On This Day — April 27
3949 noted people were born and 1939 died on April 27 in our archive, including Curt Wachsmuth, Alice S. Tyler and Andrew Fire.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 27
Curt Wachsmuth
1837 – 1905
Alice S. Tyler
1859 – 1944
Andrew Fire
b. 1959
Arthur Frank Burns
1904 – 1987
Bridget Kendall
b. 1956
Cecil Day-Lewis
1904 – 1972
Charles James
1880 – 1928
Daniel Frisa
b. 1955
David de Kretser
b. 1939
Edvard Moser
b. 1962
Edwin Hennig
1882 – 1977
Edwin Morgan
1920 – 2010
Emmanuel Candès
b. 1970
Eric Schmidt
b. 1955
Heinrich Mache
1876 – 1954
Ivan Rand
1884 – 1969
Jenny Harper
b. 1950
John Thomson
1927 – 2018
Jules Lemaître
1853 – 1914
Kiran Seth
b. 1949
Maurice de Broglie
1875 – 1960
Mourad Ismail
b. 1944
Noëlle Lenoir
b. 1948
Olexander Lytvynenko
b. 1972
Philip Abelson
1913 – 2004
René Pomerleau
1904 – 1993
Sami Droubi
1921 – 1976
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1791 – 1872
Wallace Carothers
1896 – 1937
William Alexander of the Netherlands
b. 1967
William J. Sutherland
b. 1956
Yinon Magal
b. 1969
Adolf Törngren
1824 – 1895
Albert von Keller
1844 – 1920
Aleksandar Tomov
b. 1954
Aleksandr Dubyansky
1941 – 2020
Alexander Givental
b. 1958
Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de Masson Pezay
1741 – 1777
Alison Etheridge
b. 1964
Alois Riehl
1844 – 1924
Amy S. Gladfelter
b. 1974
Andrés Rozental Gutman
b. 1945
Anna Kamenkova-Pavlova
b. 1953
Antonio Patriota
b. 1954
Arielle Dombasle
b. 1953
Arne Merilai
b. 1961
Azikiwe Peter Onwualu
b. 1959
Benjamin Vautier
1829 – 1898
Bohdan Winiarski
1884 – 1969
Bowyer Sparke
1759 – 1836
Carsten Koch
b. 1945
Charles Robert Cockerell
1788 – 1863
Chiang Ching-kuo
1910 – 1988
Claude Farrère
1876 – 1957
Claudio Burlando
b. 1954
Clyde Holding
1931 – 2011
Cory Booker
b. 1969
Daniel Webster
b. 1949
Delegado Caveira
b. 1979
Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti
b. 1941
Douglas William Freshfield
1845 – 1934
Eduard Matviychuk
b. 1963
Edward Codrington
1770 – 1851
Erick van Egeraat
b. 1956
Fayyadh Ruwaili
b. 1958
Fazle Hasan Abed
1936 – 2019
Francesco Gabrieli
1904 – 1996
Frank Abagnale, Jr.
b. 1948
Frank Bainimarama
b. 1954
Frank Johnson
1855 – 1921
Franz Josef Kuhnle
1926 – 2021
François Bégaudeau
b. 1971
François Châtelet
1925 – 1985
François Goiran
1847 – 1927
Friedrich August Benjamin Puchelt
1784 – 1856
Fritiof Fryxell
1900 – 1986
Georges Hébert
1875 – 1957
Gian-Carlo Rota
1932 – 1999
Goran Stefanovski
1952 – 2018
Gordon Sprigg
1830 – 1913
Graziano Delrio
b. 1960
Guillermo León Valencia
1909 – 1971
Günter Weiler
b. 1951
Hans Hartwig von Beseler
1850 – 1921
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff
1921 – 1998
Harry Allan
1882 – 1957
Helge Zimdal
1903 – 2001
Henry Barker Hill
1849 – 1903
Henry Braddon
1863 – 1955
Henry Lumley Drayton
1869 – 1950
Hugh Elles
1880 – 1945
Igor Oistrakh
1931 – 2021
Israel Hasson
b. 1955
Ivan Stoiko
b. 1961
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
b. 1967
Jacek Siewiera
b. 1984
James C. Hopkins
1819 – 1877
James Dehlsen
b. 1937
James Risen
b. 1955
Janne Haaland Matlary
b. 1957
Jari Askins
b. 1953
Jean Asselborn
b. 1949
Jean Foyer
1921 – 2008
Jean Marcadé
1920 – 2012
Jean Victor Audouin
1797 – 1841
Joanne B. Freeman
b. 1962
John A. Scali
1918 – 1995
John B. Coulter
1891 – 1983
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
1874 – 1941
John H. Rubel
1920 – 2015
Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter
1733 – 1806
Jun'ya Yano
b. 1932
Jussi Halla-aho
b. 1971
Karl Hals
1822 – 1898
Karl Maron
1903 – 1975
Kavita Oberoi
b. 1970
Kustavi Grotenfelt
1861 – 1928
Larry Elder
b. 1952
Leonid Sergienko
b. 1955
Lester Dubins
1920 – 2010
Linda Nedbalová
b. 1976
Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
1877 – 1961
Ma Xulun
1885 – 1970
Mai Dantsig
1930 – 2017
Manuel Pestana Filho
1928 – 2011
Maria Manuel Dias da Mota
b. 1971
Matthew Leishman
1794 – 1874
Milan Moguš
1927 – 2017
Milica Pejanović-Đurišić
b. 1959
Milo Parker Jewett
1808 – 1882
Miriam Lau
b. 1947
Nanette Milne
b. 1942
Nariman Dzhelyal
b. 1980
Neal Macrossan
1889 – 1955
Nicholas Kristof
b. 1959
Nicholas Serota
b. 1946
Nick Greiner
b. 1947
Orazio Schillaci
b. 1966
Otto Ernst Schweizer
1890 – 1965
Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli
1910 – 1975
Paul Gordan
1837 – 1912
Paul Lacroix
1806 – 1884
Pauline Maier
1938 – 2013
Paweł Machcewicz
b. 1966
Peter Laufer
b. 1950
Peter Schofield
b. 1969
Philippe Méaille
b. 1973
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
1893 – 1976
Pál Lukács
1919 – 1981
Ricardo Larraín
1957 – 2016
Robert Eisler
1882 – 1949
Robin Eames
b. 1937
Simone Beissel
b. 1953
Sir Cuthbert Headlam, 1st Baronet
1876 – 1964
Stanisław Dziwisz
b. 1939
Stanisław Skrzeszewski
1901 – 1978
Stanley Elkins
1925 – 2013
Stevenson Macadam
1829 – 1901
Thomas Herbert Johnson
1902 – 1985
Thomas Oppermann
1954 – 2020
Ulysses S. Grant
1822 – 1885
Vartan Adjemian
b. 1956
Victor Schröter
1839 – 1901
Viktor Chebrikov
1923 – 1999
Viviane Reding
b. 1951
Waldemar John Gallman
1899 – 1980
Walter Kolbow
1944 – 2024
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
1808 – 1891
William Hudson
1896 – 1978
William Muir
1819 – 1905
Xavier de Langlais
1906 – 1975
Zygmunt Berling
1896 – 1980
Abdelmalek Benhabyles
1921 – 2018
Adam Humer
1908 – 2001
Adam Mardel
b. 1989
Adelio Tomasin
1930 – 2024
Ailke Westerhof
1876 – 1946
Akemi Matsuno
b. 1968
Albert Soboul
1914 – 1982
Alex Tetteh Djornobuah
b. 1972
Alexander Ivashkevich
b. 1960
Alfred Newman
1849 – 1924
Alfred von Doussa
1848 – 1926
Alice Allison Dunnigan
1906 – 1983
Alonso de la Peña Montenegro
1596 – 1688
Alvin Baldus
1926 – 2017
Aminata Sow Fall
b. 1941
Amir Sjarifuddin
1907 – 1948
Amran Sulaiman
b. 1968
Andrea Pavan
b. 1989
Andrew Ginther
b. 1975
Andrew Schlafly
b. 1961
Andrew Selous
b. 1962
Andrey Korobtsov
b. 1987
Andrij Peschko
b. 1972
Annegret F. Hannawa
b. 1979
Anouk Aimée
1932 – 2024
Ari Vatanen
b. 1952
Arne Haugen Sørensen
b. 1932
Arnulf Øverland
1889 – 1968
… and 3,749 more
Died on April 27
Ralph Raphael
1921 – 1998
Veeravalli S. Varadarajan
1937 – 2019
Adam Lepa
1939 – 2022
Albert J. Reiss
1922 – 2006
Cyrus Derman
1925 – 2011
Eduard Imhof
1895 – 1986
Guido Castelnuovo
1865 – 1952
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley
1773 – 1847
Igor Kon
1928 – 2011
Karl Pearson
1857 – 1936
Leon Simon
1881 – 1965
Max Rubner
1854 – 1932
Mstislav Rostropovich
1927 – 2007
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov
1861 – 1924
Nikolai Leonov
1928 – 2022
Pylyp Kozytskyi
1893 – 1960
Rodney Wilson
1945 – 2013
Rolf Landauer
1927 – 1999
Rudolf Schulten
1923 – 1996
Ruth Handler
1916 – 2002
Tomizo Yoshida
1903 – 1973
Wiktor Wysoczański
1939 – 2023
William Colby
1920 – 1996
Yngve Brilioth
1891 – 1959
Abdullah Haroon
1872 – 1942
Adrian Knox
1863 – 1932
Albert J. Beveridge
1862 – 1927
Aleksei Vasilievich Shubnikov
1887 – 1970
Aleksey Lebed
1955 – 2019
Amanda Taylor Norris
1849 – 1944
Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski
1872 – 1954
Antonio Gramsci
1891 – 1937
Antonius Brugmans
1732 – 1789
Bridget Ogilvie
1938 – 2026
Bronisław Kuśnierz
1883 – 1966
Byrom Bramwell
1847 – 1931
Dave Cull
1950 – 2021
Dave Walden
1942 – 2022
David Beriáin
1977 – 2021
Dick Barnett
1936 – 2025
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
2000 – 2023
Dorothee Sölle
1929 – 2003
Eduard August von Regel
1815 – 1892
Eduard Brunner
1939 – 2017
Eduard Reiss
1850 – 1907
Edward Fraenkel
1927 – 2019
Edward R. Murrow
1908 – 1965
Edwin McClellan
1925 – 2009
Emmerich Joseph de Dalberg
1773 – 1833
Errett Weir McDiarmid
1909 – 2000
Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar
1893 – 1949
Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry
1896 – 1954
François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús
1752 – 1810
François-Xavier Villain
1950 – 2025
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
1809 – 1889
Geoffrey Salmond
1878 – 1933
Geoffrey Serle
1922 – 1998
George Barker Jeffery
1891 – 1957
George Barnett
1859 – 1930
Georgios Remoundos
1878 – 1928
Gerard K. O'Neill
1927 – 1992
Gilbert Acland-Troyte
1876 – 1964
Gilbert Barling
1855 – 1940
Guido Stampacchia
1922 – 1978
Hamo Beknazarian
1892 – 1965
He Luting
1903 – 1999
Heinrich Gattineau
1905 – 1985
Henry John Cody
1868 – 1951
Hōjō Tokiyuki
1858 – 1929
Ignác Darányi
1849 – 1927
Inês Etienne Romeu
1942 – 2015
J. Allen Hynek
1910 – 1986
Jacob Rubinovitz
1947 – 2018
Jacques Aupick
1789 – 1857
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
1846 – 1898
Jean-Paul Costa
1941 – 2023
Jens Fredrik Schroeter
1857 – 1927
Jerauld Wright
1898 – 1995
Jerome G. Cooper
1936 – 2024
Jerry Springer
1944 – 2023
Jesse B. Oldendorf
1887 – 1974
John Hawkins Hagarty
1816 – 1900
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon
1735 – 1788
John Trenchard
1649 – 1695
John William Harshberger
1869 – 1929
Judith Duncan
1963 – 2015
Jérôme Louis Heldring
1917 – 2013
Jürgen Warnke
1932 – 2013
Kenzo Futaki
1873 – 1966
Kirill Lavrov
1925 – 2007
Kwame Nkrumah
1909 – 1972
Louis S. Peterson
1922 – 1998
Ludwig von Benedek
1804 – 1881
Maejima Hisoka
1835 – 1919
Mario Lago
1878 – 1950
Mark Weiser
1952 – 1999
Martin Barnaby Madden
1855 – 1928
Maximilien Marie
1819 – 1891
Mimi Coertse
1932 – 2026
Negasso Gidada
1943 – 2019
Nikola Nedev
1886 – 1970
Olivier Messiaen
1908 – 1992
Otto Treßler
1871 – 1965
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas
1921 – 2012
Pramatha Nath Bose
1855 – 1935
Reginald Berkeley Cole
1882 – 1925
Robert C. Mathis
1927 – 2016
Robert Fulke Greville
1751 – 1824
Sir William Church, 1st Baronet
1837 – 1928
Srečko Brodar
1893 – 1987
Svatopluk Beneš
1918 – 2007
Valentin Zorin
1925 – 2016
Valery Legasov
1936 – 1988
Valery Zubov
1953 – 2016
Vasco Graça Moura
1942 – 2014
Vasyl Shchurat
1871 – 1948
Vinod Khanna
1946 – 2017
Vito Acconci
1940 – 2017
Vivant Denon
1747 – 1825
Vladimir Stoychev
1892 – 1990
Willem Albert Wagenaar
1941 – 2011
Willem Frederik Hermans
1921 – 1995
William Ball Gilbert
1847 – 1931
William Jones
1746 – 1794
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
1763 – 1824
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen
1946 – 2018
A.K. Fazlul Huq
1873 – 1962
Ada Natali
1898 – 1990
Adolph von Pfretzschner
1820 – 1901
Adolphe-Hippolyte Couveley
1802 – 1867
Albert Barnes Anderson
1857 – 1938
Alexander Armstrong
1916 – 1985
Alexander Borovsky
1889 – 1968
Alexander Rich
1924 – 2015
Alexander Scriabin
1872 – 1915
Alexander Trowbridge
1929 – 2006
Alfred Cadart
1828 – 1875
Alfred John Church
1829 – 1912
Andrew Ross McMaster
1876 – 1937
Andrew S. Draper
1848 – 1913
Anita Välkki
1926 – 2011
Anne Rudloe
1947 – 2012
Antoine Blondel
1795 – 1886
Antonio Zapata y Cisneros
1550 – 1635
Aristóbulo Istúriz
1946 – 2021
Arousyak Papazian
1841 – 1907
Arthur James
1883 – 1973
Arthur L. Bristol
1886 – 1942
Arvid Storsveen
1915 – 1943
Asdrubal Bentes
1939 – 2020
Bart Chilton
1960 – 2019
Benjamin Bathurst
1638 – 1704
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
1802 – 1867
Bernard Pons
1926 – 2022
Beverly E. Pearson Murphy
1929 – 2020
Brian Brown
1934 – 2020
Bruno Schmitz
1858 – 1916
Camille Nickerson
1888 – 1982
Carlos Amigo Vallejo
1934 – 2022
Carlos de Campos
1866 – 1927
Charles Alston
1907 – 1977
Charles Derennes
1882 – 1930
Charles E. de M. Sajous
1852 – 1929
Charles Felix of Savoy
1765 – 1831
Charles de Mazade
1820 – 1893
Cloyd H. Marvin
1889 – 1969
Cyril Washbrook
1914 – 1999
Daniel Hunt Gilman
1845 – 1913
David Birney
1939 – 2022
David E. Muller
1924 – 2008
Dick Groat
1930 – 2023
Dragutin Zelenović
1928 – 2020
Dulce María Loynaz
1902 – 1997
E. Earl Patton
1927 – 2011
Earl Wilson
1906 – 1990
Eavan Boland
1944 – 2020
Edith Eger
1927 – 2026
Edmund Husserl
1859 – 1938
Edward Angus Burt
1859 – 1939
Edward Pemberton Leach
1847 – 1913
Edward Wingfield Humphreys
1841 – 1892
Eiichi Nishimura
1904 – 1971
Elpidio Barzaga Jr.
1950 – 2024
Emil von Sauer
1862 – 1942
Ernie Barnes
1938 – 2009
Ernst Hofmann
1890 – 1945
Evelyn Martin
1881 – 1945
Felix Villars
1921 – 2002
Ferdinand Magellan
1480 – 1521
Ferdinand Reich
1799 – 1882
Ferenc Sebő
1947 – 2026
Feroz Khan
1939 – 2009
Flaviu Cristian
1951 – 1999
Frances Wheeler Sayler
1916 – 1957
Frances Yeend
1913 – 2008
Frank Buchanan
1902 – 1951
Frankie Manning
1914 – 2009
François-Joseph Regnier
1807 – 1885
Frederic C. Walcott
1869 – 1949
Gabriel Ferrater
1922 – 1972
… and 1,739 more