Famous Birthdays for April 27Edward Gibbon 1737 - Historian, author Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse 1791 - Inventor (electromagnetic telegraph) Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 18th U.S. President, Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox - Today in U.S. Civil War History - More information here - Today in U.S. President History Edward Whymper 1840 - Climber, explorer, illlustrator Wallace Hume 1896 - Chemist, inventor, credited with invention of nylon Rogers "Rajah" Hornsby 1896 - Baseball player Walter Lantz 1900 - Animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker Enos (Bradsher) "Country" Slaughter 1916 - Baseball player Jack Klugman 1922 - Actor ("The Odd Couple", "Quincy, M.E.") Coretta Scott King 1927 - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Chuck Knox 1932 - Football coach Casey Kasem (Kemal Amin Kasem) 1932 - Radio announcer, DJ, host ("American Top 40), character voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, actor ("Hawaii Five-O") Maxine Brown 1932 - Musician (The Browns) Calvin Newborn 1933 - Jazz/blues guitarist, brother of pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. Anouk Aimee (Françoise Sorya Dreyfus) 1934 - Actress ("La Dolce Vita", "Dr. Bethune") Phil Jones 1937 - Newsman Sandy Dennis 1937 - Actress ("Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff [1966]", "Splendor in the Grass") Judy Carne 1939 - Actress, comedienne Judith Blegen 1941 - Opera singer Lee Roy Jordan 1941 - Football player Bob Foster 1942 - Boxer Cuba Gooding 1944 - Singer Doug Buffone 1944 - Football player Ann Peebles 1947 - Singer Mack Alston 1947 - Football player Keith Magnuson 1947 - Hockey player Pete Ham 1947 - Musician (Badfinger) Dave Peel 1947 - Musician (The Lower East Side) Kate Pierson 1948 - Musician (B-52's) Herbie Murrell 1949 - Singer (The Stylistics) Douglas Sheehan 1949 - Actor Clive Taylor 1949 - Musician (Amen Corner) Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley 1951 - Musician (KISS, Frehley's Comet) Gary Huff 1951 - Football player George Gervin 1952 - Basketball player Sheena Easton 1959 - Singer Marco Pirroni 1959 - Musician (Siouxsie & the Banshees, Adam & the Ants) James Le Gros 1962 - Actor Rob Squires 1965 - Musician (Big Head Todd & the Monsters) Mica Paris 1969 - Singer Chris Carpenter 1975 - Baseball player Travis Meeks 1979 - Musician (Days of the New) Patrick Stump 1984 - Musician (Fall out Boy) |
