On This Day — July 27
4235 noted people were born and 1877 died on July 27 in our archive, including Friedrich Ernst Dorn, George Biddell Airy and John Hopkinson.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on July 27
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1848 – 1916
George Biddell Airy
1801 – 1892
John Hopkinson
1849 – 1898
Jonas Kubilius
1921 – 2011
Abel Lefranc
1863 – 1952
Achille Mbembe
b. 1957
Anne-Marie Imafidon
b. 1990
Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop
b. 1945
Carlos M. Duarte
b. 1960
Daniel C. Burbank
b. 1961
Demis Hassabis
b. 1976
Eben Norton Horsford
1818 – 1893
Edmund M. Clarke
1945 – 2020
Erik Laxman
1737 – 1796
Ernst May
1886 – 1970
Ernst Zermelo
1871 – 1953
Ernő Dohnányi
1877 – 1960
Ettore Pais
1856 – 1939
Giosuè Carducci
1835 – 1907
Guy Stroumsa
b. 1948
Henri Longchambon
1896 – 1969
Ismail Mohamed
1930 – 2013
Johann Bernoulli
1667 – 1748
Johannes Østrup
1867 – 1938
John Howell
b. 1955
John Hughes
b. 1947
John M. Deutch
b. 1938
John Seigenthaler
1927 – 2014
Josep Termes i Ardèvol
1936 – 2011
José Barluenga
1940 – 2016
Loránd Eötvös
1848 – 1919
Michael Stasinopoulos
1903 – 2002
Norman Ralph Augustine
b. 1935
Oskar Lange
1904 – 1965
Shirley Williams
1930 – 2021
Ulrich Kohlenbach
b. 1962
Volodymyr Zatonsky
1888 – 1938
Wu Zhonghua
1917 – 1992
Yuzo Yamamoto
1887 – 1974
Adam Fastnacht
1913 – 1987
Aleksandr Gusev
b. 1963
Aleksandr N. Omelyanchouk
1947 – 2022
Alex Rodriguez
b. 1975
Alexandre Dumas fils
1824 – 1895
Amha Selassie
1916 – 1997
Anatoliy Mazaraki
b. 1950
Andrey Zakharov
b. 1983
Anne Case
b. 1958
Anne Savage
1896 – 1971
Anne-Marie Idrac
b. 1951
António José de Almeida
1866 – 1929
Arnold Harberger
b. 1924
August-Wilhelm Scheer
b. 1941
Aydyn Aimbetov
b. 1972
Bert Weckhuysen
b. 1968
Bertram Boltwood
1870 – 1927
Beverly Byron
1932 – 2025
Bharati Mukherjee
1940 – 2017
Bill Guthridge
1937 – 2015
Bjorn Poonen
b. 1968
Boyan Slat
b. 1994
Bożenna Hołownia
b. 1953
Charles Townshend
b. 1945
Charlie Norwood
1941 – 2007
Christa Markwalder
b. 1975
Claude Mutafian
b. 1942
Colin Riordan
b. 1959
D. M. Smith
1884 – 1962
Dacian Cioloș
b. 1969
Dariia Chubata
b. 1940
Dave Brat
b. 1964
Dehenna Davison
b. 1993
E. A. Wallis Budge
1857 – 1934
Edward D. Baca
1938 – 2020
Edwin P. Parker Jr.
1891 – 1983
Elmer Ernest Southard
1876 – 1920
Eric van Damme
b. 1959
Esa Saarinen
b. 1953
Eugenio Coșeriu
1921 – 2002
Farah Mendlesohn
b. 1968
Francis Greenlief
1921 – 1999
Franz Albert Seyn
1862 – 1918
Froyla Tzalam
b. 1971
Gabriela Vránová
1939 – 2018
Geoffrey de Havilland
1882 – 1965
George E. Davis
1850 – 1907
George Nemhauser
b. 1937
Gisèle Halimi
1927 – 2020
Glenn Thompson
b. 1959
Glenn Torpy
b. 1953
Gubad Gasimov
1896 – 1993
Gérald Lacroix
b. 1957
Hans Fischer
1881 – 1945
Hans Rosling
1948 – 2017
Hilaire Belloc
1870 – 1953
Ian Johnson
b. 1962
Isabelle M. Kelley
1917 – 1997
Jacek Tomczak
b. 1973
Jack Goody
1919 – 2015
Jacob Axelsson Lindblom
1746 – 1819
Jacob van der Hoeden
1891 – 1968
Jacques Bertin
1918 – 2010
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim
1906 – 1977
James C. Stevens
b. 1953
James Goodale
b. 1933
James Hockenhull
b. 1964
James Munby
1948 – 2026
Jay Y. Gillenwater
b. 1933
Jean-Benoît Bost
b. 1961
Jeff Fowler
b. 1978
Jennifer Namuyangu
b. 1968
Joacine Katar Moreira
b. 1982
Joe Lynam
b. 1970
Johannes Fritsch
1941 – 2010
John Christopher Guise
1826 – 1895
John Warren
1753 – 1815
Jonathan Soeharno
b. 1977
Judith W. Rogers
b. 1939
Julia V. Taft
1942 – 2008
Julien Gracq
1910 – 2007
Kendall Taylor
1905 – 1999
Kenneth Bainbridge
1904 – 1996
Lajos Fodor
b. 1947
Leonard Isitt
1891 – 1976
Lila Rose
b. 1988
Linda Richards
1841 – 1930
Louis Euzet
1923 – 2013
Marc Kamionkowski
b. 1965
Marek Michalak
b. 1971
Margaret W. Wong
b. 1950
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
b. 1972
Marielle Franco
1979 – 2018
Marta Camps
b. 1964
Max Fechner
1892 – 1973
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze
b. 1953
Michael Willcocks
b. 1944
Mohammad Shahidehpour
b. 1955
Moriz Haupt
1808 – 1874
Māris Liepa
1936 – 1989
Natanael Gärde
1880 – 1968
Nikolai Sukhomlinov
1850 – 1918
Norma Levy Shapiro
1928 – 2016
Norman Lear
1922 – 2023
Ole Bang
1788 – 1877
Olivier Guichard
1920 – 2004
Paolo Treves
1908 – 1958
Parag Khanna
b. 1977
Paul Attfield
b. 1962
Pedro López Quintana
b. 1953
Perry Nisen
b. 1955
Peter Ucko
1938 – 2007
Phillip Lynch
1933 – 1984
Pier Luigi Romita
1924 – 2003
Pierre Christin
1938 – 2024
Rauf Orbay
1881 – 1964
Ricardo Uceda
b. 1954
Robert A. Whitney
b. 1935
Robert George
1896 – 1967
Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing
1930 – 2009
Rosanna Warren
b. 1953
Ruth Asehry-Padan
b. 1964
Sabina Jeschke
b. 1968
Santiago Muñoz Machado
b. 1949
Serhiy Kunitsyn
b. 1960
Siegbert Alber
1936 – 2021
Stephen Chebrot
b. 1951
Takahashi Korekiyo
1854 – 1936
Tamás Deutsch
b. 1966
Thomas George Bonney
1833 – 1923
Triple H
b. 1969
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
1898 – 1949
Vilhelm Aleksander Thesleff
1880 – 1941
William Happer
b. 1939
William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland
1766 – 1842
Yehuda Ben-Meir
1939 – 2025
Adis Ahmetovic
b. 1993
Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky
1925 – 1945
Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Evlakhov
1880 – 1966
Aleksandr Razvozov
1879 – 1920
Alexander Chaiko
b. 1971
Alicia Castro
b. 1949
Aline Pailler
b. 1955
Amaelle Landais-Israël
b. 1977
Ana Pontón
b. 1977
Andrew Clarke
1824 – 1902
Anneli Hulthén
b. 1960
Annita á Fríðriksmørk
b. 1968
Anthony O'Regan
1809 – 1866
Anton Jamnik
b. 1961
Arnold C. Otto
1887 – 1965
Arthur Aikin Brodribb
1850 – 1927
Arthur R. M. Spaid
1866 – 1936
Arthur Vicars
1862 – 1921
Asdrubal Bentes
1939 – 2020
Augusta Stowe-Gullen
1857 – 1943
Aurélio Guterres
b. 1966
Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay
b. 1966
Aḥmad ibn Ḥamad Khalīlī
b. 1942
B. Jagannadha Das
b. 1893
Badri Bitsadze
b. 1960
… and 4,035 more
Died on July 27
Paul Kogerman
1891 – 1951
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
1698 – 1759
Aleksandr Aleksandrov
1912 – 1999
António de Oliveira Salazar
1889 – 1970
Armand Gautier
1837 – 1920
Arseny Zverev
1900 – 1969
Auguste Forel
1848 – 1931
Augustin-Norbert Morin
1803 – 1865
Charles Herty
1867 – 1938
Christopher Meyer
1944 – 2022
Conrad Elvehjem
1901 – 1962
Daniel-Rops
1901 – 1965
Georges Davy
1883 – 1976
John Dalton
1766 – 1844
John Robert Schrieffer
1931 – 2019
José Arce
1881 – 1968
Julius B. Richmond
1916 – 2008
Nuno Portas
1934 – 2025
Raoul Pictet
1846 – 1929
Takeaki Matsumoto
1959 – 2026
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931 – 2015
Al Held
1928 – 2005
Albert Gould
1847 – 1936
Aleksandar Tsankov
1879 – 1959
Alexander Gurwitsch
1874 – 1954
Alexandru Șafran
1910 – 2006
Algimantas Nasvytis
1928 – 2018
Alois Neuman
1901 – 1977
Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul
1789 – 1865
Anselm von Rothschild
1803 – 1874
Arthur Werner
1877 – 1967
Aziz Aliyev
1897 – 1962
Aćim Čumić
1836 – 1901
Bernhard Paumgartner
1887 – 1971
Bertha Wellin
1870 – 1951
Brooke Westcott
1825 – 1901
Carl-Ludwig Wagner
1930 – 2012
Carlos Cruz-Diez
1923 – 2019
Charles Fryatt
1872 – 1916
Clive Day
1871 – 1951
Daniel Bliss
1823 – 1916
Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest
1793 – 1877
David Hume
1757 – 1838
Dolf Sternberger
1907 – 1989
Domingos Lam
1928 – 2009
Ed Emshwiller
1925 – 1990
Edita Schubert
1947 – 2001
Edna O'Brien
1930 – 2024
Einojuhani Rautavaara
1928 – 2016
Elizabeth Karlin
1944 – 1998
Ella Kivikoski
1901 – 1990
Emil Theodor Kocher
1841 – 1917
Enrique Planchart Rotundo
1937 – 2021
Eugeniy Andreevich Iskritskiy
1874 – 1949
Ferruccio Busoni
1866 – 1924
Francesco Marchisano
1929 – 2014
Frank Bradway Rogers
1914 – 1987
George Russell
1923 – 2009
George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend
1753 – 1811
Georgi Kʹoseivanov
1884 – 1960
Gustav Natvig-Pedersen
1893 – 1965
Harald Rose
1935 – 2026
Harold Austin
1877 – 1943
Harry Jenkins
1925 – 2004
Heinrich Liebe
1908 – 1997
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1762 – 1834
Henry Hu
1920 – 2025
Hitoshi Kihara
1893 – 1986
Horst Stein
1928 – 2008
Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist
1917 – 1995
Jacob Marschak
1898 – 1977
Jacques Herbrand
1908 – 1931
James E. Talmage
1862 – 1933
James Macdonnell
1884 – 1973
Jan Woltjer
1849 – 1917
Jane Drew
1911 – 1996
Karl Eric Holm
1919 – 2016
Keith Waldrop
1932 – 2023
Kristian Welhaven
1883 – 1975
Lindy Boggs
1916 – 2013
Lothar Berg
1930 – 2015
Léon Strauss
1927 – 2026
Margarita Argúas
1902 – 1986
Marty Sklar
1934 – 2017
Mary Alice
1941 – 2022
Maryann Mahaffey
1925 – 2006
Melih Esenbel
1915 – 1995
Mikhail Bondarenko
1913 – 1947
Mohammad Reza I of Iran
1919 – 1980
Murray Costello
1934 – 2024
Norman Gregg
1892 – 1966
Otis Halbert Holmes
1902 – 1977
Owen Arthur
1949 – 2020
Park Seh-jik
1933 – 2009
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
1884 – 1972
Pierre Cathala
1888 – 1947
Pierre Joseph Étienne Finck
1797 – 1870
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet
1761 – 1807
Piet de Jong
1915 – 2016
Radhi Jazi
1927 – 2020
Ricardo Pérez Godoy
1905 – 1982
Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi
1894 – 1972
Robert Lowe
1811 – 1892
Russell Johnston
1932 – 2008
Salomon Glass
1593 – 1656
Salvatore Cotillo
1886 – 1939
Vasile Stoica
1889 – 1959
Viktor Heikel
1842 – 1927
Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan
1917 – 2007
William Bullock Clark
1860 – 1917
William Dougal Christie
1816 – 1874
William Hayes
1708 – 1777
William McChesney Martin
1906 – 1998
Wolfgang Rihm
1952 – 2024
Alan Gilbert
1944 – 2010
Alexander G. Crockett
1862 – 1919
Allen J. Ellender
1890 – 1972
Andrew DeWitt Bruyn
1790 – 1838
André Geerts
1955 – 2010
Antoine Coiffier de Ruzé
1581 – 1632
Anton van Duinkerken
1903 – 1968
Antonio María Cascajares y Azara
1834 – 1901
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria
1756 – 1801
Arnolds Spekke
1887 – 1972
Axel Welin
1862 – 1951
Barnabas Bidwell
1763 – 1833
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson
1864 – 1935
Bernard Cribbins
1928 – 2022
Bernhard Proskauer
1851 – 1915
Bob Heffron
1890 – 1978
Bob Kauffman
1946 – 2015
Bongani Mayosi
1967 – 2018
Bud Day
1925 – 2013
Charles Conrad Abbott
1843 – 1919
Charles D. Conover
1881 – 1937
Chingiz Ildyrym
1890 – 1941
Claire Lee Chennault
1893 – 1958
Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony
1739 – 1812
Clifford William Robinson
1866 – 1944
Colmar Grünhagen
1828 – 1911
Connop Thirlwall
1797 – 1875
David Storey
1856 – 1924
Dick Cleveland
1929 – 2002
Diran Alexanian
1881 – 1954
Domenico Guglielmini
1655 – 1710
Doug Griffin
1947 – 2016
Edgar Addison Bancroft
1857 – 1925
Edmund Pettus
1821 – 1907
Edward Mann Lewis
1863 – 1949
Edward Morant
1730 – 1791
Eli D. Hoyle
1851 – 1921
Elizabeth Rona
1890 – 1981
Ellen Minna Heine
1907 – 1989
Emilie Pohlmann
1800 – 1875
Emmanuel Pelaez
1915 – 2003
Enrique Verástegui
1950 – 2018
Ephraim Paddock
1780 – 1859
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
1742 – 1810
Francis Bennett-Goldney
1865 – 1918
Francis Chouat
1948 – 2024
Frank A. Howard
1938 – 2020
Frank Guilford
1928 – 2020
Frederick C. Sherman
1888 – 1957
Frederick William von Hessenstein
1735 – 1808
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
1855 – 1942
Gabriel Cisneros
1940 – 2007
Garrett Morgan
1877 – 1963
George Gardner Barnard
1829 – 1879
George W. Crawford
1798 – 1872
Gerard van Walsum
1900 – 1980
Ghulam Haider Hamidi
1947 – 2011
Gilles Tremblay
1932 – 2017
Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr.
1929 – 2011
Gonçalo Sampaio
1865 – 1937
Guillermo Díaz-Plaja
1909 – 1984
Gustav Hilger
1886 – 1965
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
1817 – 1885
Gustave Trouvé
1839 – 1902
Hans Dahl
1849 – 1937
Harcourt Gilbey Gold
1876 – 1952
Harold Beeley
1909 – 2001
Helen Rogers Reid
1882 – 1970
Henning Holck-Larsen
1907 – 2003
Henri Gaussen
1891 – 1981
Herman de Vries de Heekelingen
1880 – 1942
Hermann Hagedorn
1882 – 1964
Horst Böhme
1908 – 1996
Howard Jones
1885 – 1941
Ian Erskine
1898 – 1973
Ichizō Sugie
1908 – 1999
Igor Savitsky
1915 – 1984
Ilya Segalovich
1964 – 2013
Inez Haereata Kingi
1931 – 2022
Ioannis Drosopoulos
1870 – 1939
J. W. S. Cassels
1922 – 2015
Jack Davis
1924 – 2016
Jacob Sparre Schneider
1853 – 1918
Jacques Goyon de Matignon
1525 – 1598
Jakub Wujek
1541 – 1597
James B. Cress
1889 – 1967
… and 1,677 more