Anniversaries 27 September
Birth
![Cosimo de' Medici photo]()
First ruler of the Medici political dynasty
1389–1464
![Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet photo]()
French bishop and theologian
1627–1704
![Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori photo]()
Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musici…
1696–1787
![Samuel Adams photo]()
American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political p…
1722–1803
![George Müller photo]()
German-English clergyman
1805–1898
![Henri-Frédéric Amiel photo]()
Swiss philosopher and poet
1821–1881
![Nicholas Roerich photo]()
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, enligh…
1874–1947
![Nikolai Bukharin photo]()
Soviet politician
1888–1938
![Sam Ervin photo]()
Democratic United States Senator from North Carolina
1896–1985
![Alessandro Pavolini photo]()
Italian politician and writer
1903–1945
![William Empson photo]()
English literary critic and poet
1906–1984
![Jim Thompson photo]()
American writer
1906–1977
![Bhagat Singh photo]()
Indian revolutionary
1907–1931
![Albert Ellis photo]()
American psychologist
1913–2007
![Louis Auchincloss photo]()
Lawyer, novelist, historian, essayist
1917–2010
![Martin Ryle photo]()
English radio astronomer
1918–1984
![James H. Wilkinson photo]()
English mathematician
1919–1986
![Ernest Becker photo]()
American anthropologist
1924–1974
![W. Maxwell Cowan photo]()
South African-American neurobiologist and neuro-anatomist
1931–2002
![Joyce Johnson photo]()
American novelist, short story writer, memoirist
1935
![Robert Patrick (playwright) photo]()
Playwright, poet, lyricist, short story writer, novelist
1937
![Slobodan Casule photo]()
Macedonian politician
1945–2015
![Meat Loaf photo]()
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and …
1947
![Katie Fforde photo]()
British novelist (1952-)
1952
![Mata Amritanandamayi photo]()
Hindu spiritual leader and guru
1953
![Diane Abbott photo]()
British Labour Party politician
1953
![Larry Wall photo]()
American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
1954
![Deborah Smith photo]()
writer of romance and women's fiction
1955
![Peter Sellars photo]()
American theatre director
1957
![Francis Heylighen photo]()
Belgian cyberneticist
1960
![Tucker Max photo]()
Internet personality; blogger; author
1975
![Lil Wayne photo]()
American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
1982
![Avril Lavigne photo]()
Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1984
![Tara Westover photo]()
American historian and author
1986
![Mitski photo]()
Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1990
Death
![Vincent de Paul photo]()
French priest, founder and saint
1581–1660
![Ram Mohan Roy photo]()
Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and hum…
1772–1833
![Wayland Hoyt photo]()
American Baptist Minister
1838–1910
![Aristide Maillol photo]()
sculptor from France
1861–1944
![Gottfried de Purucker photo]()
Author, Theosophist
1874–1942
![H.D. photo]()
American Imagist poet
1886–1961
![James Doolittle photo]()
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
1896–1993
![Hans Fritzsche photo]()
German Nazi official
1900–1953
![Dilgo Khyentse photo]()
Bhutanese Buddhist Lama
1910–1991
![Herbert Lom photo]()
Czech-born film and television actor
1917–2012
![George Grant photo]()
Canadian philosopher
1918–1988
![Mary Lee Settle photo]()
Novelist, biographer, academic
1918–2005
![Hugh Hefner photo]()
American businessman and magazine publisher
1926–2017
![James G. March photo]()
American sociologist
1928–2018
![Brother Andrew photo]()
Christian missionary
1928–2022
![John E. Mack photo]()
American psychiatrist
1929–2004
![William Safire photo]()
American journalist
1929–2009
![Jaswant Singh photo]()
Indian politician and retired army officer
1938–2020
![James Traficant photo]()
Ohio politician
1941–2014
![Joseph C. Wilson photo]()
American ambassador
1949–2019
![Cliff Burton photo]()
American musician, member of Metallica
1962–1986
