March 27 – Famous Birthdays
Mariah Carey (POP SINGER) 1970
Quentin Tarantino (DIRECTOR) 1963
Fergie (POP SINGER) 1975
March 27 – Famous Birthdays
1416 Antonio Squarcialupi composer
1554 Everhardus van Bronchorst Dutch lawyer
1665 Benjamin Neukirch German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)
1702 Johann Ernst Eberlin composer
1710 Joseph Marie Clement dall’ Abaco composer
1746 Augustin Ullinger composer
1746 Carlo Bonaparte Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon
1757 Richard John Samuel Stevens composer
1760 Ishmail Spicer composer
1760 MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers
1765 Franz Xaver von Baader German philosopher/theologist
1772 Giovanni Liverati composer
1780 August L Crelle German inventor/mathematician (1st Prussian Railway)
1785 Louis XVII pretender to the throne during the French Revolution (1793-95)
1797 Alfred V Comte de Vigny French musketeer/writer (Moïse, Chatterton)
1809 Georges Eugene Haussmann Paris France, architect
1810 A Glabbrenner writer
1813 Nathaniel Currier lithographer (Currier & Ives)
1816 George Elvey composer
1818 Jakob Axel Josephson composer
1823 Samuel Kosciusko Zook Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1844 Adolphus Washington Greely US, Arctic explorer, US Army General Greely was a Medal of Honor recipient, decorated by Great Britain and France to acknowledge his numerous contributions to telecommunications; General Greely was an outstanding soldier/communicator to whom Greely Hall, Fort Huachuca, Arizona was rededicated in a bicentennial year observance on 21 June 1976; His nineteen year service as Chief Signal Officer (1887-1906) represents the longest continuous period an incumbent has occupied
1845 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)
1847 Otto Wallach Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910)
1851 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d’Indy Paris France, composer (Symphonie Cévenole)
1851 Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer
1851 Vincent d’Indy Paris France, dandy composer (Symphonie Cévenole)
1854 Edgar Tinel Flemish composer (Le Chant Grégorien)
1857 Karl Pearson London England, mathematician
1858 Peter Christian Lutkin composer
1859 George Giffen cricketer (one of Australia’s greatest all-rounders)
1863 Sir Henry Royce automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)
1867 Edyth Walker US singer
1868 Patty Smith Hill author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You)
1871 Heinrich Mann Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); brother of Thomas
1871 Petrus J M Aalberse Dutch minister of Labor (1918-25)
1879 Edward Steichen pioneered American photography
1883 Jan Kunc composer
1886 Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe German/US architect (Bauhaus)
1889 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu Turkish writer/diplomat
1891 Lajos Zilahy Hungarian/US author (Ararát/Süd a nap)
1892 Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grofé New York NY, composer
1892 Thorne Smith author (Topper, Rain in the Doorway, Stray Lamb)
1893 Dragoljub “Draza” Mihailovic Yugoslavian General/Nazi collaborator
1893 Karl Mannheim Hung/German/British sociologist (Ideology & Utopia)
1893 William Harrigan New York NY, actor (Affair of Three Nations, Cabaret)
1897 Carlo Mierendorff German politician/anti-fascist
1897 Douglas Rayner Hartree mathematician
1899 Gloria Swanson Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly)
19– Brian Tarantina New York NY, actor (Uncle Buck, Lucky-One Life to Live)
19– Michael Palance Long Island NY, actor (Dan-One Life to Live, Robert-Ryan’s Hope)
1901 Albert Henneberg composer
1901 Erich Ollenhauer German politician (SPD)
1901 Sato Eisaku (Liberal) Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72) (Nobel 1974)
1902 Mary Armour artist
1903 Walt Kiesling NFL guard/coach (Hall of Fame)
1905 László Kalmár Edde Hungary, mathematician/promoted the development of computer science in Hungary
1907 Mary Treen St Louis MO, actress (Emily-Willy)
1908 Jacques [Izaäk] den Haan Dutch writer (Dangerous Book)
1909 Ben[jamin F] Webster US tenor saxophonist
1909 Golo Mann [Gottfried], German/US historian (Antisemitism)
1910 Rudi Ball Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympics-bronze-1932)
1912 James Callaghan (L) British Prime Minister (1976-79)
1912 Reuel Lahmer composer
1912 Robert Watson Hughes composer
1913 Godfrey Turner composer
1914 Budd Schulberg New York NY, novelist (On the Waterfront)
1914 Richard Denning Poughkeepsie NY, actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-0)
1914 Snooky Lanson Memphis TN, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee)
1915 Richard Sharp civil servant
1917 Cyrus R Vance US Secretary of State (1977-80)
1917 Harry West Unionist party leader (Unionist)
1919 Julian Amery conservative minister
1919 Simon van Collem Dutch journalist/TV host (Amsterdamned)
1920 Richard Hayman bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera)
1921 Tom Bevill (Representative-Democrat-AL, 1967- )
1922 Margaret Stacey sociologist
1923 Louis Simpson Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death)
1923 Shusaku Endo writer
1923 Victor Hochhauser British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra)
1924 Harold Nicholas US actor (Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather)
1924 Sarah L Vaughan Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody)
1925 Lord Plumb MEP
1925 Robert P Cohan artistic director/choreographer (Contemporary Dance Trust)
1926 Louis Blom-Cooper QC press arbiter
1927 Anthony Lewis newspaper columnist (New York Times)/author (Gideon’s Trumpet)
1927 Cecil Bödker writer
1927 Lord Fanshawe of Richmond MP
1927 Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich Baku USSR, cellist/conductor/teacher (Moscow Conservatory)
1928 Douglas Applegate (Representative-Democrat-OH, 1977- )
1930 Bob den Uyl Dutch journalist/writer (Bird Watching)
1930 David Janssen [Meyer] Naponee NE, actor (Fugitive, Harry O)
1930 Richard Hayman Cambridge MA, orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1931 Burt Collins trumpeter
1931 R P Bauman CEO (British Aerospace)
1931 Yoriaki Matsudaira composer
1932 Junior Parker blues musician (Driving Wheel, Outside Man)
1932 Wes Covington baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)
1933 DRG Andrews CEO (Land Rover-Leyland)
1933 Frank Taylor Chief Constable (Durham)
1933 J Geoffrey Parker high master (Manchester Grammar School)
1934 Arthur Mitchell choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem)
1934 David Hancock secretary (British Department of Education & Science)
1935 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire
1935 Julian Glover London England, actor (QED, Heat & Dust, Mandela)
1936 Jerry Lacy Sioux City IA, actor (Play it Again Sam, Reverend Trask-Dark Shadows)
1936 Malcolm Goldstein composer
1937 Johnny “Clyde” Copeland US blues guitarist/singer (Lion’s Den)
1938 A J Bellingham president (Royal College of Pathologists)
1938 Jock Slater Admiral
1938 P Daubeny CEO (Electricity Association)
1939 Jay C Kim (Representative-Republican-CA)
1939 Judy Carne comedienne (Laugh-In, Love on a Rooftop)
1939 Lord Lyell
1939 Ruth Ashton general secretary (Royal College of Midwives)
1940 Austin Pendleton Warren OH, actor (Short Circuit, Simon, Hello Again)
1940 Cale Yarborough auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times-1968, 77, 83, 84)
1940 June Wilkinson Eastbourne England, actress (Absolutely Glamorous, Pajama Tops)
1941 Charles Pashayan Jr (Representative-Republican-CA, 1979- )
1941 Liese Prokop Austria, pentathlete (Olympics-silver-1968)
1942 Michael York Fulmer Buckinghamshire England, actor (Cabaret, Logan’s Run, 3 Musketeers)
1942 Raymond J McGrath (Representative-Republican-NY, 1981- )
1943 M Robert Carr (Representative-Democrat-MI, 1975-81, 83- )
1945 Briton Selby NHLer
1946 Bill Sudakis baseball player
1946 Carl Weintraub actor (Harry-Executive Suite)
1947 Daphne Todd president (Royal Society of Portrait Painters)
1947 Dough Wilkerson football
1947 Tom Sullivan Boston MA, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear)
1949 Patrick Deuchar CEO (Albert Hall)
1950 Maria Ewing opera singer
1950 Tony Banks East Heathly Sussex England, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Invisible Touch, Misunderstanding)
1950 Vic Harris baseball
1951 Bobby Lalonde NHLer (Boston Bruins)
1952 Chick Vennera Herkimer NY, actor (High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War)
1952 Maria Schneider Paris France, actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor)
1952 Rocky Maffit rocker (Champaign)
1953 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria, downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1980)
1953 Pamela Roylance Seattle WA, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie)
1955 Kim Brassey racehorse trainer
1955 Patrick McCabe novelist
1956 Brian Kelly CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1956 Thomas Wassberg Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1980)
1957 Billy MacKenzie rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch)
1957 Duncan Goodhew England, 100 meter breast stroke swimmer (Olympics-Gold-1980)
1957 Nicholas Hawkins MP
1958 Bart Connor gymnast/sportscaster (Olympics-gold-1984)
1958 Michael O’Leary St Paul MN, actor (Guiding Light, Fatal Games)
1958 Shaun Cassidy rocker/actor (Hardy Boys, Texas Guns)
1958 Susan Molinari (Representative-Republican-NY)
1960 Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans historian
1960 Jennifer Grey actress (Dirty Dancing); Joel Grey’s daughter
1960 Steve Jarvin Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
1961 Ellery Hanley rugby league player
1963 Dave Koz saxophonist
1963 Ed Pinckney NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)
1963 Quentin Tarantino director/screenwriter (Pulp Fiction)
1963 Randall Cunningham NFL QB (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings)
1963 Todd Graves Laurel MS, skeet (Olympics-1992, 96)
1963 Xuxa [Maria da Graca Meneghel] Brazil, actress (Xuxa Park)
1964 Clark Datchler vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Shattered Dreams)
1966 Kate Donahoo Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympics-92)
1967 Jaime Navarro Bayamon PR, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1967 Talisa Soto [Miriam], Brooklyn NY, actress (License to Kill)
1967 Tom Hammonds NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets)
1968 Irina Belova Russian pentathlete (world record 1992)
1969 Tom Beer NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1970 Anthony Prior NFL cornerback/safety (New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings)
1970 Corey Page actor (Richard Wilkins-Loving/City)
1970 Ed Philion NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills)
1970 Mariah Carey New York NY, singer (Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Hero)
1972 Kirby Dar Dar wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1973 Serge Tremblay La Malbaie Québec Canada, weightlifter (Olympics-96)
1974 Rosanna Gimenez Miss Paraguay-Universe (1997)
1975 B J Gallis CFL linebacker (British Columbia Lions)
1975 Gregory DuBois hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1976 Danny Fortson NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1976 Roberta Alma Anastase Miss Romania-Universe (1996)
1977 Tom van der Leegte Dutch soccer player (PSV)
1984 Emily Ann Lloyd actress (Sarah Kramer-Something So Right)
1984 J P Steur actor (Grace Under Fire)
1986 Melissa Stern aka “Baby M” aka Sara Whitehead, surrogate baby, awarded to her dad William Stern
1988 Kerri Ann Darling actress (Alli Fowler-Another World)