Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Edward Abbey |
Author |
29-Jan-1927 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Desert Solitaire |
Bob Abernethy |
Journalist |
5-Nov-1927 |
|
Former NBC News correspondent |
Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
Brock Adams |
Politician |
13-Jan-1927 |
10-Sep-2004 |
US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 |
Joe Adcock |
Baseball |
30-Oct-1927 |
3-May-1999 |
Milwaukee Braves First Baseman |
Warren Adler |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1927 |
15-Apr-2019 |
The War of the Roses |
Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Royalty |
5-Dec-1927 |
13-Oct-2016 |
King of Thailand, 1946-2016 |
Raúl Alfonsín |
Head of State |
13-Mar-1927 |
31-Mar-2009 |
President of Argentina, 1983-89 |
Mose Allison |
Singer |
11-Nov-1927 |
15-Nov-2016 |
Southern bluesman, Jazz pianist |
Ed Ames |
Singer |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
Try to Remember |
Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
John Ashbery |
Poet |
28-Jul-1927 |
3-Sep-2017 |
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror |
Richie Ashburn |
Baseball |
19-Mar-1927 |
9-Sep-1997 |
MLB Hall of Fame Whiz Kid |
Stanley Baker |
Actor |
8-Feb-1927 |
28-Jun-1976 |
Knights of the Round Table |
Hank Ballard |
Singer |
18-Nov-1927 |
2-Mar-2003 |
The Twist |
Ray Barrett |
Actor |
2-May-1927 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Peter Thornton on The Troubleshooters |
Eva Bartok |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
1-Aug-1998 |
The Crimson Pirate |
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez |
Head of State |
25-Oct-1927 |
24-Oct-2016 |
President of Uruguay, 2000-05 |
Phil Batt |
Politician |
4-Mar-1927 |
|
Governor of Idaho, 1995-99 |
Frank Batten |
Publisher |
11-Feb-1927 |
10-Sep-2009 |
Founder, The Weather Channel |
Stephen Becker |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1927 |
27-Mar-1999 |
When the War Is Over |
Geoffrey Beene |
Fashion Designer |
30-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2004 |
Award-winning fashion designer |
Maurice Béjart |
Choreographer |
1-Jan-1927 |
22-Nov-2007 |
Innovative ballet choreographer |
Harry Belafonte |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Mar-1927 |
|
Calypso singer |
Richard Bellamy |
Art Dealer |
3-Dec-1927 |
29-Mar-1998 |
Art dealer, NYC's Green Gallery |
Pope Benedict XVI |
Religion |
16-Apr-1927 |
|
Pope Emeritus |
Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
Gary Bertini |
Conductor |
1-May-1927 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 |
Mari Blanchard |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
10-May-1970 |
She-Devil |
George Blanda |
Football |
17-Sep-1927 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Football hall-of-famer played 340 games |
James M. Blaut |
Historian |
20-Oct-1927 |
11-Nov-2000 |
The Colonizer's Model of the World |
Burt Blechman |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1927 |
29-Dec-1998 |
How Much? |
Herbert Blomstedt |
Conductor |
11-Jul-1927 |
|
Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005 |
Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
James Booth |
Actor |
19-Dec-1927 |
11-Aug-2005 |
Zulu |
Robert Bork |
Government |
1-Mar-1927 |
19-Dec-2012 |
Fired Archibald Cox, later got himself borked |
Tom Bosley |
Actor |
1-Oct-1927 |
19-Oct-2010 |
Dad on Happy Days |
Elsbeth Bothe |
Judge |
17-Oct-1927 |
|
Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired |
John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
11-Jul-2016 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
James Broderick |
Actor |
7-Mar-1927 |
1-Nov-1982 |
Doug Lawrence on Family |
Joyce Brothers |
Psychologist |
20-Sep-1927 |
13-May-2013 |
Pop psychologist |
Harold Brown |
Government |
19-Sep-1927 |
4-Jan-2019 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 |
Jim Broyhill |
Politician |
19-Aug-1927 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1963-86 |
Robert Brustein |
Educator |
21-Apr-1927 |
|
Founder, American Reportory Theatre |
Lloyd Bucher |
Military |
1-Sep-1927 |
28-Jan-2004 |
Commander of USS Pueblo |
George Busbee |
Politician |
7-Aug-1927 |
16-Jul-2004 |
Governor of Georgia, 1975-83 |
Carl Butler |
Country Musician |
2-Jun-1927 |
4-Sep-1992 |
Don't Let Me Cross Over |
Jack Butler |
Football |
12-Nov-1927 |
11-May-2013 |
Pittsburgh Steelers DB, Hall-of-Famer |
Robert N. Butler |
Doctor |
21-Jan-1927 |
4-Jul-2010 |
Expert on aging |
Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
Donald W. Callender |
Business |
27-Sep-1927 |
7-Jan-2009 |
Marie Callender's restaurateur |
Levin H. Campbell |
Judge |
2-Jan-1927 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-1992 |
Gianna Maria Canale |
Actor |
12-Sep-1927 |
|
I Vampiri |
Harvey Carignan |
Criminal |
18-May-1927 |
|
The Want-Ad Killer |
Pat Carroll |
Actor |
5-May-1927 |
|
Make Room for Daddy |
John Carter |
Actor |
26-Nov-1927 |
23-May-2016 |
Lt. John Biddle on Barnaby Jones |
Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady |
18-Aug-1927 |
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter |
Jack Cassidy |
Actor |
5-Mar-1927 |
12-Dec-1976 |
The Eiger Sanction |
Peggie Castle |
Actor |
22-Dec-1927 |
11-Aug-1973 |
Lily Merrill on Lawman |
Lauro F. Cavazos |
Government |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Education, 1988-90 |
John Chancellor |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1927 |
12-Jul-1996 |
NBC Nightly News anchor |
Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
Cesar Chavez |
Labor Leader |
31-Mar-1927 |
23-Apr-1993 |
Mastermind of the California grape boycott |
George E. Christian |
Government |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Nov-2002 |
LBJ's press secretary |
Ramsey Clark |
Government |
18-Dec-1927 |
|
US Attorney General, 1967-69 |
Wesley A. Clark |
Engineer |
10-Apr-1927 |
22-Feb-2016 |
Designed LINC, the first PC |
Naomi W. Cohen |
Historian |
13-Nov-1927 |
|
Jews in Christian America |
Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
Chris Connor |
Singer |
8-Nov-1927 |
29-Aug-2009 |
Jazz singer, I Miss You |
Michael Constantine |
Actor |
22-May-1927 |
|
My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
Barbara Cook |
Singer |
25-Oct-1927 |
8-Aug-2017 |
Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress |
Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
6-Mar-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut |
Lou Creekmur |
Football |
22-Jan-1927 |
5-Jul-2009 |
Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
Richard Crenna |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
18-Jan-2003 |
Our Miss Brooks |
Norm Crosby |
Comic |
15-Sep-1927 |
|
Stand-up and nightclub comic |
Peter Cundall |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008 |
Malcolm R. Currie |
Business |
13-Mar-1927 |
|
CEO of Hughes Aircraft, 1988-92 |
Dan Curtis |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1927 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Burnt Offerings |
Bill Daily |
Actor |
30-Aug-1927 |
4-Sep-2018 |
Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie |
William Daniels |
Actor |
31-Mar-1927 |
|
Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider |
Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
Thayer David |
Actor |
4-Mar-1927 |
17-Jul-1978 |
Jergens in Rocky |
Colin Davis |
Conductor |
25-Sep-1927 |
14-Apr-2013 |
Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006 |
David Brion Davis |
Historian |
16-Feb-1927 |
14-Apr-2019 |
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture |
John R. Davis, Jr. |
Diplomat |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Poland, 1983-90 |
Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
Alice Denham |
Author |
21-Jan-1927 |
27-Jan-2016 |
Sleeping with the Bad Boys |
Paul G. Desmarais |
Business |
4-Jan-1927 |
8-Oct-2013 |
CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96 |
David Dinkins |
Politician |
10-Jul-1927 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 |
Steve Ditko |
Cartoonist |
2-Nov-1927 |
27-Jun-2018 |
Drew Spider-Man like nobody else has or can |
Alan J. Dixon |
Politician |
7-Jul-1927 |
6-Jul-2014 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 |
Ken Dodd |
Comic |
8-Nov-1927 |
11-Mar-2018 |
British comedian, ventriloquist |
Tom Dooley |
Activist |
17-Jan-1927 |
18-Jan-1961 |
Deliver Us from Evil |
Winfield Dunn |
Politician |
1-Jul-1927 |
|
Governor of Tennessee, 1971-75 |
Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
Paul Eddington |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister |
Dave Edgerton |
Business |
26-May-1927 |
3-Apr-2018 |
Co-Founder of Burger King |
Edwin Edwards |
Politician |
7-Aug-1927 |
|
Former governor, convicted felon |
James B. Edwards |
Politician |
24-Jun-1927 |
26-Dec-2014 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1975-79 |
Geoffrey Eglinton |
Geologist |
1-Nov-1927 |
11-Mar-2016 |
Molecular organic geochemistry |
Manfred Eigen |
Physicist |
9-May-1927 |
|
Studied fast chemical reactions |
Dana Elcar |
Actor |
10-Oct-1927 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Pete Thornton on MacGyver |
Stein Eriksen |
Skier |
11-Dec-1927 |
27-Dec-2015 |
Norwegian Alpine skier |
John Erlenborn |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-84 |
Peter Falk |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
23-Jun-2011 |
Detective Columbo |
Malachi Favors |
Bassist |
22-Aug-1927 |
30-Jan-2004 |
Bass player for Art Ensemble of Chicago |
Ruth Fertel |
Business |
5-Feb-1927 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House |
Cliff Finch |
Politician |
4-Apr-1927 |
22-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 |
Martin Fleischmann |
Chemist |
29-Mar-1927 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Cold fusion crank |
Friedrich Karl Flick |
Business |
3-Feb-1927 |
5-Oct-2006 |
Richest man in Austria |
Eddie Fontaine |
Singer |
6-Mar-1927 |
13-Apr-1992 |
Rock-a-billy singer and character actor |
William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
Bob Fosse |
Choreographer |
23-Jun-1927 |
23-Sep-1987 |
Choreographer |
Bernard Fox |
Actor |
11-May-1927 |
14-Dec-2016 |
Dr. Bombay on Bewitched |
Nellie Fox |
Baseball |
25-Dec-1927 |
1-Dec-1975 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
Daniel J. Freed |
Legal Scholar |
12-May-1927 |
17-Jan-2010 |
Yale Law professor |
Lucio Fulci |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1927 |
13-Mar-1996 |
The Beyond |
Richard H. Gallagher |
Engineer |
17-Nov-1927 |
30-Sep-1997 |
Finite element method |
Gabriel García Márquez |
Novelist |
6-Mar-1927 |
17-Apr-2014 |
One Hundred Years of Solitude |
Richard N. Gardner |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1927 |
16-Feb-2019 |
US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 |
Kika de la Garza |
Politician |
22-Sep-1927 |
13-Mar-2017 |
Congressman from Texas, 1965-97 |
Bruce S. Gelb |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93 |
Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
Politician |
21-Mar-1927 |
31-Mar-2016 |
German Foreign Minister, 1974-92 |
Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
William F. Goodling |
Politician |
5-Dec-1927 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-2001 |
Lyle Gramley |
Economist |
14-Jan-1927 |
22-Mar-2015 |
Former Federal Reserve governor |
Bud Grant |
Football |
20-May-1927 |
|
Longtime coach of Minnesota Vikings |
Lee Grant |
Actor |
31-Oct-1927 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
Alex Grass |
Business |
3-Aug-1927 |
27-Aug-2009 |
Founder of Rite Aid |
Günter Grass |
Author |
16-Oct-1927 |
13-Apr-2015 |
German novelist, The Tin Drum |
Juliette Gréco |
Singer |
7-Feb-1927 |
|
Orpheus |
Alan C. Greenberg |
Business |
3-Sep-1927 |
25-Jul-2014 |
CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93 |
Donald P. Gregg |
Government |
12-Dec-1927 |
|
National Security Adviser to VP Bush |
Robert Guillaume |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
24-Oct-2017 |
Benson |
Marvin Harris |
Anthropologist |
18-Aug-1927 |
25-Oct-2001 |
Anthropological historian |
Rosemary Harris |
Actor |
19-Sep-1927 |
|
Aunt May in Spider-Man |
Paula Hawkins |
Politician |
24-Jan-1927 |
3-Dec-2009 |
US Senator from Florida, 1981-87 |
David Hedison |
Actor |
20-May-1927 |
|
Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films |
Pierre Henry |
Composer |
9-Dec-1927 |
5-Jul-2017 |
Electronic music pioneer |
William Hickey |
Actor |
19-Sep-1927 |
29-Jun-1997 |
Prizzi's Honor |
Roger S. Hillas |
Business |
11-Apr-1927 |
|
Former Chairman of PNC Financial |
Barron Hilton |
Business |
23-Oct-1927 |
|
Chairman of Hilton Hotels |
Glen A. Holden |
Business |
2-Jul-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1989-93 |
Robert Hossein |
Actor |
30-Dec-1927 |
|
Cemetery Without Crosses |
Joan Hotchkis |
Actor |
21-Sep-1927 |
|
Ellen Monroe on My World and Welcome to It |
James J. Howard |
Politician |
24-Jul-1927 |
25-Mar-1988 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1965-88 |
Shirley Hughes |
Author |
16-Jul-1927 |
|
Alfie's Feet |
Samuel P. Huntington |
Author |
18-Apr-1927 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Clash of Civilizations |
Dick Hyman |
Pianist |
8-Mar-1927 |
|
Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer |
Donald P. Jacobs |
Economist |
22-Jun-1927 |
|
Dean of the Kellogg School, 1975-2001 |
Charles Jarrott |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1927 |
4-Mar-2011 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Jackie Jensen |
Baseball |
9-Mar-1927 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American League MVP, 1958 |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist |
7-May-1927 |
3-Apr-2013 |
Heat and Dust |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Musician |
25-Jan-1927 |
8-Dec-1994 |
The Girl from Ipanema |
Richard Johnson |
Actor |
30-Jul-1927 |
6-Jun-2015 |
Treasure Island |
Manfred Jonas |
Historian |
9-Apr-1927 |
25-Aug-2013 |
Isolationism in America, 1935-1941 |
Dickie Jones |
Actor |
25-Feb-1927 |
7-Jul-2014 |
Buffalo Bill Jr. |
Elvin Jones |
Drummer |
9-Sep-1927 |
18-May-2004 |
Different Drummer |
Freddie Jones |
Actor |
12-Sep-1927 |
|
The Caesars |
L. Q. Jones |
Actor |
19-Aug-1927 |
|
Battle Cry |
Bill Justis |
Musician |
14-Oct-1927 |
15-Jul-1982 |
Raunchy |
John Kander |
Composer |
18-Mar-1927 |
|
Top Broadway composer |
Marvin Kaplan |
Actor |
24-Jan-1927 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Henry on Alice |
Henry Kaufman |
Business |
20-Oct-1927 |
|
Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers |
Fred Kavli |
Philanthropist |
20-Aug-1927 |
21-Nov-2013 |
Kavli Foundation |
William J. Keating |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1927 |
|
Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 |
Bob Keeshan |
Actor |
27-Jun-1927 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Captain Kangaroo |
Jack Kelly |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Bart Maverick |
Amos Kenan |
Author |
2-May-1927 |
4-Aug-2009 |
The Road to Ein Harod |
Tom Kennedy |
Game Show Host |
26-Feb-1927 |
|
Host of Name That Tune, etc. |
Daniel Keyes |
Novelist |
9-Aug-1927 |
15-Jun-2014 |
Flowers for Algernon |
F. Ray Keyser, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Aug-1927 |
7-Mar-2015 |
Governor of Vermont, 1961-63 |
Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
Galway Kinnell |
Poet |
1-Feb-1927 |
28-Oct-2014 |
Selected Poems |
Les Kinsolving |
Journalist |
18-Dec-1927 |
|
WorldNetDaily |
Phyllis Kirk |
Actor |
18-Sep-1927 |
19-Oct-2006 |
House of Wax |
Eartha Kitt |
Singer |
17-Jan-1927 |
25-Dec-2008 |
Catwoman |
Billy Klüver |
Scientist |
13-Nov-1927 |
11-Jan-2004 |
The Mr. Fix-It of kinetic art |
John A. Kocur |
Business |
16-May-1927 |
|
President of Apache Corporation, 1979-88 |
Lawrence Kohlberg |
Psychologist |
25-Oct-1927 |
17-Jan-1987 |
Stages of moral development |
Leszek Kolakowski |
Philosopher |
23-Oct-1927 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Polish refugee philosopher |
Vladimir Komarov |
Astronaut |
16-Mar-1927 |
24-Apr-1967 |
Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death |
Harvey Korman |
Comic |
15-Feb-1927 |
29-May-2008 |
The Carol Burnett Show |
Robert P. Kraft |
Astronomer |
16-Jun-1927 |
26-May-2015 |
Lick Observatory |
Cleo Laine |
Singer |
28-Oct-1927 |
|
Show Boat |
James T. Laney |
Educator |
24-Dec-1927 |
|
President of Emory University, 1977-93 |
Tommy Lasorda |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1927 |
|
Manager of the LA Dodgers, 1977-96 |
Claude Laydu |
Actor |
10-Mar-1927 |
29-Jul-2011 |
Diary of a Country Priest |
Donald C. Leidel |
Diplomat |
31-Aug-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1983-86 |
Janet Leigh |
Actor |
6-Jul-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Psycho |
Robin Leigh-Pemberton |
Business |
5-Jan-1927 |
24-Nov-2013 |
Governor of the Bank of England, 1983-93 |
Anthony Lewis |
Journalist |
27-Mar-1927 |
25-Mar-2013 |
Gideon's Trumpet |
Gina Lollobrigida |
Actor |
4-Jul-1927 |
|
Beautiful but dangerous |
Richard Long |
Actor |
17-Dec-1927 |
21-Dec-1974 |
Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley |
Stephen Low |
Diplomat |
2-Dec-1927 |
15-Nov-2010 |
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1979-81 |
Malcolm M. Lucas |
Judge |
19-Apr-1927 |
28-Sep-2016 |
California Chief Justice, 1987-96 |
Robert Ludlum |
Novelist |
25-May-1927 |
12-Mar-2001 |
The Bourne Identity |
James Thomas Lynn |
Government |
27-Feb-1927 |
6-Dec-2010 |
US HUD Secretary, 1973-75 |
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
Theodore Maiman |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1927 |
5-May-2007 |
Built the first working laser |
Arthur Malet |
Actor |
24-Sep-1927 |
18-May-2013 |
The Secret of NIMH |
Abby Mann |
Screenwriter |
1-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-2008 |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Harry M. Markowitz |
Economist |
24-Aug-1927 |
|
Portfolio theory |
Nan Martin |
Actor |
15-Jul-1927 |
4-Mar-2010 |
The Drew Carey Show |
Lauro Martines |
Historian |
22-Nov-1927 |
|
The Social World of the Florentine Humanists |
Al Martino |
Singer |
7-Oct-1927 |
13-Oct-2009 |
Here in My Heart |
Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr. |
Author |
24-Oct-1927 |
16-Jan-2013 |
To Kill the Devil |
Kurt Masur |
Conductor |
18-Jul-1927 |
19-Dec-2015 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002 |
Harlan Mathews |
Politician |
17-Jan-1927 |
9-May-2014 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1993-94 |
Peter Matthiessen |
Novelist |
22-May-1927 |
5-Apr-2014 |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
Lois Maxwell |
Actor |
14-Feb-1927 |
29-Sep-2007 |
Miss Moneypenny |
Harrison McCain |
Business |
3-Nov-1927 |
18-Mar-2004 |
Frozen french fry billionaire |
Al McCandless |
Politician |
23-Jul-1927 |
9-Aug-2017 |
Congressman from California, 1983-95 |
John McCarthy |
Computer Programmer |
4-Sep-1927 |
24-Oct-2011 |
Created LISP programming language |
Pete McCloskey |
Politician |
29-Sep-1927 |
|
Congressman from California, 1967-83 |
Red McCombs |
Business |
19-Oct-1927 |
|
Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel |
Tommy McCook |
Musician |
3-Mar-1927 |
5-May-1998 |
Sax player for The Skatalites |
Pat McCormick |
Comic |
30-Jun-1927 |
29-Jul-2005 |
Smokey and the Bandit |
Forrest McDonald |
Historian |
7-Jan-1927 |
19-Jan-2016 |
We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution |
John McLaughlin |
Talk Show Host |
29-Mar-1927 |
16-Aug-2016 |
The McLaughlin Group |
Lloyd Meeds |
Politician |
11-Dec-1927 |
17-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from Washington, 1965-79 |
W. S. Merwin |
Poet |
30-Sep-1927 |
15-Mar-2019 |
The Carrier of Ladders |
Jack Metcalf |
Politician |
30-Nov-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001 |
Robert H. Miller |
Diplomat |
8-Sep-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1983-86 |
Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
Patsy Mink |
Politician |
6-Dec-1927 |
28-Sep-2002 |
Congresswoman from Hawaii |
Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
24-Jan-2016 |
Father of Artificial Intelligence |
Joseph Moakley |
Politician |
27-Apr-1927 |
28-May-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
Thomas S. Monson |
Religion |
21-Aug-1927 |
|
President of the Mormon Church |
Roger Moore |
Actor |
14-Oct-1927 |
23-May-2017 |
James Bond after Sean Connery |
Robert Mosbacher |
Government |
11-Mar-1927 |
24-Jan-2010 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Politician |
16-Mar-1927 |
26-Mar-2003 |
US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 |
K. Alex Müller |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1927 |
|
High-temperature superconductivity |
Steven Muller |
Educator |
22-Nov-1927 |
19-Jan-2013 |
President of Johns Hopkins, 1972-90 |
Gerry Mulligan |
Jazz Musician |
6-Apr-1927 |
20-Jan-1996 |
Greatest jazz baritonist of all time |
Peter Munk |
Business |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
Founder of Barrick Gold |
Rosemary Murphy |
Actor |
13-Jan-1927 |
5-Jul-2014 |
Eleanor and Franklin |
John T. Myers |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
27-Jan-2015 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1967-97 |
Si Newhouse, Jr. |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1927 |
1-Oct-2017 |
Chairman of Cond� Nast |
Pauline Newman |
Judge |
20-Jun-1927 |
|
US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
George Nigh |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
|
Governor of Oklahoma, 1979-87 |
Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
Agnes Nixon |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Dec-1927 |
28-Sep-2016 |
Daytime soap operas |
Thomas T. Noguchi |
Doctor |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
Coroner to the Stars |
Robert Noyce |
Inventor |
12-Dec-1927 |
3-Jun-1990 |
Co-Inventor, integrated circuit |
Tim O'Connor |
Actor |
3-Jul-1927 |
|
Elliot Carson on Peyton Place |
Patrick O'Neal |
Actor |
26-Sep-1927 |
9-Sep-1994 |
Chamber of Horrors |
George A. Olah |
Chemist |
22-May-1927 |
8-Mar-2017 |
Isolated carbonium ions |
Marcel Ophüls |
Film Director |
1-Nov-1927 |
|
The Sorrow and the Pity |
Robert Orben |
Author |
4-Mar-1927 |
|
Prolific jokewriter |
Turgut Özal |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1927 |
17-Apr-1993 |
8th President of Turkey |
Geneviève Page |
Actor |
13-Dec-1927 |
|
Belle de Jour |
Patti Page |
Singer |
8-Nov-1927 |
1-Jan-2013 |
The Tennessee Waltz |
Olof Palme |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1927 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated |
Geoffrey Palmer |
Actor |
4-Jun-1927 |
|
Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By |
Gregg Palmer |
Actor |
25-Jan-1927 |
31-Oct-2015 |
The Rebel Set |
Eugene Parker |
Astronomer |
10-Jun-1927 |
|
Solar winds |
Estelle Parsons |
Actor |
20-Nov-1927 |
|
Character and TV actress |
William N. Patman |
Politician |
26-Mar-1927 |
9-Dec-2008 |
Congressman from Texas, 1981-85 |
Earl Paulk |
Religion |
30-May-1927 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
Pat Paulsen |
Comic |
6-Jul-1927 |
24-Apr-1997 |
Perpetual presidential candidate |
Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
Martin L. Perl |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1927 |
30-Sep-2014 |
Discovered the tau lepton |
Joe Perry |
Football |
22-Jan-1927 |
25-Apr-2011 |
49ers fullback, Hall-of-Famer |
William J. Perry |
Government |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97 |
Brock Peters |
Actor |
2-Jul-1927 |
23-Aug-2005 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Lee Philips |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1927 |
3-Mar-1999 |
TV movie director |
McCandlish Phillips |
Journalist |
4-Dec-1927 |
9-Apr-2013 |
The New York Times |
Milton Plesur |
Historian |
16-Apr-1927 |
1987 |
Jewish Life in Twentieth-Century America |
George Plimpton |
Author |
18-Mar-1927 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Paper Lion |
Sidney Poitier |
Actor |
20-Feb-1927 |
|
In The Heat Of The Night |
John Pont |
Football |
13-Nov-1927 |
1-Jul-2008 |
IU-Bloomington Head Coach, 1965-72 |
Gene Pope |
Business |
13-Jan-1927 |
2-Oct-1988 |
National Enquirer and Weekly World News |
Leontyne Price |
Singer |
10-Feb-1927 |
|
Operatic soprano |
James Prior |
Politician |
11-Oct-1927 |
12-Dec-2016 |
Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84 |
Joan Quigley |
Paranormal |
10-Apr-1927 |
23-Oct-2014 |
Reagan's astrologer |
Denis Quilley |
Actor |
26-Dec-1927 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Privates on Parade |
Edward Randall III |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
CEO of Rotan Mosle, 1970-84 |
Kenneth A. Randall |
Business |
22-Jun-1927 |
|
Chairman of the FDIC, 1965-70 |
Boots Randolph |
Musician |
3-Jun-1927 |
3-Jul-2007 |
Yakety Sax |
John Rauch |
Football |
20-Aug-1927 |
10-Jun-2008 |
Raiders Head Coach, 1966-68 |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. |
Politician |
29-Mar-1927 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1987-95 |
Johnnie Ray |
Musician |
10-Jan-1927 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried |
Richard Ray |
Politician |
2-Feb-1927 |
29-May-1999 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1983-93 |
Peter Mark Richman |
Actor |
16-Apr-1927 |
|
Nick Cain on Cain's Hundred |
Bruce Ritter |
Religion |
25-Feb-1927 |
7-Oct-1999 |
Disgraced priest |
Emmanuelle Riva |
Actor |
24-Feb-1927 |
27-Jan-2017 |
Amour |
Rachel Roberts |
Actor |
20-Sep-1927 |
26-Nov-1980 |
This Sporting Life |
Paul Robeson, Jr. |
Activist |
2-Nov-1927 |
26-Apr-2014 |
Son of Paul Robeson |
William D. Rogers |
Diplomat |
12-May-1927 |
22-Sep-2007 |
Under Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
Maurice Ronet |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
14-Mar-1983 |
Elevator to the Gallows |
J. Patrick Rooney |
Business |
13-Dec-1927 |
15-Sep-2008 |
Golden Rule Insurance |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Cool Hand Luke |
Robert Rosenblum |
Art Historian |
24-Jul-1927 |
6-Dec-2006 |
Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art |
Herbert Ross |
Film Director |
13-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2001 |
Steel Magnolias |
Mstislav Rostropovich |
Cellist |
27-Mar-1927 |
27-Apr-2007 |
Cellist and conductor |
John H. Rousselot |
Politician |
1-Nov-1927 |
11-May-2003 |
Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83 |
F. Sherwood Rowland |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1927 |
10-Mar-2012 |
Ozone depletion |
Bill Rowling |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1927 |
31-Oct-1995 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75 |
Barbara Rush |
Actor |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
The Young Philadelphians |
Ken Russell |
Film Director |
3-Jul-1927 |
27-Nov-2011 |
Altered States |
Mort Sahl |
Comic |
11-May-1927 |
|
Early influential stand-up comic |
Kim Young Sam |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1927 |
22-Nov-2015 |
President of South Korea, 1993-98 |
John D. Scanlan |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1927 |
20-Nov-2007 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89 |
George C. Scott |
Actor |
18-Oct-1927 |
22-Sep-1999 |
Patton |
Terry Scott |
Actor |
4-May-1927 |
26-Jul-1994 |
Terry and June |
Vin Scully |
Sports Journalist |
29-Nov-1927 |
|
Voice of the Dodgers |
John Seigenthaler |
Editor |
27-Jul-1927 |
11-Jul-2014 |
Tennessean editor, RFK aide |
Doc Severinsen |
Conductor |
7-Jul-1927 |
|
Johnny Carson's musical sidekick |
Ted Shackley |
Government |
16-Jul-1927 |
9-Dec-2002 |
The CIA's Blond Ghost |
Bob Shamansky |
Politician |
18-Apr-1927 |
11-Aug-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 |
Robert Shaw |
Actor |
9-Aug-1927 |
28-Aug-1978 |
Quint in Jaws |
Chandra Shekhar |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1927 |
8-Jul-2007 |
Prime Minister of India, 1990-91 |
Ann Allen Shockley |
Author |
21-Jun-1927 |
|
Loving Her |
Hugh Sidey |
Journalist |
3-Sep-1927 |
21-Nov-2005 |
Time magazine |
Neil Simon |
Playwright |
4-Jul-1927 |
26-Aug-2018 |
The Odd Couple |
William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
Joseph Skeen |
Politician |
30-Jun-1927 |
7-Dec-2003 |
Congressman from New Mexico, 1981-2003 |
Carl Smith |
Country Musician |
15-Mar-1927 |
16-Jan-2010 |
Mr. Country |
O. Bruton Smith |
Business |
3-Mar-1927 |
|
Billionaire, Sonic Automotive |
Vernon L. Smith |
Economist |
1-Jan-1927 |
|
Experimental economics |
William Smithers |
Actor |
10-Jul-1927 |
|
Jeremy Wendell on Dallas |
Richard A. Snelling |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
14-Aug-1991 |
Twice Governor of Vermont |
Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
Dennis Stanfill |
Business |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81 |
Dr. Ralph Stanley |
Musician |
27-Feb-1927 |
23-Jun-2016 |
Bluegrass musician |
Jerry Stiller |
Actor |
8-Jun-1927 |
|
Frank Costanza on Seinfeld |
Carl B. Stokes |
Politician |
21-Jun-1927 |
3-Apr-1996 |
Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71 |
Bob Stump |
Politician |
4-Apr-1927 |
20-Jun-2003 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1977-2003 |
Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
James Symington |
Politician |
28-Sep-1927 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1969-77 |
Edmund Cardinal Szoka |
Religion |
14-Sep-1927 |
20-Aug-2014 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1981-90 |
Henry Taub |
Business |
20-Sep-1927 |
31-Mar-2011 |
Founder of ADP |
Shintaro Tsuji |
Business |
7-Dec-1927 |
|
Sanrio founder |
C. Delores Tucker |
Activist |
4-Oct-1927 |
12-Oct-2005 |
National Congress of Black Women |
Beverly Tyler |
Actor |
5-Jul-1927 |
23-Nov-2005 |
The Green Years |
Kenneth Tynan |
Critic |
2-Apr-1927 |
26-Jul-1980 |
British theatre critic |
Tzannis Tzannetakis |
Head of State |
13-Sep-1927 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Prime Minister of Greece, 1989 |
Lew Urry |
Chemist |
29-Jan-1927 |
19-Oct-2004 |
Inventor of alkaline battery |
John R. Vane |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1927 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
Simone Veil |
Politician |
13-Jul-1927 |
30-Jun-2017 |
President of the European Parliament, 1979-82 |
Lillian Vernon |
Business |
18-Mar-1927 |
14-Dec-2015 |
Mail-order maven of America |
Paul Volcker |
Economist |
5-Sep-1927 |
|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 |
Frederick Vreeland |
Diplomat |
24-Jun-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1992-93 |
Porter Wagoner |
Country Musician |
12-Aug-1927 |
28-Oct-2007 |
The Thin Man from West Plains |
Clint Walker |
Actor |
30-May-1927 |
21-May-2018 |
Movie cowboy |
Doak Walker |
Football |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Sep-1998 |
Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
John Warner |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009 |
James Watkins |
Government |
7-Mar-1927 |
26-Jul-2012 |
US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93 |
Rembert Weakland |
Religion |
2-Apr-1927 |
|
Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1977-2002 |
James H. Weaver |
Politician |
8-Aug-1927 |
|
Congressman from Oregon, 1975-87 |
Murray L. Weidenbaum |
Economist |
10-Feb-1927 |
20-Mar-2014 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82 |
Virginia Weidler |
Actor |
21-Mar-1927 |
1-Jul-1968 |
The Philadelphia Story |
Theodore S. Weiss |
Politician |
17-Sep-1927 |
14-Sep-1992 |
Congressman from New York, 1977-92 |
Harry Whittington |
Attorney |
3-Mar-1927 |
|
Shot by Dick Cheney |
Brian Wilde |
Actor |
13-Jun-1927 |
20-Mar-2008 |
Foggy on Last of the Summer Wine |
Andy Williams |
Singer |
3-Dec-1927 |
25-Sep-2012 |
Moon River |
George C. Wilson |
Journalist |
11-Jul-1927 |
|
Bridge of No Return |
Jules Witcover |
Columnist |
16-Jul-1927 |
|
Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist |
Victor Wong |
Actor |
31-Jul-1927 |
12-Sep-2001 |
Egg Shen |
Douglas T. Wright |
Educator |
4-Oct-1927 |
|
President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93 |
James Wright |
Poet |
13-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-1980 |
The Branch Will Not Break |
Peter Wyngarde |
Actor |
c. 1927 |
15-Jan-2018 |
Jason King |
Gus Yatron |
Politician |
16-Oct-1927 |
13-Mar-2003 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
Bill Yeoman |
Football |
26-Dec-1927 |
|
Houston Head Coach, 1962-86 |
Howard Zieff |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1927 |
22-Feb-2009 |
Private Benjamin |