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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Business
27-May-1835 20-May-1915 President of Union Pacific, 1884-90
André 3000
Musician
27-May-1975   The skinny half of OutKast
Ramani Ayer
Business
27-May-1947   CEO of The Hartford, 1997-2009
Jeff Bagwell
Baseball
27-May-1968   Former 1st Baseman, Houston Astros
John Barth
Novelist
27-May-1930   Lost in the Funhouse
Arnold Bennett
Novelist
27-May-1867 27-Mar-1931 Five Towns novels
Willie Best
Actor
27-May-1913 27-Feb-1962 Sleep 'n' Eat
Paul Bettany
Actor
27-May-1971   A Knight's Tale
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Activist
27-May-1818 30-Dec-1894 Bloomers
Todd Bridges
Actor
27-May-1965   Diff'rent Strokes
Max Brod
Novelist
27-May-1884 20-Dec-1968 The Redemption of Tycho Brahe
Rebekah Brooks
Editor
27-May-1968   CEO of News International, 2009-11
Raymond Burghardt
Diplomat
27-May-1945   US Ambassador to Vietnam, 2002-04
Adam Carolla
Radio Personality
27-May-1964   Loveline, The Man Show
Rachel Carson
Scientist
27-May-1907 14-Apr-1964 Mother of the environmental movement
Pat Cash
Tennis
27-May-1965   Winner, 1987 Wimbledon
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Novelist
27-May-1894 1-Jul-1961 Voyage au bout de la nuit
John Cheever
Author
27-May-1912 18-Jun-1982 The Enormous Radio
Bruce Cockburn
Singer/Songwriter
27-May-1945   Rocket Launcher
John Cockcroft
Physicist
27-May-1897 18-Sep-1967 Split the atom
Chris Colfer
Actor
27-May-1990   Kurt Hummel on Glee
Lewis Collins
Actor
27-May-1946   Bodie on The Professionals
Harry Crookshank
Politician
27-May-1893 17-Oct-1961 Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55
Peter DeFazio
Politician
27-May-1947   Congressman, Oregon 4th
Chris Dodd
Politician
27-May-1944   US Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011
Louis Durey
Composer
27-May-1888 3-Jul-1979 Carillons
Harlan Ellison
Author
27-May-1934   I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Ben Feldman
Actor
27-May-1980   Fred on Drop Dead Diva
Chelsea Field
Actor
27-May-1957   Masters of the Universe
Joseph Fiennes
Actor
27-May-1970   Shakespeare in Love
Neil Finn
Musician
27-May-1958   Split Enz and Crowded House
Kam Fong
Actor
27-May-1918 18-Oct-2002 Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii 5-O
Steve Franken
Actor
27-May-1932   Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. on Dobie Gillis
Paul Gascoigne
Soccer
27-May-1967   There's no crying in football
John Gilmour
Politician
27-May-1876 30-Mar-1940 UK Home Secretary, 1932-35
Peri Gilpin
Actor
27-May-1961   Rosalinda on Frasier
John Goode
Politician
27-May-1829 14-Jul-1909 Congressman from Virginia, 1875-81
Lou Gossett, Jr.
Actor
27-May-1936   Drill Sgt. in An Officer and a Gentleman
Jay Gould
Business
27-May-1836 2-Dec-1892 Railroad baron owned Union Pacific
Joseph Grew
Diplomat
27-May-1880 25-May-1965 US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
Author
27-May-1862 24-Dec-1937 Descartes: His Life and Times
Fromental Halévy
Composer
27-May-1799 17-Mar-1862 La Juive
Dashiell Hammett
Author
27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon
Jo Ann Harris
Actor
27-May-1949   The Beguiled
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Business
27-May-1933   CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, 1994-2001
Wild Bill Hickok
Actor
27-May-1837 2-Aug-1876 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Tony Hillerman
Novelist
27-May-1925 26-Oct-2008 Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation
Dolores Hope
Musician
27-May-1909 19-Sep-2011 Widow of Bob Hope
Julia Ward Howe
Activist
27-May-1819 17-Oct-1910 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Hubert Humphrey
Politician
27-May-1911 13-Jan-1978 US Vice President, 1965-69
Thomas M. Hunt
Business
27-May-1923 11-Nov-2008 President of Hunt Oil, 1955-90
Jadakiss
Rapper
27-May-1975   Why?
Sean Kinney
Drummer
27-May-1966   Drummer for Alice In Chains
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Teddy Kollek
Politician
27-May-1911 2-Jan-2007 Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Government
27-May-1879 4-Jan-1962 Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Katherine Lanpher
Radio Personality
27-May-1959   Al Franken's sidekick on Air America
Christopher Lee
Actor
27-May-1922   The Face of Fu Manchu
Ramsey Lewis
Jazz Musician
27-May-1935   Ramsey Lewis Trio
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Singer
27-May-1971 25-Apr-2002 Member of TLC
Jack McBrayer
Actor
27-May-1973   30 Rock
Michael B. McCallister
Business
27-May-1952   CEO of Humana
Cynthia McFadden
Journalist
27-May-1956   Primetime Live
Lee Meriwether
Actor
27-May-1935   Miss America 1955
Edmund Morris
Author
27-May-1940   The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Head of State
27-May-1918   Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-87
Ann Nelson
Actor
27-May-1916 2-Jun-1992 Mrs. Gertrude Berg on Fame
Barney Oliver
Astronomer
27-May-1916 23-Nov-1995 SETI researcher
Jamie Oliver
Chef
27-May-1975   The Naked Chef
Denise van Outen
Actor
27-May-1974   UK television celebrity
Richard N. Palmer
Judge
27-May-1950   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Sir Henry Parkes
Politician
27-May-1815 27-Apr-1896 Father of Australian confederation
Frank H. Pearl
Business
27-May-1943 4-May-2012 CEO of Perseus LLC
David Plouffe
Government
27-May-1967   Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Linnea Quigley
Actor
27-May-1958   Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
Sumner Redstone
Business
27-May-1923   Chairman and CEO of Viacom
Rick Rescorla
Victim
27-May-1939 11-Sep-2001 Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11
RJD2
Disc Jockey
27-May-1976   Dead Ringer
Absalom Willis Robertson
Politician
27-May-1887 1-Nov-1971 US Senator from Virginia, 1946-66
Harold Rome
Composer
27-May-1908 26-Oct-1993 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Georges Rouault
Painter
27-May-1871 13-Feb-1958 Expressionist painter of clowns, Christs
Richard Schiff
Actor
27-May-1955   The West Wing
David Hans Schmidt
Business
27-May-1960 28-Sep-2007 Celebrity porn broker
Bruce M. Selya
Judge
27-May-1934   1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2006
William Sessions
Government
27-May-1930   Director of FBI, 1987-93
Sue Simmons
TV Personality
27-May-1943   WNBC-TV News Anchor, 1980-2012
Siouxsie Sioux
Musician
27-May-1957   Siouxsie and the Banshees
Michele J. Sison
Diplomat
27-May-1959   US Ambassador to Lebanon
Sam Snead
Golf
27-May-1912 23-May-2002 Winner of 82 PGA tournaments
Alain Souchon
Singer
27-May-1944   Foule Sentimentale
Franklin A. Thomas
Attorney
27-May-1934   President of the Ford Foundation, 1979-96
Linden Travers
Actor
27-May-1913 23-Oct-2001 No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Business
27-May-1794 4-Jan-1877 Robber baron, richest man in the United States
John D. Vanderhoof
Politician
27-May-1922   Governor of Colorado, 1973-75
Lucile Watson
Actor
27-May-1879 24-Jun-1962 Watch on the Rhine
Bruce Weitz
Actor
27-May-1943   Sgt. Belker on Hill Street Blues
Dondre Whitfield
Actor
27-May-1969   All My Children
Wayne Williams
Criminal
27-May-1958   Atlanta child murders
James Q. Wilson
Scholar
27-May-1931 2-Mar-2012 The Moral Sense
William H. Woodin
Business
27-May-1868 3-May-1934 US Treasury Secretary, 1933
Herman Wouk
Novelist
27-May-1915   The Caine Mutiny
Danny Wuerffel
Football
27-May-1974   Winner, 1996 Heisman Trophy


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