Who Was Born Today – February 27 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 27 | ||
1807 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet. | |
1886 | Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court justice. | |
1888 | Lotte Lehmann, German opera singer. | |
1891 | David Sarnoff, RCA board chairman and a pioneer of U.S. television | |
1897 | Marian Anderson, singer. | |
1902 | John Steinbeck, American novelist (The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men). | |
1904 | James T. Farrel, author (Young Lonigan). | |
1910 | Peter De Vries, writer, poetry editor (Poetry Magazine, The New Yorker). | |
1912 | Lawrence Durrell, novelist (The Alexandria Quartet). | |
1917 | John Connally, Texas Governor, wounded in the assassination of President John Kennedy. | |
1930 | Joanne Woodward, actress (Rachel, Rachel, The Three Faces of Eve). | |
1932 | Elizabeth Taylor, actress (Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). | |
1934 | Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. |