On This Day — May 27
3992 noted people were born and 1760 died on May 27 in our archive, including Franciscus Donders, John Edward Campbell and Theodor Curtius.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 27
Franciscus Donders
1818 – 1889
John Edward Campbell
1862 – 1924
Theodor Curtius
1857 – 1928
Adolf Schulten
1870 – 1960
Andrzej Zoll
b. 1942
Avrim Blum
b. 1966
Bruce Weitz
b. 1943
Cecil Arnold Beevers
1908 – 2001
Claude Laberge
b. 1938
Conrad Elvehjem
1901 – 1962
Donna Strickland
b. 1959
Eberhard Becker
b. 1943
Evan Graham Turbott
1914 – 2014
Geneviève Raugel
1951 – 2019
Gösta Bagge
1882 – 1951
Henry Kissinger
1923 – 2023
Henry Waters Taft
1859 – 1945
Jacques Bardoux
1874 – 1959
James Ritchie
1882 – 1958
Jason Mars
b. 1983
John Cockcroft
1897 – 1967
Joseph O. Hirschfelder
1911 – 1990
José Goldemberg
b. 1928
Jules Lachelier
1832 – 1918
Kateryna Altabayeva
b. 1956
Ladislav Chudík
1924 – 2015
Lars Fredrik Nilson
1840 – 1899
Lawrence M. Krauss
b. 1954
Neil MacCormick
1941 – 2009
Pavel Tlustoš
b. 1955
Peter Borovsky
1863 – 1932
Philip Kotler
b. 1931
Piotr Nowina-Konopka
1949 – 2025
Robert Axelrod
b. 1943
Roman Ivanychuk
1929 – 2016
Ronald Paulson
1930 – 2024
Satoshi Arai
b. 1946
Wilfrid Hodges
b. 1941
William C. Wimsatt
b. 1941
Yasuhiro Nakasone
1918 – 2019
Adolf Portmann
1897 – 1982
Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska
b. 1994
Alf Sandqvist
b. 1945
Alma Adams
b. 1946
Alma Guillermoprieto
b. 1949
Alyaksandar Kosinyets
b. 1959
Andrei Bitov
1937 – 2018
Andrzej Nowicki
1919 – 2011
André Barbeau
1931 – 1986
André Lussier
1933 – 2009
Anna Moskwa
b. 1979
Anthony A. Hyman
b. 1962
Anton Niklas Sundberg
1818 – 1900
Antonio Baldissera
1838 – 1917
Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
1870 – 1941
Astrid Sampe
1909 – 2002
Benedikt Carpzov
1595 – 1666
Benjamin Bathurst
1936 – 2025
Benny Johnson
b. 1987
Bipan Chandra
1928 – 2014
Bogusław Leśnodorski
1914 – 1985
Carl Valentin Falsen
1787 – 1852
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
1835 – 1915
Charles Newman
1938 – 2006
Charles Tracey
1847 – 1905
Chris Dodd
b. 1944
Chūhei Nambu
1904 – 1997
Claude Champagne
1891 – 1965
Craig Federighi
b. 1969
Czesław Madajczyk
1921 – 2008
Dmytro Dubilet
b. 1985
Eugene Botkin
1865 – 1918
Evan Cotton
1868 – 1939
Evgeny Naumov
b. 1980
Felipe Bulnes
b. 1969
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
1878 – 1945
Fernando Cos-Gayón
1825 – 1898
Feryal Özel
b. 1975
Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis
1864 – 1935
Florian Post
b. 1981
Frank Bidart
b. 1939
Frank Thomas
b. 1968
Franklin A. Thomas
1934 – 2021
Franz Josef Giessibl
b. 1962
Franz Perkhorovich
1894 – 1961
François-Désiré Mathieu
1839 – 1908
Frederik Schmidt
1771 – 1840
Fromental Halévy
1799 – 1862
Gennadiy Shatkov
1932 – 2009
Georg-August Zinn
1901 – 1976
George T. Reynolds
1917 – 2005
Gudrun Kalmbach
1937 – 2025
Gérard Klein
b. 1937
Hans Heinrich Lammers
1879 – 1962
Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland
1814 – 1893
Harold Forsyth
b. 1951
Helen Thom Edwards
1936 – 2016
Henri Bentégeat
b. 1946
Henri Bonnet
1888 – 1978
Henri-Paul Nénot
1853 – 1934
Henrik Lange
1908 – 2000
Henry McMaster
b. 1947
Hubert Humphrey
1911 – 1978
Hugo Weigold
1886 – 1973
Ignaz Döllinger
1770 – 1841
Ingrid Roscoe
1944 – 2020
Ion Niculiţă
1939 – 2022
Ira Berlin
1941 – 2018
Jaan Kärner
1891 – 1958
Jaime Lusinchi
1924 – 2014
James Hughes
b. 1961
James Q. Wilson
1931 – 2012
Jean Mesqui
1952 – 2026
Jesse Robredo
1958 – 2012
Joel Hayward
b. 1964
Johan Nykopp
1906 – 1993
John Barth
1930 – 2024
John Cheever
1912 – 1982
John Conolly
1794 – 1866
John David Vanderhoof
1922 – 2013
John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
1814 – 1877
Jorge Hourton
1926 – 2011
Joseph Grew
1880 – 1965
Joseph Wendel
1901 – 1960
Joseph-Xavier Perrault
1836 – 1905
Juan M. Garcia III
b. 1966
Kaarlo Hillilä
1902 – 1965
Karl Dehio
1851 – 1927
Kazimierz Fajans
1887 – 1975
Keiji Tachikawa
b. 1939
Kirill Ilyashenko
1915 – 1980
Konstantin Rykov
b. 1979
Lee Baca
b. 1942
Linda Pastan
1932 – 2023
Liu Bannong
1891 – 1934
Loipa Araújo
b. 1941
Louis Antoine de Noailles
1651 – 1729
Louis Bouilhet
1821 – 1869
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894 – 1961
Luca Antonini
b. 1963
Lucy Corin
b. 1970
Maja Zalaznik
b. 1969
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
1860 – 1941
Marcel Masse
1936 – 2014
Margaret Becklake
1922 – 2018
Mary Cecilia Lacity
b. 1963
Melissa Hortman
1970 – 2025
Mike Duffy
b. 1946
Mindaugas Kvietkauskas
b. 1976
Myriam Dossou-D'Almeida
b. 1967
Nasser Bourita
b. 1969
Nick Petford
b. 1961
Nick Pickard
b. 1975
Nikolay Melnikov
b. 1955
Nina Allan
b. 1966
Nina Obuljen Koržinek
b. 1970
Patrick d'Arcy
1725 – 1779
Peng Chi-ming
b. 1970
Peter DeFazio
b. 1947
Rachel Carson
1907 – 1964
René Panhard
1841 – 1908
Richar Vaquero
b. 1974
Richard Gun
b. 1936
Richmond K. Turner
1885 – 1961
Riivo Sinijärv
b. 1947
Rob Whitworth
b. 1982
Robyn Denholm
b. 1963
Rosa Díez
b. 1952
Sally Bedell Smith
b. 1948
Scott Perry
b. 1962
Sezgin Tanrıkulu
b. 1963
Shantanu Narayen
b. 1963
Shepherd Ivory Franz
1874 – 1933
Simon Barrington-Ward
1930 – 2020
Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet
1876 – 1940
Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet
1761 – 1827
Taiichirō Nishikawa
1942 – 2026
Tatsumi Yoda
b. 1940
Teddy Kollek
1911 – 2007
Thomas Hertog
b. 1975
Victor Tolokonsky
b. 1953
Vladilen Minin
b. 1932
Vladimir Krugly
b. 1955
Vladimír Bilčík
b. 1975
Vyacheslav Shalevich
1934 – 2016
Wild Bill Hickok
1837 – 1876
Willem Buys
1661 – 1749
William H. Woodin
1868 – 1934
William S. Sessions
1930 – 2020
Xədicə İsmayılova
b. 1976
Yevgeny Bunimovich
b. 1954
Yusuf Ibrahim
1877 – 1953
Zbigniew Pronaszko
1885 – 1958
A. Willis Robertson
1887 – 1971
Abraham L. Brick
1860 – 1908
Adrian Usov
b. 1868
Afgan
b. 1989
Agnes Totter
b. 1974
Akiko Ōishi
b. 1977
Alan W. Bishop
1920 – 1988
… and 3,792 more
Died on May 27
Arthur Moritz Schoenflies
1853 – 1928
Eliezer Rafaeli
1926 – 2018
Friedrich Hirzebruch
1927 – 2012
Alexander Frumkin
1895 – 1976
Ernst Ruska
1906 – 1988
Ghazaros Saryan
1920 – 1998
Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg
1839 – 1899
Jaime Lerner
1937 – 2021
Jan Kieniewicz
1938 – 2024
Jenara Vicenta Arnal Yarza
1902 – 1960
Joseph Whitaker
1850 – 1932
Laurie Hendren
1958 – 2019
Michael Sela
1924 – 2022
Robert Koch
1843 – 1910
Serhii Potimkov
1954 – 2025
Umberto Agnelli
1934 – 2004
William Abbott Oldfather
1880 – 1945
Yevgeny Pavlovsky
1884 – 1965
Ajoy Mukherjee
1901 – 1986
Albert Harkness
1822 – 1907
Albert Kramer
1882 – 1943
Alexandre Goüin
1792 – 1872
Ali Lutfi Mahmud
1935 – 2018
Allard Pierson
1831 – 1896
Angelo Sodano
1927 – 2022
Anton Davidoglu
1876 – 1958
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
1873 – 1937
Aron Dotan
1928 – 2022
Arthur L. Thurlow
1913 – 2020
Artur Hazelius
1833 – 1901
Carla Fracci
1936 – 2021
Charles Rogier
1800 – 1885
Chen Duxiu
1879 – 1942
Clive Granger
1934 – 2009
Constantin Daicoviciu
1898 – 1973
Cornelis de Jager
1921 – 2021
Eugenius Marius Uhlenbeck
1913 – 2003
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg
1725 – 1795
Fodéba Keita
1921 – 1969
Francis Godschall Johnson
1817 – 1894
Friedrich Schlemm
1795 – 1858
Gardner Dozois
1947 – 2018
George Anson
1797 – 1857
George Klir
1932 – 2016
Heinrich Herkner
1863 – 1932
Henri Hauser
1866 – 1946
Isabella Pringle
1876 – 1963
James Rowland
1922 – 1999
Januário Correia de Almeida
1829 – 1901
Jeffrey Hunter
1926 – 1969
Jim Rutt
1954 – 2026
Joe Schwarz
1937 – 2026
John Howard Northrop
1891 – 1987
John Lesinski, Sr.
1885 – 1950
Joseph Gallieni
1849 – 1916
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen
1821 – 1889
Luciano Berio
1925 – 2003
Luis de Onís y González-Vara
1762 – 1827
Manuel Antônio Farinha
1800 – 1842
Martin Knudsen
1871 – 1949
Massimo Vignelli
1931 – 2014
Nils Christie
1928 – 2015
Patricio Rojas
1933 – 2021
Paul Henckels
1885 – 1967
Pedro Mata y Fontanet
1811 – 1877
Pierre-Antoine Lebrun
1785 – 1873
Poul Schlüter
1929 – 2021
Robert Ripley
1890 – 1949
Sam Johnson
1930 – 2020
Samad Vurgun
1906 – 1956
Samella Lewis
1924 – 2022
Simon Schwendener
1829 – 1919
Sir John Lister-Kaye, 3rd Baronet
1853 – 1924
Thomas Blamey
1884 – 1951
Tilly Edinger
1897 – 1967
Viktor Kulikov
1921 – 2013
Vladimir Matyukhin
1945 – 2026
William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme
1888 – 1949
Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev
1843 – 1917
Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah
1952 – 2026
Abuzar Aydamirov
1933 – 2005
Adam Christian Gaspari
1752 – 1830
Adele Duttweiler-Bertschi
1892 – 1990
Agnata Butler
1867 – 1931
Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif
1935 – 2022
Aleksey Grigoryevich Rodin
1902 – 1955
Alex Toth
1928 – 2006
Alexander Zasyadko
1779 – 1837
Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta
1864 – 1943
Alfred Austell Cunningham
1881 – 1939
Alfred Charles Grosvenor
1888 – 1953
Ali Akbar Siassi
1896 – 1990
Anik Dutta
1960 – 2026
Annette Bryn Parri
1962 – 2025
Anthony Ascham
1614 – 1650
Antoine Vaudoyer
1756 – 1846
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
1607 – 1661
Arseny Tarkovsky
1907 – 1989
Arthur Carter Denison
1861 – 1942
Arthur Illies
1870 – 1952
Arthur Patterson
1917 – 1996
Bill Walton
1952 – 2024
Bolesław Roja
1876 – 1940
C. Brian Haselgrove
1926 – 1964
Calvin Pearl Titus
1879 – 1966
Carlos Oliva
1964 – 2026
Catharine Macfarlane
1877 – 1969
Chang Yin-wu
1891 – 1949
Charles B. Ward
1879 – 1946
Charles Bradford Smith
1916 – 2004
Charles Hiller Innes
1870 – 1939
Charles K. Wiggins
1947 – 2025
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
1672 – 1723
Charles N. Fowler
1852 – 1932
Chen Nengkuan
1923 – 2016
Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor
1951 – 2026
Chips Rafferty
1909 – 1971
Colin McCahon
1919 – 1987
Dagfinn Aarskog
1928 – 2014
Dawn Dekle
1967 – 2025
Dmytro Nytczenko
1905 – 1999
Donald H. Peterson
1933 – 2018
Donald Lester Jackson
1910 – 1981
Edmund Ashworth Radford
1881 – 1944
Edward Harvey
1718 – 1778
Egon Petri
1881 – 1962
Elisabeth Bardwell
1831 – 1899
Enrique de Mesa
1878 – 1929
Ernst Trömner
1868 – 1930
Fernando Maturana Erbetta
1925 – 1995
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
1924 – 2006
Frances Cleveland Axtell
1866 – 1953
Francesco Petrozzi
1961 – 2024
Franklin La Du Ferguson
1861 – 1944
François Fournier
1866 – 1941
François Weyergans
1941 – 2019
Fred Lazarus, Jr.
1884 – 1973
Fuat Asllani
1897 – 1981
Gabriel Miró
1879 – 1930
Gaylord T. Gunhus
1940 – 2016
George C. Chase
1844 – 1919
George M. Young
1870 – 1932
Gil Scott-Heron
1949 – 2011
Giovanni Battista Beccaria
1716 – 1781
Giovanni Durando
1804 – 1869
Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht
1912 – 2013
Gordon Coates
1878 – 1943
Gregg Allman
1947 – 2017
Guillaume Alexandre Tronsson
1750 – 1798
Guy Jansen
1935 – 2019
Guy du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac
1528 – 1584
Harry Armytage
1862 – 1933
Henry Parkman Jr.
1894 – 1958
Herbert Waterhouse
1854 – 1931
Herman Struve Hensel
1901 – 1991
Hermann Lüdemann
1880 – 1959
Howard Porter
1948 – 2007
Hugh Parmer
1939 – 2020
Hyun Hong-choo
1940 – 2017
Ilya Kabakov
1933 – 2023
Ismail al-Faruqi
1921 – 1986
Ivan Inzov
1768 – 1845
Ivan Polzunov
1728 – 1766
Ivor Robinson
1923 – 2016
James G. Watt
1938 – 2023
James Loeb
1867 – 1933
James S. Gorman
1850 – 1923
Jan Sundell
1943 – 2019
Jan Wężyk
1575 – 1638
Jayantha Dhanapala
1938 – 2023
Jean Heiberg
1884 – 1976
Jean Tiberi
1935 – 2025
Jean-Louis Dubreton
1773 – 1855
Jesse Overstreet
1859 – 1910
Jesse William Sweetser
1902 – 1989
Joe McDonald Ingraham
1903 – 1990
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
1404 – 1444
John Colomb
1838 – 1909
John Davis
1906 – 1993
John De Witt Warner
1851 – 1925
John Edgar Thomson
1808 – 1874
John F. Forrest
1927 – 1997
John Merton Aldrich
1866 – 1934
John Rhea
1753 – 1832
John Spencer
1630 – 1693
John Stephen Willison
1856 – 1927
John Stuart Hepburn Forbes
1804 – 1866
John William Alexander O'Brien
1908 – 1980
John William Finn
1909 – 2010
Johnny Brewer
1937 – 2011
Joseph Miller
1819 – 1862
Joseph Swan
1828 – 1914
José Garibi y Rivera
1889 – 1972
János Pilinszky
1921 – 1981
K. P. Gorshenin
1907 – 1978
Kandukuri Vireshalingam
1848 – 1919
Kazimierz Leski
1912 – 2000
L. M. Gensman
1878 – 1954
Larry Kramer
1935 – 2020
Linda Grinberg
1951 – 2002
… and 1,560 more