What happened on October 27 ?

1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)

1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)

1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)

1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)

1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)

1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)

1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)

1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)

1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)

1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)

1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)

1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)

1873 - Emily Post, etiquette author (d. 1960)

1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)

1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978)

1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)

1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)

1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)

1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)

1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)

1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress

1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India

1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)

1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)

1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress

1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor

1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer

1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)

1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer

1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002)

1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, current President of Brazil

1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)

1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer

1953 - Peter Firth, British actor

1957 - Jeff East, American actor

1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)

1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model

1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)

1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)

1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker

1972 - Brad Radke, baseball player

1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)

1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete

1977 - Ji?í Jarosík, Czech footballer

1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician

1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer

1980 - Jeku, electronic musician Jake Jensen

1980 - Cassia Riley, American adult model

1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor

1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality