More Notable Birthdays on July 27: 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, New York City, shortstop for the Seattle Mariners 1922 - Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family 1906 - Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 1899 - C. S. Forester, English Novelist 1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English Poet