| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1407 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Ashikaga Yoshikazu |
Japanese shogun (d. 1425) |
| 1487 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Anna of Brandenburg |
queen of Denmark (d. 1514) |
| 1637 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Charles Calvert |
Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715) |
| 1665 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
John Hervey |
English politician (d. 1751) |
| 1669 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Anne Marie of Orleans |
queen of Italy (d. 1728) |
| 1698 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Baal Shem Tov |
Founder of the Chasiddic movement (d. 1760) |
| 1677 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun |
Austrian field marshal (d. 1748) |
| 1724 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
John Joachim Zubly |
Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781) |
| 1730 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Johann Georg Hamann |
German philosopher (d. 1788) |
| 1770 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
German philosopher (d. 1831) |
| 1803 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Edward Beecher |
American theologian (d. 1895) |
| 1809 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Hannibal Hamlin |
Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891) |
| 1858 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Giuseppe Peano |
Italian mathematician (d. 1932) |
| 1865 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
James Henry Breasted |
American Egyptologist (d. 1935) |
| 1865 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Charles G. Dawes |
30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1951) |
| 1868 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Hong Beom-do |
Korean independence activist (d. 1943) |
| 1870 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Amado Nervo |
Mexican poet (d. 1919) |
| 1871 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Theodore Dreiser |
American author (d. 1945) |
| 1874 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Carl Bosch |
German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940) |
| 1875 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Katharine McCormick |
American women's rights activist (d. 1967) |
| 1877 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Charles Rolls |
British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910) |
| 1877 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Ernst Wetter |
member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963) |
| 1884 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Vincent Auriol |
French President (d. 1966) |
| 1886 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Rebecca Helferich Clarke |
English composer and violist (d. 1979) |
| 1886 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Eric Coates |
English composer (d. 1957) |
| 1890 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Man Ray |
American photographer and artist (d. 1976) |
| 1896 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Faina Ranevskaya |
Russian actress (d. 1984) |
| 1898 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Gaspard Fauteux |
French Canadian parliamentarian (d. 1963) |
| 1899 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
C. S. Forester |
British author (d. 1966) |
| 1899 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Byron Foulger |
American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1904 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Norah Lofts |
British author (d. 1983) |
| 1904 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
John Hay Whitney |
American financier (d. 1982) |
| 1906 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Ed Gein |
American serial killer (d. 1984) |
| 1908 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Don Bradman |
Australian cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1908 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
36th President of the United States (d. 1973) |
| 1908 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Kurt Wegner |
German artist (d. 1985) |
| 1909 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Sylv?re Maes |
Belgian cyclist (d. 1966) |
| 1909 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Lester Young |
American musician (d. 1959) |
| 1911 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Kay Walsh |
British actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Gloria Guinness |
Mexican socialite and writer(d. 1980) |
| 1913 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg |
Russian-born wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006) |
| 1914 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Heidi Kabel |
German actress (d. 2010) |
| 1915 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Norman F. Ramsey |
American physicist Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1916 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Martha Raye |
American actress (d. 1994) |
| 1916 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Tony Harris |
South African cricketer (d. 1993) |
| 1917 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Peanuts Lowrey |
American baseball player (d. 1986) |
| 1918 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Jelle Zijlstra |
Dutch Prime Minister (d. 2001) |
| 1919 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Murray Grand |
American songwriter and cabaret singer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Georg Alexander |
head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1996) |
| 1921 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Leo Penn |
American film director (d. 1998) |
| 1924 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
David Rowbotham |
Australian poet |
| 1925 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Darry Cowl |
French actor (d. 2006) |
| 1925 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Nat Lofthouse |
English footballer |
| 1926 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Pat Coombs |
English actress (d. 2002) |
| 1926 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Kristen Nygaard |
Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002) |
| 1927 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Jimmy C. Newman |
American singer |
| 1928 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
South African politician |
| 1929 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Ira Levin |
American author (d. 2007) |
| 1931 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Sri Chinmoy |
Indian guru (d. 2007) |
| 1931 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Joe Cunningham |
American baseball player |
| 1932 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Antonia Fraser |
British author |
| 1935 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Ernie Broglio |
American baseball player |
| 1935 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Frank Yablans |
American film producer |
| 1936 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Joel Kovel |
American politician |
| 1937 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Alice Coltrane |
American jazz musician (d. 2007) |
| 1937 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Tommy Sands |
American actor and singer |
| 1939 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
William Least Heat-Moon |
American author |
| 1940 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Sonny Sharrock |
American jazz guitarist (d. 1994) |
| 1941 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Harrison Page |
American actor |
| 1942 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Daryl Dragon |
American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille) |
| 1942 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Brian Peckford |
Canadian politician |
| 1943 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Tuesday Weld |
American actress |
| 1944 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
G. W. Bailey |
American actor |
| 1946 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Tony Howard |
West Indian cricketer |
| 1947 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Barbara Bach |
American actress |
| 1947 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Harry Reems |
American actor |
| 1947 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
John Morrison |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1947 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Gavin Pfuhl |
South African cricketer (d. 2002) |
| 1948 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Pavlos Sidiropoulos |
Greek musician (d. 1990) |
| 1948 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Sgt. Slaughter |
American professional wrestler |
| 1949 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Jeff Cook |
vocals‚ guitar‚ keyboards‚ bass‚ fiddle‚ banjo and mandolin for Alabama |
| 1950 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Charles Fleischer |
American actor |
| 1951 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Buddy Bell |
American baseball player-manager |
| 1951 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Mack Brown |
American University of Texas Head Football Coach |
| 1952 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Paul Reubens |
American actor |
| 1953 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Alex Lifeson |
Canadian guitarist (Rush) |
| 1953 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Peter Stormare |
Swedish-born actor |
| 1954 |
August 27 |
Friday |
John Lloyd |
British tennis player |
| 1954 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Derek Warwick |
British race car driver |
| 1955 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Laura Fygi |
Dutch singer |
| 1955 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Robert Richardson |
American cinematographer |
| 1955 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Diana Scarwid |
American actress |
| 1957 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Jeff Grubb |
American author and game designer |
| 1957 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Bernhard Langer |
German golfer and two-time Masters champion |
| 1958 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Normand Brathwaite |
Canadian comedian and television and radio host |
| 1958 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Sergei Krikalev |
Russian cosmonaut |
| 1958 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Tom Lanoye |
Belgian author |
| 1959 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Gerhard Berger |
Austrian racing driver and F1 team co-owner (Scuderia Toro Rosso) |
| 1959 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Juan Fernando Cobo |
Colombian artist |
| 1959 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Downtown Julie Brown |
Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ |
| 1961 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Yolanda Adams |
American gospel singer |
| 1961 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Tom Ford |
American fashion designer |
| 1962 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Adam Oates |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1962 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Thomas Duggan |
American photographer |
| 1962 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Vic Mignogna |
American voice actor |
| 1964 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Robert Bogue |
American actor |
| 1965 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Wayne James |
Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1966 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Juhan Parts |
Prime Minister of Estonia |
| 1967 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Ogie Alcasid |
Filipino singer and actor |
| 1969 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Reece Shearsmith |
British actor and comedian |
| 1969 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Mark Ealham |
England cricketer |
| 1969 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Cesar Millan |
Mexican dog trainer |
| 1969 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Chandra Wilson |
American actress |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Andy Bichel |
Australian cricketer |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Peter Ebdon |
English snooker player |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Mark Ilott |
England cricketer |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Tony Kanal |
English musician (No Doubt) |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Jeff Kenna |
Irish footballer |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Jim Thome |
American baseball player |
| 1970 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Karl Unterkircher |
Italian mountaineer (d. 2008) |
| 1971 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Julian Cheung |
Hong Kong actor and singer |
| 1971 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Ernest Faber |
Dutch footballer and coach |
| 1972 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Jimmy Pop |
American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) |
| 1972 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Jaap-Derk Buma |
Dutch field hockey player |
| 1972 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
Denise Lewis |
English heptathlete |
| 1972 |
August 27 |
Sunday |
The Great Khali |
Indian professional wrestler |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Carlene Begnaud |
American professional wrestler |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Danny Coyne |
Welsh footballer |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Dietmar Hamann |
German footballer |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Johan Norberg |
Swedish author |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Burak Kut |
Turkish pop singer |
| 1973 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Cory Bowles |
Canadian actor |
| 1974 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Jose Vidro |
Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Mohammad Yousuf |
Pakistani cricketer |
| 1974 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Michael Mason |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1975 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Jonny Moseley |
American skier |
| 1975 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Bjorn Gelotte |
Swedish guitarplayer‚ In Flames |
| 1975 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Mark Rudan |
Australian footballer |
| 1976 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Sarah Chalke |
Canadian actress |
| 1976 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Carlos Moy |
Spanish tennis player |
| 1976 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Milano Collection Akihito Terui |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1976 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Mark Webber |
Australian racing driver |
| 1977 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Deco |
Portuguese footballer |
| 1977 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Mase |
American rapper |
| 1979 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Giovanni Capitello |
American filmmaker and actor |
| 1979 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Tian Liang |
Chinese diver |
| 1979 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Sarah Neufeld |
Canadian musician (Arcade Fire) |
| 1979 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Rusty Smith |
American shorttracker |
| 1980 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Neha Dhupia |
Indian model and actress |
| 1980 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Kyle Lowder |
American actor |
| 1981 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Demetria McKinney |
American actress |
| 1981 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Maxwell Cabelino Andrade |
Spanish footballer |
| 1983 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Wilson Chen |
Taiwanese actor |
| 1984 |
August 27 |
Monday |
David Bentley |
English footballer |
| 1984 |
August 27 |
Monday |
Sulley Muntari |
Ghanaian footballer |
| 1985 |
August 27 |
Tuesday |
Alexandra Nechita |
Romanian/American artist |
| 1986 |
August 27 |
Wednesday |
Mario |
American R&B singer |
| 1987 |
August 27 |
Thursday |
Darren McFadden |
American football player |
| 1988 |
August 27 |
Saturday |
Alexa Vega |
American actress |
| 1993 |
August 27 |
Friday |
Sarah Hecken |
German figure skater |
