Who Was Born Today – December 27 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 27 | ||
1571 | Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician. | |
1822 | Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist. | |
1829 | Hinton Helper, southern abolitionist who wrote The Impending Crisis. | |
1901 | Marlene Dietrich, German-born singer and actress. | |
1919 | Major General Charles Sweeney, the pilot of Bocks Car, the B-29 that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. | |
1943 | Cokie Roberts, American broadcast journalist. | |
1948 | Gerard Depardieu, one of the most prolific character actors in film history; won two Cesar awards from France’s Academie des arts et techniques du cinema and a Golden Globe (Green Card, Cyrano de Bergerac). | |
1962 | Bill Self, college men’s basketball coach; named the National Coach of the Year in 2000, 2009 and 2011 by The Sporting News and Associated Press National Coach of the Year 2009. | |
1971 | Savannah Guthrie, journalist; co-host of NBC’s The Today Show. | |
1975 | Heather O’Rourke, child actress discovered at age 5 by Stephen Spielberg; she died at age 12 (Poltergeist film series). |
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