Famous Birthdays for February 27
Today's:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 - Poet
Horatio Robinson Storer 1830 - Physician, numismatist, anti-abortion crusader
Hugo (Lafayette) Black 1886 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Marian Anderson 1897 - Opera singer
John Steinbeck 1902 - Writer ("The Grapes of Wrath")
Gene Sarazen 1902 - Golfer
James T. Farrell 1904 - Author
Franchot Tone 1905 - Actor ("Mutiny on the Bounty")
Joan Bennett 1910 - Actress ("Little Women [1933]," "House of Dark Shadows")
Ted Horn 1910 - Auto racer
Irwin Shaw (Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff) 1913 - Novelist ("The Young Lions")
John Connally 1917 - Governor of Texas, was shot during the JFK assassination.
James Herlihy 1927 - Actor ("Four Friends"), writer ("Midnight Cowboy")
Joanne Woodward 1930 - Actress ("The Three Faces of Eve")
Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")
Ray Berry 1933 - Football player, coach
Ralph Nader 1934 - Consumer advocate
Chuck Glaser 1936 - Singer (Glaser Brothers), songwriter
Jay Silvester 1937 - Discus athlete, first to throw over 60m
Barbara Babcock 1939 - Actress
Peter Revson 1939 - Auto racer
Howard Hesseman 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
Mary Frann (Mary Frances Luecke) 1943 - Actress ("Newhart")
Wil (Wilbur) Jones 1947 - Basketball player, coach
Eddie Gray 1948 - Musician (Tommy James & The Shondells)
Debra Monk 1949 - Actress
Steve Harley (Nice) 1951 - Musician (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
Dwight Jones 1952 - Basketball player
Neal Schon 1954 - Musician (Journey)
Reinhard Fendrich 1955
Garry Christian 1955 - Musician (The Christians)
Johnny Van Zant 1957 - Singer
Adrian Smith 1957 - Musician (Iron Maiden)
Paul Humphreys 1960 - Musician (OMD)
Grant Show 1962 - Actor ("Melrose Place," "Beverly Hills 90210")
Adam Baldwin 1962 - Actor ("Wyatt Earp," "Ordinary People")
Mike Cross 1965 - Musician (Sponge)
Chili 1971 - Singer (TLC)
Roderic Clark 1973
Tony Gonzalez 1976 - Football player
Chelsea Clinton 1980 - Daughter of U.S. President Clinton
Bobby Wilson 1981 - Musician (Mista)
Josh Groban 1981 - Singer
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