nobel Laureate (born 1936))
• John Eccles (neurophysiologist) (1903 to 1997. Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997))
• Eric Radford (born 1985. Canadian pair skater (born 1985))
• Shujaat Hussain (born 1940. Pakistani politician (born 1940))
• Joachim Frederick (1546 to 1608. Elector of Brandenburg from 1598 to 1608)
• Juan Álvarez (1790 to 1867. President of Mexico in 1855)
• Bhagwant Das (1537 to 1589. Raja of Amber from 1574 to 1589)
• Marion Wiesel (1931 to 2025. Austrian-American translator (1931–2025))
• Bisher Khasawneh (born 1969. Prime Minister of Jordan (2020-2024))
• Leana Wen (born 1983. Physician, author and public health advocate)
• John Roberts (born 1955. Chief Justice of the United States since 2005)
• Buddy DeSylva (1895 to 1950. American songwriter, film producer and record executive (1895–1950))
• Rosamund Pike (born 1979. English actress and producer (born 1979))
• Margaret of Hungary (saint) (1242 to 1270. Hungarian princess and saint)
• Petru Lucinschi (born 1940. President of Moldova from 1997 to 2001)
• Lady Augusta Murray (1768 to 1830. Scottish aristocrat (1761–1830))
• Jozef Israëls (1824 to 1911. Dutch painter (1824–1911))
• Balthasar Neumann (1687 to 1753. German architect (1687-1753))
• Ian Morris (historian) (born 1960. British historian and archaeologist)
• Félix Candela (1910 to 1997. Spanish and Mexican architect)
• Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony (1805 to 1877. Queen of Saxony from 1836 to 1854)
• Victor Goldschmidt (1888 to 1947. Norwegian mineralogist (1888–1947))
• Phoumi Nosavan (1920 to 1985. Laotian military leader (1920–1985))
• Eric Wedge (born 1968. American baseball player & manager (born 1968))
• Simha Flapan (1911 to 1987. Israeli historian and politician)
• Beatrice Hastings (1879 to 1943. British writer and poet)
• Beatrice Tinsley (1941 to 1981. New Zealand astronomer (1941–1981))
• Billy Barnes (composer) (1927 to 2012. Songwriter and actor (1927-2012))
• Juan Crisóstomo Falcón (1820 to 1870. President of Venezuela (1820-1870))
• Tigran Mansurian (born 1939. Armenian composer (born 1939))
• Ruben Amorim (born 1985. Portuguese football manager (born 1985))
• Ralph Modjeski (1861 to 1940. Polish-American civil engineer (1861–1940))

Died on January 27

• Pete Seeger (1919 to 2014. American musician and social activist (1919–2014))
• Suharto (1921 to 2008. President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998)
• J. D. Salinger (1919 to 2010. American author (1919–2010))
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 to 1901. Italian opera composer (1813–1901))
• Humayun (1508 to 1556. Mughal emperor from 1530 to 1540 and from 1555 to 1556)
• Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867 to 1951. Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951))
• Nerva (30 to 98. Roman emperor from AD 96 to 98)
• Nellie Bly (1864 to 1922. American investigative journalist (1864–1922))
• John Updike (1932 to 2009. American writer (1932–2009))
• James G. Blaine (1830 to 1893. American politician (1830–1893))
• Howard Zinn (1922 to 2010. American historian and socialist philosopher (1922–2010))
• John James Audubon (1785 to 1851. French-American ornithologist (1785–1851))
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 to 1814. German philosopher (1762–1814))
• Yue Fei (1103 to 1142. Song dynasty Chinese general (1103–1142))
• Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910 to 2009. President of India from 1987 to 1992)
• Gordon B. Hinckley (1910 to 2008. American religious leader and author (1910–2008))
• Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630 to 632. Youngest son of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (630–632))
• Isaak Babel (1894 to 1940. Russian writer and journalist (1894–1940))
• David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900 to 1967. British lawyer and politician (1900–1967))
• Marie-José of Belgium (1906 to 2001. Queen of Italy in 1946)
• Salvador Laurel (1928 to 2004. Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992)
• Külüg Khan (1281 to 1311. Emperor of Yuan dynasty from 1307 to 1311)
• Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655 to 1731. Italian maker of musical instruments (1655 – 1731))
• Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888 to 1958. Prussian prince (1888–1958))
• Charles H. Townes (1915 to 2015. American physicist (1915–2015))
• Saint Nino (296 to 335. Early Christian saint)
• Sergius II (790 to 847. Head of the Catholic Church from 844 to 847)
• Anna (1503 to 1547. Queen of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 to 1547, Queen of Germany from 1531)
• Angela Merici (1474 to 1540. Christian saint)
• Alphonse Juin (1888 to 1967. French Army officer (1888–1967))

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