January 27

2024 Calendar

January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year (339 in leap years).

Events

Up to 1900

98 – Nerva, Roman Emperor (b. 35)
457 - Marcian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 392)
672 - Pope Vitalian
1490 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
1540 - Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474)
1629 – Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
1638 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
1651 - Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printmaker (b. 1566)
1731 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (b. 1655)
1740 – Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Danish playwright (b. 1684)
1814 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1761)
1816 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (b. 1724)
1851 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist, ornithologist, and painter (b. 1785)
1851 - Cornelius P. Comegys, Governor of Delaware (b. 1780)
1860 – János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1860)
1880 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)

1901 – 2000

1901 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber (b. 1836)
1913 - Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1827)
1919 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)
1922 - Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
1940 – Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894)
1942 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
1956 – Erich Kleiber, German conductor (b. 1890)
1965 - Hassan Ali Mansour, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
1965 - C. Douglass Buck, American politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1890)
1967 – Crew of Apollo 1:
- Roger Chaffee (b. 1935)
- Virgil "Gus" Grissom (b. 1926)
- Edward White (b. 1930)
1970 – Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
1971 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
1973 - William Nolde, last American combat casualty of the Vietnam War (b. 1929)
1974 - Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general of the Greek Army (b. 1898)
1975 – Bill Walsh, American producer and writer (b. 1913)
1983 - Louis de Funes, French actor (b. 1914)
1986 – Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (b. 1914)
1988 – Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian writer (b. 1938)
1989 – Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (b. 1888)
1992 – Allan Jones, actor and singer (b. 1908)
1993 – André the Giant, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 – Claude Akins, actor (b. 1926)
1996 – Ralph Yarborough, American politician (b. 1903)

From 2001

2001 - Marie Jose of Belgium, last Queen Consort of Italy (b. 1906)
2003 - Henryk Jablonski, President of Poland (b. 1909)
2004 – Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918)
2006 – Johannes Rau, President of Germany (b. 1931).
2007 - Marcheline Bertrand, American actress (b. 1950).
2008 – Suharto, second President of Indonesia (b. 1921).
2008 - Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (b. 1910).
2009 - R. Venkataraman, President of India (b. 1910).
2009 - Mino Reitano, Italian singer (b. 1944).
2009 – John Updike, American writer (b. 1932).
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1932).
2010 – J. D. Salinger, American writer (b. 1919).
2010 – Howard Zinn, American historian (b. 1922).
2011 - Charlie Callas, American comedian (b. 1927)
2013 - Pham Duy, Vietnamese singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
2014 - Pete Seeger, American folk musician (b. 1919)
2014 - Edmond Classen, Dutch actor (b. 1938)
2015 - Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian footballer (b. 1966)
2015 - Henk Faanhof, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1922)
2015 - David Landau, British-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
2015 - Charles Hard Townes, American physicist (b. 1915)
2015 - John T. Myers, American politician (b. 1927)
2015 - Rocky Bridges, American baseball player (b. 1927)
2016 - Augusto Giomo, Italian basketball player (b. 1940)
2016 - Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2017 – Wim Anderiesen Jr., Dutch footballer (b. 1931)
2017 - Valery Bolotov, Ukrainian militant leader (b. 1970)
2017 - Bob Holiday, American actor (b. 1932)
2017 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (b. 1927)
2017 - Billy Simpson, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1929)
2017 - Gisella Sofio, Italian actress (b. 1931)
2017 - Henry-Louis de La Grange, French musicologist (b. 1924)
2017 - Atanas Kirov, Bulgarian weightlifter (b. 1948)
2017 - Brunhilde Pomsel, German broadcaster (b. 1911)
2017 - Arthur H. Rosenfeld, American physicist (b. 1926)
2018 - Robert McCormick Adams, Jr., American anthropologist (b. 1926)
2018 - Royal Galipeau, Canadian politician (b. 1947)
2018 - Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (b. 1926)
2018 - Dennis Peron, American cannabis and LGBT activist and businessman (b. 1946)
2018 - Mort Walker, American comic artist (b. 1923)
2018 - John Wall, English engineer and astronomer (b. 1932)
2019 - Henry Chapier, Romanian-born French television journalist (b. 1933)
2019 - Nina Fyodorova, Russian cross-country skier (b. 1947)
2019 - Peter Magowan, American businessman (b. 1942)
2019 - Erica Yohn, American actress (b. 1928)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 – Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973)
1901 - Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
1902 - Carl Berner, German-American supercentenarian (d. 2013)
1903 – Sir John Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist (d. 1997)
1908 - William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
1910 – Edward Kardelj, Yugoslavian politician (d. 1979)
1912 – Arne Naess, Norwegian philosopher (d. 2009)
1918 - Skitch Henderson, American bandleader (d. 2005)
1918 - Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963)
1919 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American musician (d. 1972)
1920 – Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002)
1921 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
1924 – Rauf Denktas, 1st President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)
1924 - Brian Rix, English actor and activist (d. 2016)
1926 - Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. 2004)
1928 – Hans Modrow, East German Premier
1930 – Aloysius Ambrozic, Slovenian-Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 2011)
1930 - Bobby Bland, American musician (d. 2013)
1931 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian writer (d. 2001)
1933 - Jerry Buss, American businessman and sports team owner (d. 2013)
1933 – Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman and billionaire
1934 – Edith Cresson, former Prime Minister of France
1936 - Barry Barish, American physicist
1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist
1936 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
1937 – John Ogdon, British pianist (d. 1989)
1940 – Petru Lucinschi, 2nd President of Moldova
1940 – James Cromwell, American actor
1940 - Reynaldo Rey, American actor, comedian and television personality (d. 2015)
1941 - Bobby Hutcherson, American composer, vibraphone and marimba player
1942 - Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist
1942 – Kate Wolf, American folk singer and musician (d. 1986)
1942 - Steve Wynn, American real estate businessman and art collector
1944 – Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist
1944 – Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
1946 – Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Latvian-born dancer and choreographer
1948 – Valeri Brainin, Russian-German musicologist, poet, educator, composer
1948 - Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
1949 - Marilyn Musgrave, American politician
1950 - Alex Norton, Scottish actor
1950 - Derek Acorah, English spirit medium

1951 – 1975

1951 - Brian Downey, Irish musician
1952 - Brian Gottfried, American tennis player
1952 - Klan Slavovici, Croatian musician and politician
1955 – John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States
1956 - Mimi Rogers, American actress
1956 - Sean O'Keefe, 10th Head of NASA
1957 – Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1957 - Frank Miller, American comic book author and movie director
1958 - Alan Milburn, British politician
1958 - Susanna Thompson, American actress
1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician
1963 - Luigi Ambrosio, Italian mathematician
1963 - Mark Moraghan, English actor and singer
1963 - George Monbiot, English writer and activist
1964 – Bridget Fonda, American actress
1964 - Jack Haley, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1965 – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor and movie director
1965 – Mike Newell, English football manager
1967 - Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Tricky, English rapper
1968 – Mike Patton, American singer
1969 – Patton Oswalt, American actor and comedian
1969 - Cornelius, Japanese singer, guitarist and producer
1971 - Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Mirjam Ott, Swiss curler
1972 – Mark Owen, English singer (Take That)
1972 – Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
1972 – Josh Randall, American actor
1973 - Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarussian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1974 - Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Norwegian biathlete
1974 - Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player

From 1976

1976 – Ahn Jung-Hwan, South Korean footballer
1979 – Rosamund Pike, English actress
1980 – Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician
1980 – Eva Padberg, German model
1981 - Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
1981 – Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
1983 - Carlo Colaiacov, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Paulo Colaiacov, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer
1987 – Lily Donaldson, British model
1987 - Michael Marrone, Australian footballer
1987 - Anton Shunin, Russian footballer
1989 - Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer
1989 - Daisy Lowe, English model
1998 - Rebeka Kim, South Korean ice dancer

Deaths

Observances

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