September 27
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Births
- 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1906 - Jim Thompson, American author (d. 1977)
- 1907 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
- 1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist
- 1916 - Frank Handlen, American artist
- 1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
- 1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
- 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player
- 1920 - William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1920 - Jayne Meadows, American actress
- 1921 - Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer/screenwriter (d. 1991)
- 1922 - Carl Ballantine, American actor
- 1922 - Arthur Penn, American director
- 1924 - Bernard Waber, American author
- 1924 - Fred Singer, American scientist
- 1924 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)
- 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
- 1927 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
- 1931 - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
- 1932 - Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1932 - Michael Colvin, Canadian singer
- 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
- 1933 - Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1933 - Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1933 - Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor
- 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
- 1934 - Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. 2001)
- 1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host
- 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright
- 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
- 1941 - Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
- 1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer
- 1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist
- 1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer
- 1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
- 1943 - Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
- 1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)
- 1945 - Kay Ryan, American poet
- 1946 - Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)
- 1946 - T.C. Cannon, Kiowa/Caddo artist (d. 1978)
- 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
- 1947 - Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
- 1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer
- 1947 - Liz Torres, American actress and singer
- 1948 - Michele Dotrice, English actor
- 1948 - A Martinez, American actor
- 1948 - Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor
- 1948 - John K. Reed, American coral biologist
- 1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician
- 1949 - Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
- 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
- 1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
- 1951 - Paul Craig, British law professor
- 1951 - Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
- 1952 - Didier Dubois, French mathematician
- 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- 1952 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
- 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
- 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
- 1953 - Greg Ham, Australian musician (Men at Work)
- 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American singer
- 1959 - Beth Heiden, American speed skater
- 1960 - Barron Lerner, American physician and historian
- 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
- 1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
- 1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1965 - Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1965 - Steve Kerr, American basketball player
- 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
- 1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
- 1965 - Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
- 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)
- 1966 - Dean Butterworth, English musician
- 1971 - Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
- 1971 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
- 1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
- 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1976 - Matt Harding, American video game developer
- 1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player
- 1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down)
- 1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player
- 1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player
- 1979 - Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
- 1979 - Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
- 1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1980 - Asashoryu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- 1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1981 - Cytherea, American adult actress
- 1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper
- 1983 - Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
- 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player
- 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1985 - Jamar Butler, American basketball player
- 1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
- 1992 - Jake Burbage, American actor
- 1996 - Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan
Deaths
- 1249 - Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
- 1304 - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
- 1404 - William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
- 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
- 1590 - Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
- 1615 - Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
- 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
- 1660 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (b. 1580)
- 1700 - Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
- 1719 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
- 1730 - Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
- 1735 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
- 1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680)
- 1742 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
- 1783 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. 1730)
- 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. 1781)
- 1876 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
- 1891 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
- 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. 1844)
- 1915 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. 1858)
- 1917 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
- 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b. 1854)
- 1940 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher (b. 1892)
- 1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
- 1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b. 1890)
- 1956 - Gerald Finzi, English composer (b. 1901)
- 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (b. 1911)
- 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1882)
- 1965 - Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
- 1974 - Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A
- 1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
- 1979 - Dame Gracie Fields, British comedian (b. 1898)
- 1981 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1985 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Cliff Burton, American musician (Metallica) (b. 1962)
- 1991 - Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and 4th wife of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1926)
- 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b. 1896)
- 1996 - Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
- 1997 - Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
- 1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
- 1998 - Doak Walker, American footballer (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Donald O'Connor, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2005 - Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Fanny Hye Knudsen, danish hooker (b. 1991)
Notes
* Pascal Pia * Walter Benjamin * Louis Desiré Veron * Remy de Gourmont * Maurice Blanchot * Charles Henri Ford * Sylvia Pankhurst * Arthur Penn * Emile Claus * Clara Bow * Thomas Nast * Charles Burns (cartoonist)
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