History Births on January 27

George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1733)

#George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington

Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Valyantsin_Byalkevich

Göran Hägglund, Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs

#Göran_Hägglund

Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian skier and biathlete

#Ole_Einar_Bjørndalen

Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

#Bobby_Bland

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor

#Mikhail_Baryshnikov

Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Mairead_Maguire

Alan Milburn, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

#Alan_Milburn

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (d. 1790)

#Johann_Nikolaus_von_Hontheim

Keith Olbermann, American journalist and author

#Keith_Olbermann

Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)

#Donna_Reed

Patton Oswalt, American comedian and actor

#Patton_Oswalt

Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Samuel_C._C._Ting

Fred Taylor, American football player

#Fred_Taylor_(American_football)

Tracy Lawrence, American country singer

#Tracy_Lawrence

Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)

#Troy_Donahue

Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)

#Mordecai_Richler

Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer

#Ahn_Jung-hwan

Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (d. 2002)

#Helmut_Zacharias

Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer (d. 1944)

#Will_Marion_Cook

Seison Maeda, Japanese painter (d. 1977)

#Seison_Maeda

Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)

#Neel_Doff

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 1941)

#Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor

Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player

#Tony_Woodcock_(rugby_player)

Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)

#Jacques_Hnizdovsky

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)

#Mikhail_Saltykov-Shchedrin

Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)

#Gastón_Suárez

Perfecto Yasay Jr., Filipino lawyer and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines

#Perfecto_Yasay_Jr.

Tam O'Shaughnessy, American tennis player, psychologist, and academic

#Tam_O'Shaughnessy

John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

#John_Eccles_(neurophysiologist)

Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

#Chaminda_Vaas

Albert III, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)

#Albert_III,_Duke_of_Saxony

Richard Taylor, American general, historian, and politician (d. 1879)

#Richard_Taylor_(general)

Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (d. 1892)

#Édouard_Lalo

Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)

#Richard_Bentley

Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)

#Carl_Friedrich_Schmidt_(1832)

Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop

#Peter_Akinola

Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (d. 1898)

#Lewis_Carroll

Margo Timmins, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Margo_Timmins

T?g? Heihachir?, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)

#T?g?_Heihachir?

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)

#Grand_Duchess_Anna_Petrovna_of_Russia

Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986)

#Hyman_G._Rickover

Nedra Talley, American singer

#Nedra_Talley

Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1867)

#Juan_Álvarez

John Witherspoon, American actor

#John_Witherspoon_(actor)

Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player and coach

#Chanda_Gunn

Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)

#Eli_Whitney_Blake

Nick Mason, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Nick_Mason

Hester Thrale, Welsh author (d. 1821)

#Hester_Thrale

Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

#Alicia_Molik

Peter Laird, American author and illustrator

#Peter_Laird

Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979)

#Edvard_Kardelj

Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

#Björn_Afzelius

Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)

#Hendrick_Avercamp

Samuel Palmer, English painter and etcher (d. 1881)

#Samuel_Palmer

Anton Shunin, Russian footballer

#Anton_Shunin

Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)

#Arkhip_Kuindzhi

Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (d. 1967)

#Ilya_Ehrenburg

George Monbiot, English-Welsh author and activist

#George_Monbiot

Fiona O'Donnell, Canadian-Scottish politician

#Fiona_O'Donnell

Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)

#Jerome_Kern

Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Dave_Manson

Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, American writer, public speaker, and activist (d. 1880)

#Eunice_Hale_Waite_Cobb

Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)

#Skitch_Henderson

Dorothy Scarborough, American author (d. 1935)

#Dorothy_Scarborough

George Follmer, American race car driver

#George_Follmer

Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist

#Jean-Philippe_Collard

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)

#Juan_Crisóstomo_Arriaga

Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer

#Roberto_Paci_Dalò

Matt Stover, American football player

#Matt_Stover

Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor

#Alan_Cumming

Gavin Floyd, American baseball player

#Gavin_Floyd

James Cromwell, American actor

#James_Cromwell

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)

#Eugène_Viollet-le-Duc

Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)

#Boris_Shakhlin

Edward Smith, English captain (d. 1912)

#Edward_Smith_(sea_captain)

Mike Patton, American singer, composer, and voice artist

#Mike_Patton

Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)

#Arne_Næss

Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player

#Carlo_Colaiacovo

Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany

#Hans_Modrow

Rosamund Pike, English actress

#Rosamund_Pike

Otto P. Weyland, American general (d. 1979)

#Otto_P._Weyland

Bridget Fonda, American actress

#Bridget_Fonda

Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (d. 1685)

#Sir_Harbottle_Grimston,_2nd_Baronet

Rauf Denkta?, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)

#Rauf_Denkta?

Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer

#Alberto_Botía

Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (d. 2013)

#Jerry_Buss

Frank Miller, American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Frank_Miller_(comics)

Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Terry_Harper

Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)

#Ingrid_Thulin

Cris Collinsworth, American football player and sportscaster

#Cris_Collinsworth

Bibi Gaytán, Mexican singer and actress

#Bibi_Gaytán

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)

#Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer

#Tamlyn_Tomita

Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player and coach

#Andrei_Pavel

Janick Gers, English guitarist and songwriter

#Janick_Gers

Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing (d. 2009)

#Francis_Rogallo

Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973)

#Willy_Fritsch

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)

#Hiroyoshi_Nishizawa

Cees van der Knaap, Dutch soldier and politician

#Cees_van_der_Knaap

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_Joseph_Schelling

Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, 160th Prime Minister of France

#Édith_Cresson

Pete Laforest, Canadian-American baseball player and manager

#Pete_Laforest

G. E. Smith, American guitarist and songwriter

#G._E._Smith

William Seawell, American general (d. 2005)

#William_Seawell

Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)

#Fred_Åkerström

John Chivington, American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)

#John_Chivington

David Strauss, German theologian and author (d. 1874)

#David_Strauss

Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)

#Kate_Wolf

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)

#Leopold_von_Sacher-Masoch

Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)

#Radhabinod_Pal

Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician

#Marat_Safin

Sebastine Ikahihifo, New Zealand rugby league player

#Sebastine_Ikahihifo

Ed Schultz, American talk show host and sportscaster (d. 2018)

#Ed_Schultz

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman

#Mohamed_Al-Fayed

Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader (d. 1924)

#Samuel_Gompers

Bradley Clyde, Australian rugby league player

#Bradley_Clyde

Thomas Willis, English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)

#Thomas_Willis

Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach

#Daniel_Vettori

Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova

#Petru_Lucinschi

Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Patrice_Brisebois

Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)

#Soong_Ching-ling

John Roberts, American lawyer and judge, 17th Chief Justice of the United States

#John_Roberts

Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine

#Tasuku_Honjo

Mimi Rogers, American actress

#Mimi_Rogers

Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer

Christian Bickel, German footballer

Kerlon, Brazilian footballer

Ashley Grace, American singer-songwriter

Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer

Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael K. Winder, American businessman and politician

Clint Ford, American actor, voice actor and novelist

Dean Headley, English cricketer and coach

Shane Thomson, New Zealand cricketer

Michael Kulas, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

Attila Sekerlioglu, Austrian footballer and manager

Ignacio Noé, Argentinian author and illustrator

Mike Newell, English footballer and manager

Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer and academic

Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer

James Grippando, American lawyer and author

Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Billy Johnson, American football player and coach

Brian Gottfried, American tennis player

Seth Justman, American keyboard player and songwriter

Philip Sugden, English historian and author (d. 2014)

Cal Schenkel, American painter and illustrator

Vyron Polydoras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order

Christopher Hum, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China

Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, English businesswoman and politician

Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)

Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs

Steve Demeter, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)

Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, English lieutenant and businessman

Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter

Fritz Spiegl, Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)

Harvey Shapiro, American poet (d. 2013)

Brian Rix, English actor, producer, and politician (d. 2016)

Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972)

Tom Addington, English captain (d. 2011)

Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)

Jules Archer, American historian and author (d. 2008)

William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)

Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)

James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)

Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (d. 1988)

Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)

Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)

Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)

John Collier, English painter and author (d. 1934)

Urbain Johnson, Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)

Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)

Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (d. 1753)

Humphrey Mackworth, English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654)

Abbas I of Persia (d. 1629)

Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)

Edward of Angoulême, English noble (d. 1370)