February 27 - Births

Births

• 272 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)
• 1689 – Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
• 1691 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
• 1702 – Johann Valentin Görner, German composer (d. 1762)
• 1711 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia (d. 1769)
• 1779 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
• 1789 – Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (d. 1818)
• 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
• 1831 – Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
• 1847 – Ellen Terry, English actress (d.1928)
• 1848 – Hubert Parry, English composer (d. 1918)
• 1867 – Irving Fisher, American economist (d. 1947)
• 1862 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Louis Coerne, American composer and music educator (d. 1922)
• 1875 – George Rodocanachi, Greek-British physician (d. 1944)
• 1877 – Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
• 1877 – Adela Verne, English pianist (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
• 1879 – René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
• 1888 – Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
• 1891 – Anne Samson, Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2004)
• 1891 – David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971)
• 1892 – William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1895 – Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
• 1897 – Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
• 1899 – Charles Best, Canadian scientist (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
• 1902 – John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
• 1904 – James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1904 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
• 1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
• 1907 – Walter Wolf, German politician (d. 1977)
• 1910 – Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Peter De Vries, American writer (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
• 1910 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aerospace engineer (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilding champion (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Lawrence Durrell, English writer (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Kusumagraj,Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, Indian writer (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Olavi Virta, Finnish singer (d. 1972)
• 1917 – John Connally, American politician (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay
• 1922 – Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch professor and art historian (d. 1977)
• 1923 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
• 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
• 1927 – Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby footballer and coach (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1930 – Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist
• 1930 – Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
• 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Raymond Berry, American football player
• 1934 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
• 1934 – N. Scott Momaday, American writer
• 1934 – Ralph Nader, American author, activist and political figure
• 1934 – Van Williams, American actor
• 1935 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano
• 1954 – Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
• 1936 – Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer
• 1936 – Roger Mahony, American cardinal and Archbishop
• 1937 – David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1937 – Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 1938 – Jake Thackray, English singer songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (d. 1974)
• 1939 – Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnamese poet (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Pierre Duchesne, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1940 – Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British politician
• 1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1942 – Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
• 1942 – Michel Forget, Canadian actor
• 1943 – Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer
• 1944 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer
• 1944 – Roger Scruton, British philosopher
• 1945 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
• 1949 – Rosalinda Galli, Italian voice actress
• 1950 – Julia Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
• 1951 – Lee Atwater, American political figure (d. 1991)
• 1951 – Steve Harley, British musician (Cockney Rebel)
• 1952 – Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor
• 1953 – Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress
• 1953 – Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier
• 1954 – Neal Schon, American musician (Journey and Santana)
• 1955 – Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
• 1957 – Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator
• 1957 – Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
• 1957 – Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
• 1957 – Timothy Spall, English actor
• 1958 – Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
• 1958 – Max Crivello, Itallian artist
• 1958 – Nancy Spungen, American murder victim (d. 1978)
• 1959 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1960 – Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1961 – James Worthy, American basketball player
• 1962 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
• 1962 – Grant Show, American actor
• 1962 – Robert Spencer, American author and blogger
• 1963 – Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
• 1964 – Todd Bodine, American race car driver
• 1965 – Noah Emmerich, American actor
• 1965 – Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor and sound designer
• 1965 – Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
• 1966 – Donal Logue, Canadian actor
• 1968 – Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
• 1969 – Brad Vander Ark, American musician (The Verve Pipe)
• 1970 – Michael A. Burstein, American writer
• 1970 – Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
• 1970 – Matthias Lechner, German art director
• 1970 – Goran Markov, Macedonian footballer
• 1970 – Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
• 1971 – Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
• 1971 – Paul Hudson, British television presenter
• 1971 – "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
• 1972 – Jennifer Lyon, American television personality (d. 2010)
• 1973 – Peter André, Australian singer
• 1973 – Ali Tabatabaee, American-Iranian singer (Zebrahead)
• 1973 – Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby footballer
• 1974 – Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer
• 1974 – Carte Goodwin, American politician
• 1975 – Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
• 1975 – Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
• 1976 – Tony Gonzalez, American football player
• 1977 – Lance Hoyt, American wrestler
• 1977 – Ji Sung, South Korean actor
• 1977 – James Wan, Australian film director
• 1978 – James Beattie, English footballer
• 1978 – Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer
• 1979 – Andreas Voss, German footballer
• 1980 – Bobby V, American singer (Mista)
• 1980 – Brandon Beemer, American actor
• 1980 – Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton
• 1980 – Nick Speed, American Hip Hop producer
• 1980 – Scott Prince, Australian rugby player
• 1981 – Josh Groban, American singer
• 1981 – Cameron Ling, Australian Rules footballer
• 1981 – Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete
• 1983 – Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer
• 1983 – Devin Harris, American basketball player
• 1983 – Kate Mara, American actress
• 1983 – Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
• 1984 – David Noel, American basketball player
• 1984 – Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
• 1984 – Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
• 1985 – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
• 1985 – Braydon Coburn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player
• 1986 – Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Sandeep Singh, Indian hockey player
• 1988 – Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Shota Shimizu, Japanese musician
• 1989 – David Button, English footballer
• 1991 – Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1992 – Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
• 1994 – Hou Yifan, Chinese chess player