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October 27 birthdays

258 notable historical figures were born on October 27, and 196 died on this day. Everyone born on October 27 is a Scorpio.

19% of October 27 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (62) than any other country.

Born on October 27

• Sylvia Plath (1932 to 1963. American poet and writer (1932–1963))
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858 to 1919. President of the United States from 1901 to 1909)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945. President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023))
• James Cook (1728 to 1779. British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779))
• Abu Bakr (573 to 634. First caliph of Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634)
• Catherine of Valois (1401 to 1437. Queen of England from 1420 to 1422)
• Francis Fukuyama (born 1952. American political scientist, economist, and author (born 1952))
• Roberto Benigni (born 1952. Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director (born 1952))
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 to 1840. Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840))
• Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977. Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former cricketer (born 1977))
• K. R. Narayanan (1920 to 2005. President of India from 1997 to 2002)
• Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 1940. Iranian princess (born 1940))
• Nawal El Saadawi (1931 to 2021. Egyptian feminist writer, activist, doctor and psychiatrist (1931–2021))
• Lee Krasner (1908 to 1984. American abstract expressionist painter (1908–1984))
• Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922 to 2010. President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and 1989 to 1993)
• Anuradha Paudwal (born 1952. Indian playback singer)
• Vanessa-Mae (born 1978. British-Thai violinist and skier (born 1978))
• Oliver Tambo (1917 to 1993. South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993))
• Giovanni Giolitti (1842 to 1928. Italian statesman (1842–1928))
• John Cleese (born 1939. English comedian and actor (born 1939))
• Joe Medicine Crow (1913 to 2016. Native American writer and war chief (1913–2016))
• Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858 to 1939. Danish prince (1858–1939))
• Tsai Ming-liang (born 1957. Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker (born 1957))
• Dylan Thomas (1914 to 1953. Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953))
• Jeffrey Bostic (born 1960. President of Barbados since 2025)
• Mary Sidney (1561 to 1621. English poet, playwright and patron (1561–1621))
• James Macpherson (1736 to 1796. Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician (1736–1796))
• Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745 to 1790. British prince (1745–1790))
• Ilia Chavchavadze (1837 to 1907. Georgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saint (1837-1907))
• Jatindra Nath Das (1904 to 1929. Indian revolutionary (1904–1929))
• Juan Seguín (1806 to 1890. Spanish-Tejano politician and military leader (1806–1890))
• Fernando Ocáriz Braña (born 1944. Spanish priest and prelate of Opus Dei)
• Oliver Leese (1894 to 1978. British Army general (1894–1978))
• Arthur Blessitt (1940 to 2025. American Christian preacher (1940–2025))
• John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835 to 1910. British politician)
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912 to 1997. American-Mexican composer)
• Marie Elisabeth of France (1572 to 1578. French princess)
• Chai Rong (921 to 959. Later Zhou dynasty emperor from 954 to 959)
• Mitrofan Nedelin (1902 to 1960. Chief Marshal of the Artillery of Soviet Armed Forces)
• Henriett Seth F. (born 1980. Hungarian artist, autistic savant (born 1980))
• Otto Wichterle (1913 to 1998. Czech chemist and inventor (1913–1998))
• Daniel H. Wells (1814 to 1891. American religious leader and politician (1814-1891))
• Carlos Frenk (born 1951. Mexican-British cosmologist (born 1951))
• A. Ayyappan (1949 to 2010. Indian poet)
• John Lennard-Jones (1894 to 1954. Early 20th-century English mathematician and physicist)
• Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774 to 1848. British politician and financier)
• Ludovico Ludovisi (1595 to 1632. Catholic cardinal (1595–1632))
• Wasfia Nazreen (born 1982. Bangladeshi mountain climber)
• Albert Wendt (born 1939. Samoan poet and writer)
• Victoria Santa Cruz (1922 to 2014. Peruvian composer)
• Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1963. Saudi royal and businessman (born 1962))
• John Gotti (1940 to 2002. American mobster (1940–2002))
• Bernard Parmegiani (1927 to 2013. French composer)
• Peter Blume (1906 to 1992. Belarusian-born American painter and sculptor)
• Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham (1842 to 1922. British peer and politician (1842–1922))
• Lonzo Ball (born 1997. American basketball player (born 1997))
• Yevgeny Tarle (1875 to 1955. Soviet historian and academician (1874–1955))
• Islam Makhachev (born 1991. Russian mixed martial artist (born 1991))
• Elena Rzhevskaya (1919 to 2017. Soviet war interpreter who safeguarded Hitler's remains)
• Frederick Cooper (historian) (born 1947. American historian)

Died on October 27

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971 to 2019. Leader of the Islamic State from 2013 to 2019)
• Æthelstan (895 to 939. King of the English from 927 to 939)
• Lise Meitner (1878 to 1968. Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist (1878–1968))
• Néstor Kirchner (1950 to 2010. President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007)
• Ivan III (1440 to 1505. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505)
• David Bohm (1917 to 1992. American-Brazilian-British scientist (1917–1992))
• Albert II of Germany (1397 to 1439. King of Hungary 1437–1439, King of the Romans 1438-1439, King of Bohemia 1438-1439)
• Lou Reed (1942 to 2013. American rock musician (1942–2013))
• Ulugh Beg (1394 to 1449. Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449))
• Michael Servetus (1511 to 1553. 16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist)
• Betsy Drake (1923 to 2015. American actress, writer, and psychotherapist (1923–2015))
• Elizabeth de Burgh (1284 to 1327. Queen of Scots from 1306 to 1327)
• John Conyers (1929 to 2019. American politician (1929–2019))
• Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915 to 2006. President of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993)
• Elliott Roosevelt (general) (1910 to 1990. American military official and politician (1910–1990))
• Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901 to 1990. Daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1901–1990))
• Vytautas the Great (1352 to 1430. Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1401 to 1430)
• Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 to 1963. Margrave of Baden (1906–1963))
• Thomas Townsend Brown (1905 to 1985. American inventor (1905–1985))
• Vazgen Sargsyan (1959 to 1999. Armenian military commander, politician (1959–1999))
• Gongmin of Goryeo (1330 to 1374. King of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374)
• Madhavrao II (1774 to 1795. Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1774 to 1795)
• André de Toth (1912 to 2002. Hungarian-American film director (1913–2002))
• Princess Helena of Nassau (1831 to 1888. Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1853 to 1888)
• John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899 to 1980. American physicist and mathematician (1899–1980))
• Jean Nicolet (1598 to 1642. French coureur des bois)
• Yashwantrao Holkar (1776 to 1811. Maharaja of Indore from 1799 to 1811)
• Charlotte Perriand (1903 to 1999. French architect and designer)
• Hans Werner Henze (1926 to 2012. German composer (1926–2012))
• Ernest Everett Just (1883 to 1941. American biologist (1883–1941))

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