November 27

November 27 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981)
1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (d. 2003)
1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (d. 2000)
1909 – James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1955)
1909 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1967)
1911 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (d. 2011)
1911 – David Merrick, American director and producer (d. 2000)
1912 – Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018)
1916 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2002)
1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998)
1918 – Stephen Elliott, American actor (d. 2005)
1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
1920 – Cal Worthington, American captain and car dealer (d. 2013)
1921 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (d. 2013)
1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (d. 1992)
1922 – Hall Bartlett, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1922 – Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1977)
1923 – J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician (d. 2011)
1925 – John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist (d. 2009)
1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1925 – Derroll Adams, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2000)
1925 – Ernie Wise, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1926 – Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013)
1927 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 1987)
1927 – William E. Simon, American soldier and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2000)
1928 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (d. 2005)
1928 – Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
1930 – Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist
1930 – Dick Poole, Australian rugby league player and coach
1930 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (d. 2009)
1930 – Alan Simpson, English screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)
1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (d. 1983)
1933 – Jacques Godbout, Canadian journalist, author, director, and screenwriter
1933 – Gordon S. Wood, American historian and academic
1934 – Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer and manager (d. 2009)
1934 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1975)
1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic
1935 – Les Blank, American director and producer (d. 2013)
1935 – Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 2008)
1935 – Willie Pastrano, American boxer (d. 1997)
1937 – Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author
1938 – John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
1938 – Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda
1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
1939 – Tony Green, English sportscaster
1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
1940 – Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1941 – Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
1942 – Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (d. 2015)
1942 – Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970)
1943 – Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
1943 – Jil Sander, German fashion designer, founded Jil Sander AG
1944 – Mickey Leland, American activist and politician (d. 1989)
1945 – James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
1945 – Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
1945 – Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist
1945 – Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver
1945 – Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
1945 – Simon Townsend, Australian journalist and television host
1946 – Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
1946 – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti
1947 – Don Adams, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1947 – Neil Rosenshein, American tenor and actor
1949 – Masanori Sekiya, Japanese race car driver
1950 – Gavyn Davies, English journalist and businessman
1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress, winner from Miss Brasil 1969 contest.
1951 – Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1952 – Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1952 – Jim Wetherbee, American captain, engineer, and astronaut
1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer
1953 – Steve Bannon, American media executive and political figure
1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian admiral and politician
1953 – Lyle Mays, American keyboardist and composer
1953 – Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
1954 – Arthur Smith, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1955 – Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
1956 – William Fichtner, American actor
1956 – John McCarthy, English journalist and author
1956 – Nazrin Shah of Perak, Sultan of Perak
1957 – Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish race car driver
1957 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Japan
1957 – Callie Khouri, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Michael A. Stackpole, American game designer and author
1957 – Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
1958 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese singer-songwriter, and producer
1958 – Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
1959 – Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist
1960 – Kevin Henkes, American author and illustrator
1960 – Ken O’Brien, American football player and coach
1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
1960 – Gianni Vernetti, Italian lawyer and politician
1961 – Samantha Bond, English actress
1961 – Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter
1962 – Mike Bordin, American drummer
1962 – Davey Boy Smith, English-Canadian wrestler (d. 2002)
1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer
1964 – Robin Givens, American actress
1964 – Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
1964 – Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (d. 2013)
1965 – Danielle Ammaccapane, American golfer
1966 – Andy Merrill, American television writer, producer and voice actor
1968 – Michael Vartan, French-American actor
1968 – Al Barrow, English bass guitarist (Magnum)
1969 – Ruth George, English politician
1969 – Damian Hinds, English politician
1969 – Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter
1971 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor
1971 – Larry Allen, American football player
1971 – Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1971 – Nick Van Exel, American basketball player and coach
1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer
1973 – Sharlto Copley, South African actor
1973 – Samantha Harris, American model and television host
1973 – Evan Karagias, American wrestler and actor
1973 – Jin Katagiri, Japanese comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter
1973 – Twista, American rapper and producer
1974 – Wendy Houvenaghel, Northern Irish racing cyclist
1974 – Alec Newman, Scottish actor
1975 – Bad Azz, American rapper
1975 – Martín Gramática, Argentinian-American football player
1975 – Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
1976 – Jean Grae, South African-American rapper and producer
1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
1976 – Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter
1977 – Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player
1978 – Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
1978 – Mike Skinner, English rapper and producer
1978 – Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
1979 – Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
1979 – Hilary Hahn, American violinist
1979 – Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
1980 – Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Veronika Portsmuth, Estonian singer and conductor
1980 – Michael Yardy, English cricketer
1981 – Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
1981 – Ryan Jimmo, Canadian mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
1982 – David Bellion, French footballer
1982 – Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
1982 – Tommy Robinson, English activist, co-founded the English Defence League
1983 – Professor Green, English rapper
1984 – Izumi Kitta, Japanese voice actress and singer
1984 – Domata Peko, American football player
1984 – Leslie Dewan, American entrepreneur
1985 – Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer
1985 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress
1985 – Thilo Versick, German footballer
1986 – Misato Nagano, Japanese voice actor
1986 – Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
1986 – Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer
1986 – Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
1986 – Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
1988 – Max Jason Mai, Slovak singer-songwriter
1989 – Michael Floyd, American football player
1989 – Freddie Sears, English footballer
1990 – Josh Dubovie, English singer
1992 – Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter
1992 – Park Chanyeol, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor, member of South Korean boy band EXO
1995 – Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player
1996 – Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer
1996 – Andy Truong, Australian fashion designer