August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining.
Births
* 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
* 1471 - George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
* 1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
* 1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
* 1677 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
* 1724 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
* 1730 - Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
* 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
* 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891)
* 1858 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)
* 1865 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
* 1865 - Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1951)
* 1870 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
* 1871 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)
* 1874 - Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
* 1875 - Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)
* 1886 - Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)
* 1886 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)
* 1890 - Man Ray, photographer and artist (d. 1976)
* 1899 - C.S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
* 1899 - Byron Foulger, American character actor (d. 1970)
* 1904 - Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
* 1906 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
* 1908 - Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
* 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
* 1908 - Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
* 1909 - Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)
* 1910 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1997)
* 1911 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
* 1913 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of freedom fighter Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
* 1915 - Norman F. Ramsey, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1916 - Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
* 1921 - Leo Penn, American film director-actor (d. 1998)
* 1926 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician, computer scientist, and politician (d. 2002)
* 1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
* 1929 - Ira Levin, American author
* 1932 - Antonia Fraser, British author
* 1935 - Frank Yablans, American film producer
* 1937 - Tommy Sands, American actor and singer
* 1940 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
* 1942 - B. J. Thomas, American singer
* 1943 - Tuesday Weld, American actress
* 1945 - G.W. Bailey, American actor
* 1947 - Barbara Bach, American actress
* 1947 - Harry Reems, American actor
* 1950 - Charles Fleischer, American actor
* 1951 - Buddy Bell, baseball player-manager
* 1952 - Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor
* 1953 - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
* 1953 - Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)
* 1954 - Derek Warwick, British race car driver
* 1955 - Diana Scarwid, American actress
* 1957 - Bernhard Langer, German golfer
* 1958 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
* 1959 - Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
* 1959 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist
* 1961 - Tom Ford, American fashion designer
* 1962 - Adam Oates, Canadian hockey player
* 1963 - Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh television personality
* 1965 - Wayne James, Zimbabwe cricketer
* 1966 - Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
* 1969 - Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian
* 1970 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
* 1970 - Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt)
* 1970 - Jim Thome, baseball player
* 1972 - Jimmy Pop, American Musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
* 1973 - Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
* 1974 - Jose Vidro, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
* 1974 - Mase, American rapper
* 1975 - Jonny Moseley, American skier
* 1976 - Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
* 1976 - Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player
* 1976 - Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
* 1977 - Deco, Brazilian footballer
* 1979 - Tian Liang, Chinese diver
* 1986 - Mario, R&B Singer
* 1988 - Alexa Vega, American actress
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