Births on 27 February
2000s
Johnny Davis (basketball, born 2002)
2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
1900s
Todd Cantwell
1998
English footballer (born 1998)
Chris Godwin
1996
American football player (born 1996)
Ten (singer)
1996
Thai singer (born 1996)
Laura Gulbe
1995
Latvian tennis player
Sergej Milinković-Savić
1995
Serbian footballer (born 1995)
Tomáš Souček
1995
Czech footballer (born 1995)
Mike Matheson
1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Alphonse Areola
1993
French footballer (born 1993)
Meyers Leonard
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Ioannis Potouridis
1992
Greek footballer
Jonjo Shelvey
1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Callum Wilson
1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Azeem Rafiq
1991
English cricketer (born 1991)
Chandler Jones
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Adam Morgan (baseball)
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Lindsey Morgan
1990
American actress (born 1990)
David Button
1989
English footballer (born 1989)
Lloyd Rigby
1989
English footballer
Dustin Jeffrey
1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Iain Ramsay
1988
Filipino professional footballer (born 1988)
Valeriy Andriytsev
1987
Ukrainian freestyle wrestler
Florence Kiplagat
1987
Kenyan long-distance runner
Yovani Gallardo
1986
Mexican baseball player (born 1986)
Daniel Gibson
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Jonathan Moreira
1986
Brazilian footballer (born 1986)
Sandeep Singh
1986
Indian field hockey player, politician
Asami Abe
1985
Japanese singer and actress
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
1985
Russian footballer
Vladislav Kulik
1985
Russian footballer
Thiago Neves
1985
Brazilian footballer and coach
James Augustine
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Jumbo Díaz
1984
Dominican baseball player (born 1984)
Akseli Kokkonen
1984
Finnish-Norwegian ski jumper (born 1984)
Aníbal Sánchez
1984
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1984)
Lotta Schelin
1984
Swedish footballer (born 1984)
Denard Span
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Devin Harris
1983
American basketball player (born 1983)
Kate Mara
1983
American actress (born 1983)
Ali Bastian
1982
English actress
Pat Richards
1982
Ireland international rugby league footballer
Bruno Soares
1982
Brazilian tennis player
Natalie Grandin
1981
South African tennis player
Josh Groban
1981
American singer and actor (born 1981)
Élodie Ouédraogo
1981
Belgian sprinter
Brandon Beemer
1980
American actor
Chelsea Clinton
1980
American writer (born 1980)
Bobby V
1980
American R&B singer (born 1980)
James Beattie (footballer)
1978
English footballer and manager (born 1978)
Kakha Kaladze
1978
Georgian footballer and politician (born 1978)
Emelie Öhrstig
1978
Swedish skier and cyclist
Simone Di Pasquale
1978
Italian dancer
Ludovic Capelle
1976
Belgian cyclist
Cornelia Ecker
1976
Austrian politician (born 1976)
Tony Gonzalez
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Sergei Semak
1976
Russian football manager (born 1976)
Aitor González
1975
Spanish cyclist
Prodromos Korkizoglou
1975
Greek decathlete
Carte Goodwin
1974
American attorney and politician (born 1974)
Peter Andre
1973
British-Australian singer, songwriter and television personality (born 1973)
Richard Coyle
1972
English actor
Sara Blakely
1971
American businesswoman (born 1971)
Derren Brown
1971
British illusionist (born 1971)
Roman Giertych
1971
Polish politician and lawyer (born 1971)
David Rikl
1971
Czech tennis player (born 1971)
Rozonda Thomas
1971
American singer, dancer and actress (born 1971)
Kent Desormeaux
1970
American jockey (b. 1970)
Patricia Petibon
1970
French soprano (born 1970)
Juan E. Gilbert
1969
American computer scientist
Matt Stairs
1968
Canadian baseball player (born 1968)
Jony Ive
1967
English designer (born 1967)
Dănuț Lupu
1967
Romanian footballer
Baltasar Kormákur
1966
Icelandic filmmaker
Donal Logue
1966
Canadian actor (born 1966)
Pedro Chaves
1965
Portuguese racing driver (born 1965)
Noah Emmerich
1965
American actor (born 1965)
Jeffrey Pasley
1964
American historian (born 1964)
Nasty Suicide
1963
Finnish guitarist (born 1963)
Adam Baldwin
1962
American actor (born 1962)
Grant Show
1962
American actor (born 1962)
James Worthy
1961
American basketball player (born 1961)
Andrés Gómez
1960
Ecuadorian tennis player
Johnny Van Zant
1960
American singer (born 1960)
Naas Botha
1958
South African rugby union player
Maggie Hassan
1958
American politician (born 1958)
Danny Antonucci
1957
Canadian cartoonist and voice actor (born 1957)
Kevin Curran (writer)
1957
American television comedy writer
Robert de Castella
1957
Australian long-distance runner
Adrian Smith (musician)
1957
English guitarist (born 1957)
Timothy Spall
1957
English actor (born 1957)
Meena Keshwar Kamal
1956
Afghan activist (1956–1987)
Belus Prajoux
1955
Chilean tennis player
Neal Schon
1954
American guitarist (born 1954)
Gavin Esler
1953
Scottish journalist and TV presenter
Ian Khama
1953
Fourth president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018
Stelios Kouloglou
1953
Greek writer and politician (born 1953)
Dwight Jones (basketball)
1952
American basketball player
Carl A. Anderson
1951
13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Lee Atwater
1951
American political consultant and strategist (1951–1991)
Walter de Silva
1951
Italian car designer
Steve Harley
1951
English singer and songwriter (1951–2024)
Annabel Goldie
1950
Scottish politician (born 1950)
Julia Neuberger
1950
British politician and rabbi (born 1950)
Mary Gibby
1949
British botanist (1949–2024)
Debra Monk
1949
American actress (born 1949)
Alan Guth
1947
American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Gidon Kremer
1947
Latvian violinist (born 1947)
Sonia Manzano Vela
1947
Ecuadorian writer (born 1947)
Ken Grimwood
1944
American novelist
Graeme Pollock
1944
South African cricketer (born 1944)
Roger Scruton
1944
English philosopher (1944–2020)
Mary Frann
1943
American actress (1943–1998)
Morten Lauridsen
1943
American composer (born 1943)
Carlos Alberto Parreira
1943
Brazilian football manager
Jimmy Burns
1942
American songwriter
Robert H. Grubbs
1942
American chemist and Nobel Laureate (1942–2021)
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
1942
American journalist (born 1942)
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
1942
German footballer (1942–2011)
Paddy Ashdown
1941
British politician (1941–2018)
Pierre Duchesne
1940
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 2007 to 2015
Howard Hesseman
1940
American actor (1940–2022)
Bill Hunter (actor)
1940
Australian actor (1940–2011)
Don McKinnon
1939
New Zealand politician
Peter Revson
1939
American racing driver (1939–1974)
Jake Thackray
1938
English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist
Barbara Babcock
1937
American actress (born 1937)
Ron Barassi
1936
Australian rules footballer (1936–2023)
Sonia Johnson
1936
American activist and writer
Roger Mahony
1936
American Catholic bishop and cardinal (born 1936)
Mirella Freni
1935
Italian soprano (1935–2020)
Uri Shulevitz
1935
American writer and illustrator of children's books (1935–2025)
Vincent Fourcade
1934
French interior designer
N. Scott Momaday
1934
Native American author and academic (1934–2024)
Ralph Nader
1934
American lawyer and activist (born 1934)
Raymond Berry
1933
American football player and coach (born 1933)
Malcolm Wallop
1933
American politician (1933–2011)
Elizabeth Taylor
1932
British and American actress (1932–2011)
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham
1932
British politician (1932–2022)
Jovan Krkobabić
1930
Serbian politician
Peter Stone (writer)
1930
American screenwriter (1930–2003)
Paul von Ragué Schleyer
1930
American physical organic chemist
Joanne Woodward
1930
American actress (born 1930)
Jack Gibson (rugby league)
1929
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Djalma Santos
1929
Brazilian footballer (1929–2013)
Patricia Ward Hales
1929
British tennis player (1929–1985)
René Clemencic
1928
Austrian classical musician (1928–2022)
Aira Samulin
1927
Finnish dance teacher and businesswoman (1927–2023)
Peter Whittle (mathematician)
1927
New Zealand mathematician and statistician (1927–2021)
David H. Hubel
1926
Canadian neurophysiologist (1926–2013)
Kenneth Koch
1925
American poet (1925–2002)
Pía Sebastiani
1925
Argentine pianist and composer
Dexter Gordon
1923
American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)
Hans Rookmaaker
1922
Dutch art historian (1922–1977)
Theodore Van Kirk
1921
US Army Air Forces navigator; recipient of the Silver Star
Reg Simpson
1920
English cricketer
Chick Halbert
1919
American basketball player (1919–2013)
Johnny Pesky
1919
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1919–2012)
John Connally
1917
American politician (1917–1993)
Denis Whitaker
1915
Canadian athlete, soldier, businessman, and author (1915–2001)
Paul Ricœur
1913
French philosopher (1913–2005)
Kazimierz Sabbat
1913
Polish exile politician (1913–1989)
Irwin Shaw
1913
American writer (1913–1984)
Lawrence Durrell
1912
British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (1912–1990)
Kusumagraj
1912
Indian writer and poet (1912–1999)
Oscar Heidenstam
1911
British bodybuilder (1911–1991)
Joan Bennett
1910
American actress (1910–1990)
Peter De Vries
1910
American editor and novelist
Kelly Johnson (engineer)
1910
American aerospace engineer (1910–1990)
Genrikh Kasparyan
1910
Soviet chess player (1910–1995)
Mildred Bailey
1907
Native American jazz singer (1907–1951)
Momčilo Đujić
1907
Chetnik military commander (1907–1999)
Tone Peruško
1905
Croatian educator, social worker and writer
Franchot Tone
1905
American actor, director (1905–1968)
James T. Farrell
1904
American novelist (1904–1979)
Yulii Khariton
1904
Russian physicist and scientist
André Leducq
1904
French cyclist (1904–1980)
Reginald Gardiner
1903
British actor (1903–1980)
Hans Rohrbach
1903
German mathematician
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
1903
American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher
Lúcio Costa
1902
Brazilian architect (1902–1998)
Gene Sarazen
1902
American professional golfer (1902–1999)
John Steinbeck
1902
American writer and novelist (1902–1968)
Marino Marini (sculptor)
1901
Italian sculptor (1901–1980)
Kōtama Okada
1901
Japanese founder of the Mahikari religious movement
1800s
Charles Best (medical scientist)
1899
Canadian co-discoverer of insulin (1899–1978)
Marian Anderson
1897
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
Miyagiyama Fukumatsu
1895
Japanese sumo wrestler
William Demarest
1892
American actor (1892–1983)
David Sarnoff
1891
Russian-born American businessman (1891–1971)
Mabel K. Staupers
1890
American nurse and activist
Roberto Assagioli
1888
Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (1888–1974)
Lotte Lehmann
1888
German lyric soprano (1888–1976)
Stephen McKenna (novelist)
1888
English novelist (1888–1967)
Pyotr Nesterov
1887
Russian aviator (1887–1914)
Hugo Black
1886
US Supreme Court justice from 1937 to 1971
Sveinn Björnsson
1881
Regent/President of Iceland from 1941 to 1952
L. E. J. Brouwer
1881
Dutch mathematician and logician
Xenophon Kasdaglis
1880
Egyptiote Greek tennis player (1880–1943)
Alvan T. Fuller
1878
American businessman and politician (1878–1958)
Adela Verne
1877
English pianist (1877–1952)
Joseph Grinnell
1877
Biologist and zoologist (1877–1939)
Vladimir Filatov
1875
Russian ophthalmologist
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
1872
Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician (1872–1950)
Alice Hamilton
1869
American physician and toxicologist (1869–1970)
Irving Fisher
1867
American economist (1867–1947)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
1867
Swedish composer and music critic
Eemil Nestor Setälä
1864
Finnish politician (1864–1935)
Joaquín Sorolla
1863
Spanish painter (1863–1923)
George Herbert Mead
1863
American philosopher (1863–1931)
Bertha Pappenheim
1859
Austrian-Jewish feminist (1859 – 1936)
Hubert Parry
1848
British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)
Ellen Terry
1847
English actress (1847–1928)
William Nicholson (Australian politician)
1816
Australian politician
Jean-Charles Cornay
1809
French missionary and martyr
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807
American poet and educator (1807–1882)
Before 1800
Edward Belcher
1799
Royal Navy Admiral (1799–1877)
Frederick Catherwood
1799
English artist, architect and explorer (1799–1854)
José Antonio Navarro
1795
American politician
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza
1789
Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader
Thomas Hazlehurst (businessman)
1779
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
1767
French politician (1767–1855)
Anders Sparrman
1748
Swedish naturalist (1748–1820)
Louis-Jérôme Gohier
1746
French politician (1746–1830)
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin
1732
French prelate, statesman and cardinal
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
1724
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Constantine Mavrocordatos
1711
Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
1703
British politician (1703–1744)
Pietro Gnocchi
1689
Italian composer (1689–1775)
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
1667
Margravine consort of Brandenburg
William Sherard
1659
English botanist
Roche Braziliano
1630
Dutch pirate
Carel Fabritius
1622
Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1622–1654)
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
1575
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Francis II, Duke of Lorraine
1572
Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1625
William Alabaster
1567
16th and 17th-century English poet, playwright, and religious writer
Min Phalaung
1535
King of Arakan
João de Castro
1500
Portuguese explorer (1500–1548)
Ruprecht of the Palatinate (archbishop of Cologne)
1427
Archbishop and Elector of Cologne
Albert V d'Este
1343
Marquis of Ferrara and Modena
Constantine the Great
272
Roman emperor from 306 to 337