On This Day — December 27
3636 noted people were born and 2104 died on December 27 in our archive, including Gerardus Johannes Mulder, Louis Pasteur and Bill Manhire.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 27
Gerardus Johannes Mulder
1802 – 1880
Louis Pasteur
1822 – 1895
Bill Manhire
b. 1946
Cokie Roberts
1943 – 2019
Daniel Levitin
b. 1957
Diana H. Wall
1943 – 2024
Edith Bülbring
1903 – 1990
Ferenc Szabó
1902 – 1969
Fredrik Stang
1867 – 1941
Grzegorz Mazurek
b. 1976
Henri Atlan
b. 1931
Henryk Jabłoński
1909 – 2003
Hermann Volk
1903 – 1988
James Kakalios
b. 1958
Jeffrey Shapiro
b. 1946
Johannes Kepler
1571 – 1630
John Kaye
1783 – 1853
Kurt Volker
b. 1964
Lars Oftedal
1838 – 1900
Louis Round Wilson
1876 – 1979
Lucien Magne
1849 – 1916
Miguel Rodrigo Martínez
1895 – 1968
Olivier Blanchard
b. 1948
Peter H. Rossi
1921 – 2006
Raphael Tsu
b. 1931
Russell Barkley
b. 1949
Savannah Guthrie
b. 1971
Shulamit Aloni
1928 – 2014
T. Narayana Rao
b. 1959
Tetiana Andriienko
1938 – 2016
Tommy Lapid
1931 – 2008
Victor Brailovsky
b. 1935
Yakov Grot
1812 – 1893
Abdul Halim
1911 – 1987
Adelchi Serena
1895 – 1970
Adolph Kupffer
1798 – 1865
Aleksander Ładoś
1891 – 1963
Aleksandr Mints
1894 – 1974
Alexander Gordon Laing
1793 – 1826
Alexandre Lenoir
1761 – 1839
Alexandru Rafila
b. 1961
André Gedalge
1856 – 1926
Angelo Vermeulen
b. 1971
Anne Armstrong
1927 – 2008
Asuman Kiyingi
b. 1963
Ben-Erik van Wyk
b. 1956
Bernt Holtsmark
1859 – 1941
Bill Goldberg
b. 1966
Blutch
b. 1967
Bob Brown
b. 1944
Boris Fedtschenko
1872 – 1947
Boris Saltykov
1940 – 2025
Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach
b. 1941
Bridget McKenzie
b. 1969
Burhanuddin Harahap
1917 – 1987
Carl Spielvogel
1928 – 2021
Charles Beaumont Phipps
1801 – 1866
Charles Girault
1851 – 1932
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
1845 – 1928
Charles Hinton Russell
1903 – 1989
Charles Hodge
1797 – 1878
Charles Olson
1910 – 1970
Chen Shih-chung
b. 1953
Chris Abani
b. 1966
Christian Albrecht Bluhme
1794 – 1866
Célestin Sieur
1860 – 1955
Dale Carpenter
b. 1966
Dan Koenig Morhaim
b. 1948
David Baker
b. 1954
David Hermelin
1936 – 2000
David Tonoyan
b. 1967
Elizabeth Edgar
1929 – 2019
Endre Szervánszky
1911 – 1977
Ernst Kitzinger
1912 – 2003
Farhad Badalbeyli
b. 1947
Fernando Londoño
b. 1944
Frank E. Sysyn
b. 1946
G. Scott Hubbard
b. 1948
Gaspar Noé
b. 1963
Gilberte Brossolette
1905 – 2004
Gina Lopez
1953 – 2019
Giovanni Battista Alberto Pirelli
1848 – 1932
Greg Mortenson
b. 1957
Guido Westerwelle
1961 – 2016
Hans Jörg Schelling
b. 1953
Henri Berthelier
1856 – 1918
Herbert John Webber
1865 – 1946
Herbert Lewis
1858 – 1933
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns
1819 – 1885
Ian Ling-Stuckey
b. 1959
Iris M. Zavala
1936 – 2020
Jan Kilian
1953 – 2020
Jay Steven Loeffler
b. 1955
Jean Bartik
1924 – 2011
Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow
b. 1934
Jerzy Rzedowski
1926 – 2023
Jes Staley
b. 1956
Joe Armstrong
1950 – 2019
John Drawbridge
1930 – 2005
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
b. 1978
Joseph Loth
1847 – 1934
Juan Felipe Herrera
b. 1948
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
1858 – 1930
Jörg Wrachtrup
b. 1961
K. Leroy Irvis
1919 – 2006
Kannan Soundararajan
b. 1973
Karel Kramář
1860 – 1937
Karen Hughes
b. 1956
Karl Auerbach
b. 1949
Katie Mehnert
b. 1975
Katsuzō Toyoda
1882 – 1939
Kenes Aukhadiev
1937 – 2022
Kevin Ollie
b. 1972
Kirill Florensky
1915 – 1982
Lamara Chkonia
1930 – 2024
Lea Nass
b. 1961
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz
b. 1957
Lionel Cooper
1915 – 1979
Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolai
1737 – 1820
Ludwig Meyer
1827 – 1900
Léon Delacroix
1867 – 1929
Marillyn Hewson
b. 1953
Mario Pedini
1918 – 2003
Mariya Osipova
1908 – 1999
Marlene Dietrich
1901 – 1992
Marshall Sahlins
1930 – 2021
Mary Isabel McCracken
1866 – 1955
Masahiro Futahashi
1941 – 2026
Mathias Dewatripont
b. 1959
Mati Karelson
b. 1948
Matthew Rabin
b. 1963
Matthias Calonius
1738 – 1817
Maureen Raymo
b. 1959
Maximilian Schönherr
b. 1954
Mercedes Schlapp
b. 1972
Miguel Trovoada
b. 1936
Mihkel Veiderma
1929 – 2018
Moshe Arens
1925 – 2019
Murray Thompson
b. 1953
Nanguyalai Tarzi
b. 1949
Naoko Yamazaki
b. 1970
Nico F. Declercq
b. 1975
Noel Ignatiev
1940 – 2019
Oleg Tolstikov
1905 – 1971
Paul Joseph Boudier
1854 – 1908
Peter Soulsby
b. 1948
Peyton C. March
1864 – 1955
Phillip Bennett
1928 – 2023
Polly Toynbee
b. 1946
Raymond Apple
1935 – 2024
Robert H. Socolow
b. 1937
Robert Pitofsky
1929 – 2018
Robert William Chapman
1866 – 1942
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
1926 – 2009
Salvador Namburete
b. 1957
Sam Walsh
b. 1949
Sebastian Haffner
1907 – 1999
Serge July
b. 1942
Sergey Kolosov
1921 – 2012
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
b. 1986
Shirley Geok-lin Lim
b. 1944
Simon Case
b. 1978
Simon King
b. 1962
Soji Cole
b. 1976
Stanisław Mieroszowski
1827 – 1900
Szczepan Pieniążek
1913 – 2008
Teo Chee Hean
b. 1954
Thomas Menino
1942 – 2014
Tobias Billström
b. 1973
Tom Calma
b. 1953
Toshitsugu Saito
b. 1944
Victor Cazalet
1896 – 1943
Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis
b. 1977
Wallace M. Greene
1907 – 2003
Walter Pohl
b. 1953
Walther Hesse
1847 – 1911
Warren Freer
1921 – 2013
Wilfrid Noel Bond
1897 – 1937
William Douw Lighthall
1857 – 1954
Ydessa Hendeles
b. 1948
Yossi Melman
b. 1950
Younoussi Touré
1941 – 2022
Šimon Pánek
b. 1967
A. B. Walawalkar
1897 – 1970
Aaron Levie
b. 1985
Abby Finkenauer
b. 1988
Achia Remigio
b. 1970
Adolf Weiler
1851 – 1916
Afrikan P. Bogaewsky
1872 – 1934
Agnès Evren
b. 1970
Alain Gest
b. 1950
Alain de Boismenu
1870 – 1953
Alan G. Merten
1941 – 2020
Alberto Pariani
1876 – 1955
Aldéa Landry
b. 1945
Alex Miller
b. 1936
Alfred Edwin McKay
1892 – 1917
Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk
1830 – 1908
Ali Haydar Hakverdi
b. 1979
Alwin Mittasch
1869 – 1953
… and 3,436 more
Died on December 27
Alfonso Reyes
1889 – 1959
Victor Ernest Shelford
1877 – 1968
Alfred von Kremer
1828 – 1889
André Miquel
1929 – 2022
Antoni Ponikowski
1878 – 1949
Ben Barres
1954 – 2017
Charles E. Phelps
1833 – 1908
Cyparissos Stephanos
1857 – 1917
Emmanuel de Rougé
1811 – 1872
Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns
1901 – 1986
Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão
1935 – 2024
Gloria Begué Cantón
1931 – 2016
Gyula Farkas
1847 – 1930
Hans Tietmeyer
1931 – 2016
Jaan Kross
1920 – 2007
Jacques Delors
1925 – 2023
John W. Sprague
1817 – 1893
Leon Wyczółkowski
1852 – 1936
Leonard Goldenson
1905 – 1999
Lester B. Pearson
1897 – 1972
Louis V. Gerstner
1942 – 2025
Ludwig Riess
1861 – 1928
Nikolay Ilminsky
1822 – 1891
Olli Lounasmaa
1930 – 2002
Patrick Shaw
1913 – 1975
Tetiana Andriienko
1938 – 2016
Vladimir Fock
1898 – 1974
Yuichiro Hata
1967 – 2020
Albert Brachet
1869 – 1930
Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
1868 – 1930
Andrew Fleming West
1853 – 1943
Arthur Henry Hardinge
1859 – 1933
Auguste Edouard Hirschauer
1857 – 1943
Axel Gadolin
1828 – 1892
Benazir Bhutto
1953 – 2007
Bertram Thomas
1892 – 1950
Boris Gnedenko
1912 – 1995
Calvin Bridges
1889 – 1938
Carl Ferdinand Allen
1811 – 1871
Carla Henius
1919 – 2002
Charles F. West
1895 – 1955
Conny Palm
1907 – 1951
Constantin Regamey
1907 – 1982
Cyrus S. Ching
1876 – 1967
David B. Rivkin
1956 – 2024
Don Imus
1940 – 2019
Dumas Malone
1892 – 1986
Eduard Bendemann
1811 – 1889
Else Zeuthen
1897 – 1975
Ernst Platner
1744 – 1818
Francis Wrangham
1769 – 1842
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
1798 – 1857
Gennady Volkov
1927 – 2010
Georgios Streit
1868 – 1948
Ghali Umar Na'Abba
1958 – 2023
Gustave Eiffel
1832 – 1923
Haskell Wexler
1922 – 2015
Helen Frankenthaler
1928 – 2011
Helene Reynard
1875 – 1947
Houari Boumédiène
1932 – 1978
Hugh Blair
1718 – 1800
Ivy Brookes
1883 – 1970
J. B. L. Reyes
1902 – 1994
Jack Swigert
1931 – 1982
Ja’afar I of Negeri Sembilan
1922 – 2008
Jean Garrigue
1914 – 1972
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
1922 – 2007
Jesco von Puttkamer
1933 – 2012
John Douglas Hazen
1860 – 1937
John S. Allen
1907 – 1982
Julian Zachariewicz
1837 – 1898
Konstantin Mikhailovich Derjugin
1878 – 1938
Kourkène Medzadourian
1908 – 1996
Lars-Erik Larsson
1908 – 1986
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
1850 – 1923
Mary Engle Pennington
1872 – 1952
María Seoane
1948 – 2023
Maurice Failevic
1933 – 2016
Max Beckmann
1884 – 1950
Meadowlark Lemon
1932 – 2015
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy
1873 – 1936
Michael Dummett
1925 – 2011
Morita Fukui
1885 – 1965
Nicolae Militaru
1925 – 1996
Nils Johan Berlin
1812 – 1891
Odete Santos
1941 – 2023
Peter L. Hammer
1936 – 2006
Pierre Delanoë
1918 – 2006
Raymond Woodard Brink
1890 – 1973
Reginald Blomfield
1856 – 1942
Robert Ross
1827 – 1887
Shamshad Akhtar
1954 – 2025
Stephen Joseph Perry
1833 – 1889
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
1903 – 1981
Sueki Yonemura
1879 – 1941
Tadeusz Pieronek
1934 – 2018
Takehiko Endo
1938 – 2019
Thomas C. Chalmers
1917 – 1995
Tomaž Šalamun
1941 – 2014
Victor Heintz
1876 – 1968
Victor Socaciu
1953 – 2021
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
1810 – 1900
Yevgeny Zababakhin
1917 – 1984
Yu Hanmou
1896 – 1981
Yuriy Arabov
1954 – 2023
Zhinous Nemat Mahmoudi
1929 – 1981
Émile Mireaux
1885 – 1969
Émile Vandervelde
1866 – 1938
Adolf Černý
1864 – 1952
Adolphe Déchenaud
1868 – 1926
Aidan Higgins
1927 – 2015
Alain Bernheim
1931 – 2022
Alan Bates
1934 – 2003
Alberto J. Armando
1910 – 1988
Alexander B. Montgomery
1837 – 1910
Alexander Croke
1758 – 1842
Alexandru Ciucurencu
1903 – 1977
Alexey Sokolsky
1908 – 1969
Alfred Carpenter
1881 – 1955
Amalia Lindegren
1814 – 1891
Amédée Girod de l'Ain
1781 – 1847
Andrew Vachss
1942 – 2021
Antonio Arenas
1808 – 1891
Antonio Velasco Piña
1935 – 2020
Ants Kurvits
1887 – 1943
Ants Soots
1956 – 2025
Archie Roy
1924 – 2012
Arnie Ferrin
1925 – 2022
Arthur Sloggett
1857 – 1929
Arvid Järnefelt
1861 – 1932
Axel Key
1832 – 1901
Bancroft Davis
1822 – 1907
Berenado Vunibobo
1931 – 2015
Bernardo de Irigoyen
1822 – 1906
Boris Rybakov
1908 – 2001
Carrie Fisher
1956 – 2016
Chaim Walder
1968 – 2021
Charles Button
1838 – 1920
Charles E. Coates
1866 – 1939
Charles F. Erhart
1821 – 1891
Charles Lamb
1775 – 1834
Charles Martin Hall
1863 – 1914
Charles Merivale
1808 – 1893
Chikaaki Takasaki
1853 – 1920
Christopher Del Sesto
1907 – 1973
Claud Barry
1891 – 1951
Claude Gensac
1927 – 2016
Constantine C. Esty
1824 – 1912
Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.
1894 – 1946
David Aubrey Scott
1919 – 2010
David Franklin Noble
1945 – 2010
Dayle Haddon
1948 – 2024
Diego Barros Ortiz
1908 – 1990
Edward Leonard King
1873 – 1933
Edward Whitaker Gray
1748 – 1806
Eivind Astrup
1871 – 1895
Ellsworth Kelly
1923 – 2015
Ernest King Bramblett
1901 – 1966
Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering
1824 – 1889
Fabien Thiémé
1952 – 2019
Farooq Sheikh
1948 – 2013
Fernanda Contri
1935 – 2025
Fernando Birri
1925 – 2017
Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer
1912 – 1967
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
1836 – 1894
Francis van Aarssens
1572 – 1641
Fred Lewis
1921 – 1994
Frederick John Kiesler
1890 – 1965
Frederick Keppel
1728 – 1777
Frederik Hegel
1817 – 1887
Frederik Paludan-Müller
1809 – 1876
Genrikh Kasparyan
1910 – 1995
George A. Mushbach
1850 – 1901
George Diamandy
1867 – 1917
George Oliver
1841 – 1915
George Roy Hill
1921 – 2002
George Warwick Smith
1916 – 1999
Georges Hulin de Loo
1862 – 1945
Geraldine Pittman Woods
1921 – 1999
Gerard Slotemaker de Bruïne
1899 – 1976
Germame Neway
1924 – 1960
Greg Gumbel
1946 – 2024
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm
1756 – 1813
Gustav von Leonhard
1816 – 1878
Gösta Gahm
1942 – 2020
Hafizullah Amin
1929 – 1979
Hans Albrecht von Barfus
1635 – 1704
Hans von Seeckt
1866 – 1936
Hanumant Shankar Sawant
1939 – 2025
Harold Bird-Wilson
1919 – 2000
Harry C. Clark
1883 – 1950
Harry Carey
1921 – 2012
Harry Escombe
1838 – 1899
Harry Hopman
1906 – 1985
Hector Munro, 8th of Novar
1726 – 1805
Heinrich Gomperz
1873 – 1942
Henri Pitot
1695 – 1771
Henri Winkelman
1876 – 1952
Henry James Morgan
1842 – 1913
Henry Krumb
1875 – 1958
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