27 September Births

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Births

808 – Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (d. 850)
823 – Ermentrude of Orléans (d. 869)
1271 – Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (d. 1305)
1275 – John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
1300 – Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1327)
1389 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1433 – Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)
1442 – John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
1496 – Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (d. 1542)
1507 – Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (d. 1566)
1533 – Stefan Batory, King of Poland (d. 1586)
1544 – Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
1552 – Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
1598 – Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)
1601 – Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
1627 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
1643 – Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
1657 – Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
1677 – Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
1696 – Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
1719 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
1722 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1729 – Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
1739 – Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician (d. 1767)
1765 – Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)
1783 – Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
1803 – Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
1805 – George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)
1818 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
1821 – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
1824 – William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)
1830 – William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887)
1838 – Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898)
1840 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
1842 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
1843 – Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933)
1864 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
1866 – Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932)
1871 – Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1879 – Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
1879 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
1879 – Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
1882 – Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
1885 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
1892 – George Bambridge, English diplomat (d. 1943)
1894 – Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
1895 – Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier (d. 1948)
1896 – Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981)
1896 – Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
1898 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1904 – Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
1905 – Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)
1906 – Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1906 – Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
1907 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and theorist (d. 2003)
1907 – Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1911 – Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
1913 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
1916 – S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
1917 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1917 – Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
1918 – Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1918 - Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)
1919 – Jayne Meadows, Chinese-American actress and author (d. 2015)
1919 – Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
1919 – James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
1920 – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1994)
1921 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1921 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
1921 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1922 – Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
1922 – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1924 – Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1924 – Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
1924 – Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic
1924 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
1925 – Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1925 – George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)
1927 – Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
1927 – Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)
1927 – Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
1927 – Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1927 – Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)
1928 – Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
1929 – Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
1929 – Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
1929 – Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
1930 – Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (d. 2013)
1931 – Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
1932 – Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
1932 – Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (d. 2000)
1932 – Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
1932 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
1933 – Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
1933 – Paul Goble, English-American author and illustrator
1933 – Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor
1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
1934 – Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)
1935 – Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (Soul Train) (d. 2012)
1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)
1937 – Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 8th Prime Minister of Ukraine
1938 – Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter
1939 – Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
1939 – Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
1939 – Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
1940 – Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
1940 – Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
1941 – Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach
1941 – Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
1941 – Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
1942 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
1942 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)
1943 – Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Ian Garnett, English admiral
1944 – Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout
1945 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
1945 – Bob Spiers, Scottish-English director and producer (d. 2008)
1946 – Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 7th President of Cyprus
1946 – T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)
1947 – Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1947 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1948 – Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1948 – Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
1948 – Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1949 – Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Health
1949 – Mike Schmidt, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
1951 – Paul Craig, English author and academic
1951 – Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia
1951 – Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
1951 – David Starobin, American guitarist, producer, and director
1951 – Steve Soper, English race car driver
1952 – Katie Fforde, English author
1952 – Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1953 – Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
1953 – Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
1953 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
1953 – Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1954 – Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
1954 – Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
1954 – Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
1956 – Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
1957 – Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
1957 – Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
1959 – Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
1960 – Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1963 – Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
1964 – Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
1964 – Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
1964 – Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)
1964 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Steve Kerr, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965 – Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
1965 – Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice
1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
1966 – Don Jamieson, American comedian and television host
1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
1966 – Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
1966 – Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
1967 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
1968 – Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland
1970 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author
1970 – Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
1971 – Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
1972 – Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
1972 – Craig L. Rice, American politician
1974 – Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1976 – Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
1976 – Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
1977 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
1978 – Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter (3 Doors Down)
1978 – Jon Rauch, American baseball player
1978 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
1979 – Jon Garland, American baseball player
1979 – Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
1979 – Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
1979 – Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
1980 – Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
1980 – Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
1981 – Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
1981 – Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
1982 – Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1982 – Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
1982 – Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
1983 – Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer
1984 – Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
1984 – Davide Capello, Italian footballer
1984 – John Lannan, American baseball player
1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1984 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
1985 – Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
1985 – Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
1985 – Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
1986 – Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
1986 – Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
1986 – Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
1987 – Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
1987 – Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
1987 – Vanessa James, French figure skater
1987 – Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
1988 – Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
1989 – Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
1991 – Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
1991 – Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
1991 – Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
1991 – Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
1992 – Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer
1992 – Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer
1992 – Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1992 – Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
1992 – Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
1993 – Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
1993 – Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
1993 – Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
1994 – Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
1998 – Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player

Source: wikipedia