Who Was Born Today – March 27 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on March 27 | ||
1785 | Louis XVII, pretender to the throne during the French Revolution. | |
1809 | Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French town planner, designed modern-day Paris. | |
1813 | Nathaniel Currier, lithographer for Currier and Ives. | |
1845 | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, accidentally discovered X-rays. | |
1863 | Sir Henry Royce, cofounder the Rolls-Royce automotive company. | |
1879 | Edward Steichen, pioneer of American photography. | |
1906 | Pee Wee Russell, jazz clarinetist. | |
1910 | John Robinson Pierce, the father of comunications satellites. | |
1914 | Budd Schulberg, journalist, novelist and screenwriter (What Makes Sammy Run). | |
1923 | Louis Simpson, Pultizer Prize-winning poet. | |
1924 | Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer. |