27 June Births
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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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
Births
850 – Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)
1040 – Ladislaus I, Hungarian king (d. 1095)
1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)
1430 – Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (d. 1475)
1462 – Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)
1464 – Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476–1513) (d. 1513)
1497 – Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1546)
1550 – Charles IX, king of France (d. 1574)
1596 – Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655)
1696 – William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
1717 – Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)
1767 – Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)
1805 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1806 – Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)
1817 – Louise von François, German author (d. 1893)
1828 – Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)
1838 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
1838 – Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (d. 1891)
1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
1862 – May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)
1865 – John Monash, Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)
1869 – Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961)
1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)
1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1870 – Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
1872 – Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (d. 1942)
1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
1882 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1885 – Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (d. 1966)
1885 – Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
1886 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)
1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
1888 – Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
1892 – Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)
1899 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)
1901 – Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)
1905 – Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1906 – Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist (d. 1998)
1906 – Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1908 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
1913 – Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
1913 – Philip Guston, American painter and academic (d. 1980)
1913 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (d. 1993)
1914 – Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)
1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
1915 – Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)
1915 – John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)
1916 – Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)
1918 – Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
1921 – Muriel Pavlow, English actress
1922 – George Walker, American composer
1923 – Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)
1923 – Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
1924 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)
1925 – Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)
1925 – Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1927 – Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)
1928 – James Lincoln Collier, American journalist and author
1928 – Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
1929 – Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
1929 – Peter Maas, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
1931 – Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager
1932 – Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)
1932 – Hugh Wood, English composer
1936 – Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
1937 – Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
1937 – Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1937 – Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
1938 – Shirley Anne Field, English actress
1938 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
1938 – Yevgeniy Ivchenko, Ukrainian race walker (d. 1999)
1938 – Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)
1939 – R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1939 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000)
1940 – Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1941 – Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
1941 – James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (d. 2010)
1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1942 – Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
1942 – Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1943 – Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic
1944 – Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
1945 – Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
1945 – Norma Kamali, American fashion designer
1948 – Camile Baudoin, American guitarist
1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951 – Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
1951 – Gilson Lavis, English drummer (Squeeze) and portrait artist
1951 – Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland
1952 – Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1953 – Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
1953 – Alice McDermott, American novelist
1954 – Richard Ibbotson, English admiral
1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1956 – Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician
1957 – Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner
1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1959 – Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American singer
1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
1960 – Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor
1962 – Michael Ball, English actor and singer
1962 – Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
1963 – Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
1963 – Johnny Benson, Jr., American race car driver
1963 – Paul Roos, Australian footballer and coach
1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author
1965 – Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
1966 – J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
1966 – Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
1966 – Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
1967 – Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
1967 – Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower
1967 – Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1968 – Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
1970 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
1970 – John Eales, Australian rugby player and businessman
1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster
1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author
1972 – Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1973 – Olve Eikemo (Abbath Doom Occulta), Norwegian musician
1973 – George Hincapie, American cyclist
1973 – Simon Archer, English badminton player
1974 – Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor
1974 – Christopher O'Neill, English-American businessman
1975 – Ace Darling, American wrestler
1975 – Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen & comedian
1975 – Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player
1976 – Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
1976 – Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter
1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
1978 – Apparat, German musician
1980 – Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player
1980 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer
1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player
1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
1983 – Jim Johnson, American baseball player
1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host
1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
1986 – Sam Claflin, British actor
1986 – Drake Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986 – Bryan Fletcher, American skier
1987 – India de Beaufort, English actress
1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
1988 – Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
1989 – Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
1993 – Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
1994 – Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
Source: wikipedia