June 27
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 363 – Emperor Julian (b. 313)
- 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099)
- 1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
- 1462 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
- 1497 – Michael An Gof, Cornish rebel
- 1497 – Thomas Flamank, Cornish rebel
- 1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist (b. 1511)
- 1648 – Arngrimur Jonsson, Icelandic academic (b. 1568)
- 1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
- 1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
- 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
- 1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
- 1823 – Pierre Antoine Delalande, French explorer and naturalist (b. 1787)
- 1829 – James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute
- 1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
- 1839 – Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
- 1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
- 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
- 1852 – Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1792)
- 1878 – Sarah Helen Whitman, American poet (b. 1803)
1901 – 2000
- 1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
- 1916 – Stefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
- 1917 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I ace (b. 1896)
- 1934 – Francesco Buhagiar, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
- 1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
- 1944 – Milan Hodza, Slovakian politician (b. 1878)
- 1946 – Juan Antonio Ríos, President of Chile (b. 1888)
- 1952 – Elmo Lincoln, actor (b. 1889)
- 1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
- 1957 – Malcolm Lowry, novelist (b. 1909)
- 1959 – Giovanni Pastrone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1883)
- 1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
- 1961 – Hélène Dutrieu, French pilot (b. 1877)
- 1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
- 1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
- 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
- 1991 – Molly Geertsema, Dutch politician (b. 1918)
- 1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American movie producer (b. 1909)
- 1998 – Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer
- 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek military leader (b. 1919)
- 2000 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
From 2001
- 2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor and movie director (b. 1925)
- 2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish writer of the Moomin books (b. 1914)
- 2002 – John Entwistle, English musician, bass player for The Who (b. 1944)
- 2003 – David Newman, American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- 2004 – Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (b. 1968)
- 2004 – Fred Ramdat Misier, President of Suriname (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2011 – Elaine Stewart, American actress (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Alain Mimoun, French runner (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)
- 2014 – Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Bobby Womack, American musician (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Rachid Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Rex Whitehead, Australian cricket umpire (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Tymon Mabaleka, Zimbabwean footballer and music producer (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Chris Squire, English bass guitarist (Yes) (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer and actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Simon Ramo, American engineer, business leader and author (b. 1913)
- 2016 – Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Elmer Cravalho, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (b. 1932)
- 2016 – Harry Halbreich, Belgian musicologist (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Mack Rice, American songwriter and singer (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Geri Allen, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1957)
- 2017 – Piotr Bikont, Polish journalist, critic and author (b. 1955)
- 2017 – Michael Bond, English author (Paddington Bear) (b. 1926)
- 2017 – Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (b. 1960)
- 2017 – Suh Yun-bok, South Korean athlete (b. 1923)
- 2017 – Ric Suggitt, Canadian rugby coach (b. 1958)
- 2017 – Peter L. Berger, Austrian-American sociologist (b. 1929)
- 2017 – Anthony Young, American baseball player (b. 1966)
- 2017 – Toytown, English eventing horse (b. 1992)
- 2017 – Better Talk Now, American racehorse (b. 1999)
- 2018 – Harlan Ellison, American science fiction writer (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager, patriarch of the Jackson family (b. 1928)
- 2018 – Steve Soto, American punk guitarist (b. 1963)
- 2018 – Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky, Russian mathematician and writer (b. 1930)
- 2018 – Paola Paternoster, Italian discus and javelin thrower (b. 1935)
- 2018 – Steven Hilliard Stern, Canadian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- 2018 – Steve Ditko, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1927)
- 2019 – Gualberto Castro, Mexican singer, actor and television personality (b. 1934)
- 2019 – David Golomb, Israeli politician (b. 1933)
- 2019 – Justin Raimondo, American author (b. 1951)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1904 – Alberta Vaughn, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1905 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
- 1906 – Catherine Cookson, British writer (d. 1998)
- 1906 – Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet (d. 1967)
- 1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1908 – Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
- 1909 – Billy Curtis, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1910 – Pierre Joubert, French artist (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Robert Aickman, English writer (d. 1981)
- 1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
- 1915 – Grace Lee Boggs, American writer, activist and feminist (d. 2015)
- 1918 – Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
- 1921 – Muriel Pavlow, English actress
- 1925 – Michael Dummett, English philosopher (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, American musician, composer (d. 1991)
- 1927 – Otto Herbert Hajek, German sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1930 – Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician (d. 2019)
- 1930 – Tommy Kono, American weightlifter (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist
- 1931 – Magali Noel, French actress and singer (d. 2015)
- 1932 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
- 1934 – Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian writer, poet and journalist (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Laurent Terzieff, French actor (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American politician
- 1938 – Yevgeniy Ivchenko, Soviet race walker
- 1940 – Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician
- 1941 – Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish movie director (d. 1996)
- 1942 – Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1942 – Danny Schechter, American television producer, moviemaker, blogger and media critic (d. 2015)
- 1949 – Rafael Chirbes, Spanish writer (d. 2015)
- 1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland
- 1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
- 1951 – Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
- 1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
- 1952 – Mary Rosenblum, American author (d. 2018)
- 1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- 1956 – Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince and astronaut
- 1957 – Gabriella Dorio, Italian middle-distance runner
- 1958 – Lisa Germano, American musician
- 1958 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish pianist and composer
- 1959 – Clint Boon, musician best known for playing keyboards in the band Inspiral Carpets
- 1960 – David Cholmondeley, British aristocrat
- 1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player
- 1961 – Tim Whitnall, British voice actor
- 1961 – Meera Syal, British actress, comedienne and writer
- 1962 – Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
- 1962 – Michael Ball, British singer and actor
- 1962 – Carrie Gracie, British journalist and news presenter, former BBC News China editor
- 1962 – Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
- 1962 – Ollanta Humala, 94th President of Peru
- 1963 – Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician
- 1963 – Jay Karnes, American actor
- 1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer and screenwriter
- 1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
- 1964 – Taimak, American martial arts actor and stuntman
- 1965 – Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian and author
- 1965 – Ange Postecoglou, Australian footballer and coach
- 1966 – J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
- 1966 – Aigars Kalvitis, former Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1969 – Alessandro Esseno, Italian composer and pianist
- 1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1970 – John Eales, Australian rugby player
- 1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
- 1970 – Vitamin C, pop singer
- 1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny and television personality
- 1971 – Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
- 1971 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
- 1972 – Dmytro Tymchuk, Ukrainian politician, military expert and blogger (d. 2019)
- 1974 – Christian Kane, American actor and singer
- 1974 – Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman and husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden
- 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
From 1976
- 1976 – Nekima Levy-Pounds, American lawyer, professor, activist and writer
- 1977 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
- 1978 – Anna Kumble, British singer
- 1978 – Courtney Ford, American actress
- 1978 – Marc Terenzi, American singer
- 1979 – Fabrizio Miccoli, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-born English cricketer
- 1980 – Takahiro Futagawa, Japanese footballer
- 1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (d. 2016)
- 1983 – Alsou, Russian singer
- 1984 – José Holebas, German-born Greek footballer
- 1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
- 1984 – Khloe Kardashian, American reality television personality
- 1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
- 1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
- 1985 – Nico Rosberg, Finnish-German racing driver
- 1986 – LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
- 1986 – Sam Claflin, English actor
- 1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
- 1988 – Célia Sasic, German footballer
- 1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
- 1988 – Alanna Masterton, American actress
- 1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
- 1990 – Taylor Phinney, American cyclist
- 1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
- 1992 – Sohee, South Korean singer, dancer and actress
- 1999 – Chandler Riggs, American actor
Deaths
Observances
- Independence Day in Djibouti
- Canadian Multiculturalism Day
- Seven Sleepers Day in Germany (According to legend, the weather on this date is supposed to be the same as in the rest of the Summer)
- National Unity Day (Tajikistan)
- Mixed Race Day (Brazil)