Who Was Born Today – October 27 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 27 | ||
1728 | Captain James Cook, British explorer. | |
1811 | Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine. | |
1858 | Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States (1901-1909). | |
1914 | Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet. | |
1923 | Roy Lichtenstein, ‘pop art’ painter. | |
1927 | Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist. | |
1932 | Sylvia Plath, poet and novelist. | |
1939 | John Cleese, actor-writer best known for comedy productions (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers). | |
1940 | Maxine Hong Kingston, writer (The Woman Warrior, China Men). | |
1946 | Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer. | |
1950 | Fran Leibowitz, writer (Metropolitan Life, Social Studies). | |
1958 | Simon Le Bon, lead singer of the band Duran Duran and Arcadia. | |
1975 | Aron Ralston, outdoorsman, engineer, author; known for surviving an accident by amputating his own right forearm to escape from under a boulder that had trapped him for over five days. |
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