Anniversaries 27 May
Birth
Arab historiographer and historian
1332–1406
American businessman, philanthropist, and tycoon
1794–1877
American abolitionist, social activist, and poet
1819–1910
American politician
1832–1917
American businessman
1836–1892
American author, editor and satirist
1862–1922
English novelist
1867–1931
American dancer and choreographer
1877–1927
German writer and philosopher
1881–1969
author, composer, and journalist
1884–1968
American writer
1894–1961
American preacher
1902–1949
American marine biologist and conservationist
1907–1964
American physicist
1909–1949
Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson
1911–1978
American novelist and short story writer
1912–1982
Pulitzer Prize-winning American author whose novels include…
1915–2019
Convicted robber, kidnapper and rapist, writer
1921–1960
British actor and singer
1922–2015
United States Secretary of State
1923–2023
Indian historian
1928–2014
American sociologist
1929–2008
American marketing author, consultant and professor
1931
British journalist
1932–1997
American writer
1934–2018
American actress, former model
1935
English barrister and writer
1939–2000
War hero, victim and hero of 9/11
1939–2001
British psychologist
1942
American political scientist
1943
Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
1945
British civil servant
1947–2014
Australian politician
1954
Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel prize winner
1959
Japanese manga artist
1968
Russian Roman Catholic bishop
1973
American politician and businesswoman from the state of Geo…
1974
British chef and media personality
1975
Former Sri Lankan cricketer
1977
actor, singer, book author
1990
Death
English judge, scholar and legal author
1470–1538
early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader …
1489–1525
French Protestant reformer
1509–1564
German hymn writer
1607–1676
French political agitator and journalist of the French Revo…
1760–1797
British journalist and writer
1875–1943
Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister …
1889–1964
austrian novelist and journalist
1894–1939
German physicist
1906–1988
Italian composer
1925–2003
American businessman, American football executive
1926–2001
Italian designer
1931–2014
American computer scientist
1932–2016
American musician, poet and author
1949–2011
American Writer
1953–1992