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January 27 Birthdays in History - January 27 Deaths - January 27 Events
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January 27, 1984 Kelly Osbourne, English Actress January 27, 1981 Jonny Lang, blues musician January 27, 1980 Marat Safin, Russian Athlete January 27, 1979 Jessica Lynn Ferdinand, Miss New York Teen USA 1997 January 27, 1978 Vanessa Mae, Chinese Musician January 27, 1976 Haimish Karrasch, Australian rower 1996 Olympics January 27, 1976 Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana January 27, 1976 Rhett Warrener, Shaunavon, NHL defenseman for the Florida Panthers January 27, 1975 Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994- January 27, 1975 Aron Ralston, American Celebrity January 27, 1973 Eddie Davis, CFL cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders January 27, 1973 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place, Trinidad and Tobago, 1997 January 27, 1972 Bryant Young, NFL defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers January 27, 1972 Chad Askew, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets January 27, 1972 Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars January 27, 1971 Mark Noordlander, soccer player, Sparta January 27, 1971 Patrice Brisebois, Montreal, NHL defenseman, Montreal Canadiens January 27, 1970 Carlos Javier Bernardo, Dutch prince January 27, 1970 Dario Brose, Queens, New York, U.S. soccer halfback 1992 Olympics January 27, 1970 Dean Headley, cricket, grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996 January 27, 1969 Kristen Danihy, Lawton Oklahoma, team handball circle/wing 1996 Olympics January 27, 1969 Phil Plantier, Manchester NH, outfielder, San Diego Padres, Red Sox, A's January 27, 1969 Shane Thomson, NZ cricket off-spin all rounder, since 1990 January 27, 1969 Sarah Vowell, American Author January 27, 1968 Anthony Pleasant, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons January 27, 1968 Eric Wedge, U.S. baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox January 27, 1968 Matt Stover, NFL kicker, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens January 27, 1968 Mike Patton, Eureka California, rocker, Faith No More-The Real Thing January 27, 1968 Reggie Johnson, NFL tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles January 27, 1968 Rusty Meacham, Stuart, Florida, pitcher, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners January 27, 1968 Tracy Lawrence, Atlanta, Texas, country singer, Sticks and Stones January 27, 1967 Alfred Oglesby, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals January 27, 1967 Carrington Garland, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara January 27, 1967 Dave Manson, Prince Albert, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets January 27, 1967 Laura Golarsa, Italy, tennis star January 27, 1967 Sue Palmer, Collingwood Ontario, cyclist 1996 Olympics January 27, 1966 Michael De Angelis, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 January 27, 1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara January 27, 1966 Matt Drudge, American Celebrity January 27, 1966 Bill Goldberg, American Athlete January 27, 1965 Igor Matoushkin, NHL defenseman, Belarus, 1998 Olympics January 27, 1965 Alan Cumming, Scottish Actor January 27, 1964 Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female January 27, 1964 Cathy Podewell, California, actress, Dallas January 27, 1964 Inga Thompson, Reno Nevada, U.S. cyclist, Olympic-8th-88, 84, 92 January 27, 1964 Jack Haley, NBA center, Chicago Bulls January 27, 1964 Migi, [Miguel Drummond] rock, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance January 27, 1964 Woody Austin, born in Tampa, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick Open January 27, 1964 Kevin Patterson, Canadian Writer January 27, 1962 James F Doehring, born in Santa Barbara, California, shot putter, Olympics-silver-1992 January 27, 1962 Michael Collins, clarinettist January 27, 1962 Victoria Gotti, American Celebrity January 27, 1961 Charlotte Kemp, Omaha Ne, playmate, Dec, 1982 January 27, 1961 Gillian Gilbert, Manchester England, rocker, New Order-Round and Round January 27, 1961 Jean-Paul Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, Oly-9/10-88, 92, 96 January 27, 1961 Karen Velez, Rockville Ctr, New York, playmate, December, 1984 January 27, 1961 Margo Timmins, singer, Cowboy Junkies January 27, 1961 Martin Degville, rocker, Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111 January 27, 1961 Rudi Mauger, rocker, Crew Cuts January 27, 1959 Chris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver/TV sportscaster January 27, 1959 Patti Cohoon, Whittier California, actress, Molly-Here Come the Brides January 27, 1959 Keith Olbermann, American Journalist January 27, 1958 Alan Milburn, British MP January 27, 1958 Charles Waltz, rocker, Shooting Star January 27, 1958 Simon LeBon, English Musician January 27, 1957 Frank Miller, U.S., comicbook writer, Batman-The Dark Knight Returns January 27, 1957 Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, American Celebrity January 27, 1956 Fred Quillan, born in Portland, Oregon, WLAF offensive coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy January 27, 1956 Karen Hughes, American Politician January 27, 1955 Mimi Rogers, born in Coral Gables, Florida, actress, Paper Dolls, The Rousters January 27, 1955 Richard Young, Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett January 27, 1954 Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes, Australian cricketer January 27, 1953 Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic January 27, 1952 Brian Gottfried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, Wimbledon Doubles 1976 January 27, 1952 Peter Garland, composer January 27, 1952 Kathryn Bigelow, American Director January 27, 1952 David Knopfler, British Musician January 27, 1951 Brian Downey, rock drummer, Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town January 27, 1951 Scott Lane, New York City, actor, Gary-McKeever and the Colonel January 27, 1951 Seth Justman, Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, J Geils Band-Centerfold January 27, 1949 Lifford, Viscount January 27, 1948 Chuck Larsen, rocker, Snuff January 27, 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Riga, Latvia, ballet dancer, That's Dancing January 27, 1947 Nedra Telley, New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Little Baby January 27, 1946 Kim Gardner, England, rock bassist, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke January 27, 1946 Polly Toynbee, English Journalist January 27, 1945 Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist, Nobel 1976 January 27, 1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall January 27, 1945 Nick Mason, rock drummer, Pink Floyd-Money January 27, 1944 Kevin Coyne, rocker January 27, 1943 A H Harper, CEO, Baltic Exchange January 27, 1943 Cumberlege, Baroness January 27, 1943 John Mica, American Politician January 27, 1942 James Cromwell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stretch-All in the Family, Babe January 27, 1942 Petr Kotik, composer January 27, 1942 Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer January 27, 1942 Thomas Menino, American Politician January 27, 1941 Dick Trickle, American Celebrity January 27, 1940 Brian T O'Leary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut January 27, 1940 Harry Kumel, Flemish director, Monsieur Hawarden January 27, 1939 Mike Hill, Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open January 27, 1939 N R Bomford, head master, Harrow School January 27, 1939 Rawlings, Baroness January 27, 1939 Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan, composer January 27, 1938 Kim Gardner, rocker, Byrds January 27, 1938 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight January 27, 1937 John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer January 27, 1936 Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet, Dimri i Madh January 27, 1936 Troy Donahue, New York City, actor, Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye January 27, 1936 Neil Sheehan, American Journalist January 27, 1935 Gillian Beer, professor/president, Clare Hall-Cambridge January 27, 1934 Donald Spiers, controller, Aircraft MoD January 27, 1934 Edithe Cresson, premier of France, 1991-92 January 27, 1934 Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director, 1987- January 27, 1934 Julian Ogilvie Thompson, CEO, De Beers January 27, 1933 Mohamed Al Fayed, CEO, Harrods January 27, 1933 Rita Hennessy, matron-in-chief, QARANC January 27, 1932 Neville Trotter, British MP January 27, 1931 John Hopkins, writer January 27, 1931 Mordecai Richler, Montreal author, Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz January 27, 1931 Rudi Maugeri, rocker, Crew Cuts January 27, 1931 Vinson, Lord January 27, 1930 Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rosemark, Tennessee, blues singer, Call on the Drummer January 27, 1930 Esteban Edward Torres, Rep-D-CA, 1983- January 27, 1930 Roger Sims, British MP January 27, 1930 Bobby Bland, American Musician January 27, 1929 Ingrid Thulin, born in Solleftea, Sweden, actress, Cries and Whispers, Damned January 27, 1929 Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC January 27, 1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian Businessman January 27, 1928 Jean-Michel Damase, composer January 27, 1927 Doretta Morrow, New York City, actress, Because You're Mine January 27, 1927 Joe Perry, AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts January 27, 1927 Michael Craig, Poona India, actor, Escape 2000, Vault of Horror January 27, 1927 Nancy Dickerson, journalist, NBC January 27, 1927 William E. Simon, American Public Servant January 27, 1925 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant January 27, 1925 John Bury, designer January 27, 1924 Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev, composer January 27, 1924 Kenneth Corfield, CEO, STC January 27, 1924 Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician January 27, 1924 Rix, Lord January 27, 1924 Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor, Elephant Boy, Drum January 27, 1924 William van Straubenzee, British MP January 27, 1922 Wilfrid Bourne, QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery January 27, 1921 Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life January 27, 1919 David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian], born in Fresno California, Alvin and Chipmunks January 27, 1919 H D Halsey, Bishop of Carlisle January 27, 1919 Nina Milkina, pianist January 27, 1918 Elmore James, musician, Dust My Broom January 27, 1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orch leader, Tonight Show January 27, 1917 Dunboyne, Lord January 27, 1917 Merrivale, Lord January 27, 1915 Jack Brymer, clarinettist January 27, 1914 Anna Larina, revolutionary January 27, 1914 Jan Kott, Polish Critic January 27, 1913 Milton Adolphus, composer January 27, 1913 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer January 27, 1912 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country January 27, 1911 Benay Venuta, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister January 27, 1911 George Pope, cricketer, Eng pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test January 27, 1910 Charles Olson, American Poet January 27, 1908 William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing January 27, 1907 Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open January 27, 1906 Radames Gnattali, composer January 27, 1905 Howard McNear, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons January 27, 1905 Luther Diamond, radio personality January 27, 1903 John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist January 27, 1901 Art Rooney, NFL team owner for the Pittsburgh Steelers January 27, 1901 Willy Fritsch, German actor, Spies, Women in the Moon January 27, 1900 Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy January 27, 1900 Hyman Rickover, Soldier January 27, 1899 Granville English, composer January 27, 1895 Claudio Carneyro, composer January 27, 1895 Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41 January 27, 1894 Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star, 1920-26 January 27, 1894 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman January 27, 1892 Mitya Stillman, composer January 27, 1891 Ilja Ehrenburg, writer January 27, 1891 Ilya Ehrenburg, Ukrainian Writer January 27, 1889 Balthasar van der Pol, physicist, Comparison of Van der Pol January 27, 1887 Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist, excavator at Troy, Pylos January 27, 1885 Eduard Kunneke, German composer, Vetter aus Dingsda January 27, 1885 Jerome Kern, New York City, Broadway composer, Showboat, Roberta January 27, 1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer, La Voce, La Cultura Italiano January 27, 1877 Katharine Anthony, American Writer January 27, 1874 Owen D. Young, American Businessman January 27, 1872 Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals January 27, 1869 Will Marion Cook, composer January 27, 1868 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna, Dutch Opera January 27, 1867 Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer January 27, 1859 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor, 1888-1918 January 27, 1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer January 27, 1851 Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer, Santos Vega January 27, 1850 Samuel Gompers, Dutch/U.S. 1st president, American Federation of Labor January 27, 1850 John Collier, British Artist January 27, 1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer, masochism January 27, 1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements January 27, 1834 Robert Sanford Foster, Bvt Major General Union volunteers January 27, 1832 Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth, Alice in Wonderland January 27, 1830 Georg Hellmesberger, composer January 27, 1830 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brig General Confederate Army January 27, 1829 John P. Jones, American Politician January 27, 1828 Louis Schubert, composer January 27, 1828 Samuel Allen Rice, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1864 January 27, 1826 Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1879 January 27, 1824 Jozef Israels, Dutch painter January 27, 1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer, Symphonie Espagnole January 27, 1822 Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1883 January 27, 1808 David F Strauss, Germany, theologist, Jesus' Life January 27, 1808 David Friedrich Strauss, German Theologian January 27, 1806 Juan Crisostomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer January 27, 1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher, Valley of Vision January 27, 1800 Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician January 27, 1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer January 27, 1775 Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher, Views on Christianity January 27, 1775 Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer January 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer, Figaro January 27, 1727 Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer January 27, 1723 Johann A. Cramer, prime minister/poet January 27, 1720 Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist, Mirror January 27, 1715 Vaclav Kalous, composer January 27, 1710 Robert Lowth, English Author January 27, 1701 Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan, bishop January 27, 1679 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter January 27, 1662 Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist January 27, 1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer January 27, 1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629 January 27, 1546 Joachim III Frederick, elector, Brandenburg |