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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claude Akins
Actor
25-May-1926 27-Jan-1994 Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
André the Giant
Wrestling
19-May-1946 27-Jan-1993 Professional wrestler with Giantism
Tige Andrews
Actor
19-Mar-1920 27-Jan-2007 Capt. Greer on The Mod Squad
Jacobo Arbenz
Head of State
14-Sep-1913 27-Jan-1971 President of Guatemala, 1951-54
John James Audubon
Naturalist
26-Apr-1785 27-Jan-1851 Illustrated Birds of America
Isaac Babel
Author
1-Jul-1894 27-Jan-1940 Soviet master of short stories
Walter Baldwin
Actor
2-Jan-1889 27-Jan-1977 The Best Years of Our Lives
Andrew Bell
Educator
27-Mar-1753 27-Jan-1832 Madras system of education
Georges Bidault
Head of State
5-Oct-1899 27-Jan-1983 French President, PM, and Foreign Minister
James G. Blaine
Politician
31-Jan-1830 27-Jan-1893 Twice US Secretary of State
Nellie Bly
Journalist
5-May-1864 27-Jan-1922 Ten Days in a Mad-House
Scott C. Bone
Politician
15-Feb-1860 27-Jan-1936 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25
Preston S. Brooks
Politician
5-Aug-1819 27-Jan-1857 Beat Charles Sumner with a cane
C. Norman Brunsdale
Politician
9-Jul-1891 27-Jan-1978 Governor of North Dakota, 1951-57
Charlie Callas
Comic
20-Dec-1924 27-Jan-2011 Malcolm Argos on Switch
William L. Eagleton, Jr.
Diplomat
17-Aug-1926 27-Jan-2011 US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Philosopher
19-May-1762 27-Jan-1814 Critique of Revelation
Louis de Funès
Actor
31-Jul-1914 27-Jan-1983 La Grande vadrouille
John Gibson
Sculptor
19-Jun-1790 27-Jan-1866 English neoclassical sculptor
Gus Grissom
Astronaut
3-Apr-1926 27-Jan-1967 Second American in space
Gordon Hinckley
Religion
23-Jun-1910 27-Jan-2008 President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008
Mike Holovak
Football
19-Sep-1919 27-Jan-2008 NFL Head Coach, General Manager
Oskar Homolka
Actor
12-Aug-1898 27-Jan-1978 Sabotage
Samuel Hood
Military
12-Dec-1724 27-Jan-1816 British Admiral
Mahalia Jackson
Singer
26-Oct-1911 27-Jan-1972 Queen of Gospel Music
Betty Lou Keim
Actor
27-Sep-1938 27-Jan-2010 Fran McCord on The Deputy
David Maxwell Fyfe
Politician
29-May-1900 27-Jan-1967 UK Home Secretary, 1951-54
Norman Z. McLeod
Film Director
20-Sep-1898 27-Jan-1964 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Nerva
Royalty
8-Nov-30 AD 27-Jan-98 AD Roman Emperor, 96-98 AD
Jack Paar
Talk Show Host
1-May-1918 27-Jan-2004 Second host of the Tonight Show
Lilli Palmer
Actor
24-May-1914 27-Jan-1986 The Four Poster
Johannes Rau
Head of State
16-Jan-1931 27-Jan-2006 President of Germany, 1999-2004
Zelda Rubinstein
Actor
1-Jan-1933 27-Jan-2010 Tangina in Poltergeist
J. D. Salinger
Novelist
1-Jan-1919 27-Jan-2010 The Catcher in the Rye
Pope Sergius II
Religion
? 27-Jan-847 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 844-47
Richard X. Slattery
Actor
26-Jun-1925 27-Jan-1997 Capt. Buckner on C.P.O. Sharkey
Carl W. Strom
Diplomat
22-Dec-1899 27-Jan-1969 US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61
Suharto
Head of State
8-Jun-1921 27-Jan-2008 President of Indonesia, 1967-98
Sir William Temple
Diplomat
25-Apr-1628 27-Jan-1699 British Ambassador to Netherlands
John Updike
Novelist
18-Mar-1932 27-Jan-2009 Rabbit, Run
Fausto Veranzio
Engineer
1551 27-Jan-1617 Tested Da Vinci's parachute
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
9-Oct-1813 27-Jan-1901 La Traviata
Louie Welch
Politician
9-Dec-1918 27-Jan-2008 Mayor of Houston, 1964-73
Ed White
Astronaut
14-Nov-1930 27-Jan-1967 First American to walk in space
Kevin H. White
Politician
25-Sep-1929 27-Jan-2012 Mayor of Boston, 1968-84
Charles Winninger
Actor
26-May-1884 27-Jan-1969 Show Boat
Ralph Yarborough
Politician
8-Jun-1903 27-Jan-1996 US Senator from Texas, 1957-71
Howard Zinn
Historian
24-Aug-1922 27-Jan-2010 A People's History of the United States


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