What happened on July 27 ?

1452 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)

1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)

1733 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)

1781 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)

1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)

1812 - Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)

1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, French author (d. 1895)

1833 - Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)

1835 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

1848 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)

1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)

1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican political leader (d. 1921)

1867 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)

1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)

1877 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)

1881 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)

1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)

1886 - Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)

1901 - Rudy Vallee, American singer (d. 1986)

1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)

1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1905 - Leo Durocher, baseball player (d. 1991)

1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)

1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)

1916 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)

1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)

1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)

1922 - Norman Lear, American television writer and producer

1922 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)

1923 - Masutatsu Oyama, notable martial artist and founder of Kyokushin karate

1924 - Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)

1930 - Shirley Williams, British politician

1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor

1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer

1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer

1938 - Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator

1939 - Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet

1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer

1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player

1944 - Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003)

1946 - Rade ?erbed?ija, Croatian-born, Serbian actor

1947 - Betty Thomas, American actor and film director

1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater

1949 - Maureen McGovern, American singer and Broadway actress

1955 - Allan Border, Australian cricketer

1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian

1958 - Christopher Dean, British Olympic figure skater

1959 - Hugh Green, American Football linebacker

1960 - Jay Maynard, Internet celebrity (Tron Guy)

1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)

1964 - Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)

1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician

1967 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)

1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor

1968 - Richard McLean, IT1 (SW/MTS), U.S. Navy

1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress

1969 - Triple H, American professional wrestler

1972 - Jill Arrington, American sports reporter

1974 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer

1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician

1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player

1975 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball player

1975 - Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer

1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor

1979 - Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler

1979 - Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer

1981 - Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player