In the year 1927, the first transatlantic telephone call is made (Jan 7), the first Volvo rolls off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 14), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded (May 11), Charles Lindbergh sets off in his Spirit of St. Louis for the first solo nonstop transatlantic airplane flight from New York to Paris (May 20), the first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth (Sep 7), carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore begins (Oct 4), the Holland Tunnel becomes the first tunnel to link Manhattan and New Jersey (Nov 12), the first Laurel and Hardy film is released (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born:
1927-0101 Kalevi Hartti* actor /jazz musician/composer - Helsinki, Finland (1964/37)
1927-0104 John Drury* television news anchor - Peoria, IL USA (2007/80)
1927-0108 Virginia Norwood* physicist (Landsat program) - New York City, NY USA (2023/96)
1927-0108 George Taliaferro* American football player/the first African-American to be drafted by the NFL – Gates, TN USA (2018/91)
1927-0109 Sunderlal Bahuguna* environmentalist/forest conservationist - Maroda, British India (2021/94)
1927-0109 Jean Kraft* opera singer - Menosha, WI USA (2021/94)
1927-0111 Kundanika Kapadia* novelist/story writer - Limbdi, British India (2020/93)
1927-0113 Sydney Brenner* biologist/N – Germiston, Union of South Africa (2019/92)
1927-0114 John Mallard* physicist - Northampton, England (2021/94)
1927-0115 Phyllis Coates* actress – Wichita Falls, TX USA
1927-0124 Leo Jokela* actor – Hausjärvi, Finland (1975/48)
1927-0124 Lasse Pöysti* actor/director/theater manager – Sortavala, Finland (2019/92)
1927-0126 William Redfield* actor/writer - New York City, NY USA (1976/49)
1927-0128 Per Oscarsson* actor – Stockholm, Sweden (2010/83)
1927-0129 Don Shirley* groundbreaking pianist/composer – Pensacola, FL USA (2013/86)
1927-0130 Olof Palme* politician/prime minister – Stockholm, Sweden (1986/59)
1927-0201 Galway Kinnell* poet - Providence, RI USA (2014/87)
1927-0205 Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten* airline pilot (Tenerife airport disaster) - Lisse, Netherlands (1977/50)
1927-0214 Mu Xin* 木心 painter/poet/writer - Wuzhen, China (2011/84)
1927-0215 Chin Kung* Taiwanese Buddhist monk - Lujiang County, Republic of China (2022/95)
1927-0216 June Brown* actress /author - Needham Market, Suffolk, England (2022/95)
1927-0220 Sidney Poitier* actor/ director/diplomat – Miami, FL USA (2022/94)
1927-0226 Tom Kennedy* television host – Louisville, KY USA (2020/93)
1927-0227 Aira Samulin* (b Suvio) dancer/teacher/ inspirer – Suojärvi, Ignoila, Finland (2023/96)
1927-0228 Jarl Kulle* actor – Ekeby, Skåne, Sweden (1997/70)
1927-0228 Joseph Noiret* painter/writer/poet - Brussels, Belgium (2012/84)
1927-0301 Harry Belafonte* singer/ actor/activist/w Jamaican heritage - Manhattan, NY USA (2023/96)
1927-0305 Robert Lindsay* Scottish hereditary peer/politician - Scotland (2023/96)
1927-0312 Raúl Alfonsín* lawyer/ statesman/P - Chascomús, Argentina (2009/82)
1927-0316 Vladimir Komarov* aerospace engineer/cosmonaut - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (1967/40)
1927-0327 Lorry I. Lokey* businessman/ philanthropist - Portland, OR USA (2022/95)
1927-0327 Mo Ostin* (b Morris Meyer Ostrofsky) record executive - New York City, NY USA (2022/95)
1927-0331 Cesar Chavez* civil rights activist/labor leader - Yuma, AZ USA (1993/66)
1927-0401 Ferenc Puskás* football player – Budapest, Hungary (2006/79)
1927-0402 Ken Sansom* actor/ voice actor - Salt Lake City, UT USA (2012/85)
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1927-0408 Phyllis Webb* poet/ broadcaster - Victoria, BC Canada (2021/94)
1927-0418 Erwin Eisch* glass artist/painter/printmaker - Frauenau, Bavaria, Weimar Republic (2022/94)
1927-0418 Samuel P. Huntington* political scientist/adviser - New York, NY USA (2008/81)
1927-0420 Phil Hill* racing driver/WC – Miami, FL USA (2008/81)
1927-0425 Alberto Uderzo* cartoonist (Asterix & Obelix) – Fismes, France (2020/92)
1927-0427 Elizabeth Craig-McFeely* teacher/Commandant in the Women’s Royal Naval Service – London, England
1927-0427 Coretta Scott King* activist/ civil rights leader/ wife of MLK Jr. – Marion, AL USA (2006/78)
1927-0427 Joe Moakley* a politician who sought to end the wars in Central America – Boston, MA USA (2001/74)
1927-0501 Greta Andersen* swimmer (OG) - Copenhagen, Denmark (2023/95)
1927-0505 Pat Carroll* actress/ voice actress/comedian - Shreveport, LA USA (2022/95)
1927-0509 Manfred Eigen* biophysical chemist/N – Bochum, Germany (2019/91)
1927-0511 Bernard Fox* actor - Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales (2016/89)
1927-0515 Yeshi Dhonden* Tibetan doctor of Traditional Tibetan medicine /the 14th Dalai Lama - Namro, Tibet (2019/92)
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1927-0525 Robert Ludlum* author – New York, NY USA (2001/73)
1927-0527 Robert E. Finnigan* scientist/ pioneer in the development of GC/MS equipment (GC/MS) - Buffalo, NY USA (2022/95)
1927-0530 Clint Walker* actor/ singer - Hartford, IL USA (2018/90)
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1927-0603 Carol Ohmart* model/ actress - Salt Lake City, UT USA (2002/74)
1927-0605 Tuomas Anhava* poet/ translator/critic - Helsinki, Finland (2001/73)
1927-0608 Jerry Stiller* stand-up comedian/actor – New York, NY USA (2020/92)
1927-0609 Waltraut Haas* actress/ singer - Vienna, Austria (2025/97)
1927-0610 Eugene Parker* solar physicist/plasma physicist - Houghton, MI USA (2022/94)
1927-0617 Wally Wood* comic book writer/artist//publisher - Menahga, MN USA (1981/54)
1927-0623 Bob Fosse* dancer/choreographer/director – Chicago, IL USA (1987/60)
1927-0624 Martin Lewis Perl* chemical engineer/physicist/N - New York City, USA (2014/87)
1927-0628 F. Sherwood Rowland* chemist/N - Delaware, OH USA (2012/84)
1927-0630 Shirley Fry* tennis player - Orlando, FL USA (2021/94)
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1927-0702 Martti Romppanen* actor - Kuhmo, Finland (1975/47)
1927-0703 Tim O’Connor* actor - Chicago, IL USA (2018/90)
1927-0703 Ken_Russell* film director - Southampton, Hampshire, England (2011/84)
1927-0704 Gina Lollobrigida* actress/ photojournalist/politician - Subiaco, Kingdom of Italy (2023/95)
1927-0704 Neil Simon* playwright/screenwriter – The Bronx, NY USA (2018/91)
1927-0706 Dolores Claman* pianist/ composer (The Hockey Theme) - Vancouver, BC Canada (2021/94)
1927-0708 Janet Leigh* (b Morrison) actress/singer/author – Merced, CA USA (2004/77)
1927-0709 Red Kelly* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach – Simcoe, ON Canada (2019/91)
1927-0710 Marcel Azzola* accordionist – Paris, France (2019/91)
1927-0711 Theodore Harold Maiman* engineer/physicist (laser) – Los Angeles, CA USA (2007/79)
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1927-0714 Rolf Haikkola* long-distance runner/athletics coach - Myrskylä, Finland (2024/96)
1927-0715 Joe Turkel* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA (2022/94)
1927-0716 Lothar Blumhagen* actor/ voice actor - Leipzig, Saxony, Weimar Republic (2023/95)
1927-0716 Shirley Hughes* author/illustrator - West Kirby, Cheshire, England (2022/94) The Guardian
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1927-0720 Lyudmila Alexeyeva* historian/human rights activist – Yevpatoria, Crimea, Soviet Union (2018/91)
1927-0720 Heather Chasen* English actress – Singapore (2020/92)
1927-0720 Michael Gielen* composer/conductor – Dresden, Germany (2019/91)
1927-0729 Leslie Nicholas Jr.* businessman (Southern Bell) - Tampa, FL USA (2007/80)
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1927-0808 Bruno Caruso* artist/graphic designer/writer - Palermo, Kingdom of Italy (2018/91)
1927-0809 Marvin Minsky* AI pioneer – New York, NY USA (2016/88)
1927-0809 Robert Shaw* actor/ novelist/playwright – Westhoughton, Lancashire England (1978/51)
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1927-0819 Hsing Yun* Buddhist munk/philanthropist based in Taiwan - Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (2023/95)
1927-0821 Thomas S. Monson* Mormon leader – Salt Lake City, UT USA (2018/90)
1927-0821 Kazimierz Romaniuk* Catholic prelate/professor of biblical studies - Hołowienki, Poland (2025/97)
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1927-0823 Peter Wyngarde* British actor – Marseille, France (2018/90)
1927-0826 B. V. Doshi* architect - Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India (2023/95)
1927-0830 Bill Daily* actor/comedian – Des Moines, IA USA (2018/91)
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1927-0902 Trude Beiser* alpine skier/OG - Lech am Arlberg, Austria
1927-0903 Wayne Peterson* pianist/composer/educator - Albert Lea, MN USA (2021/93)
1927-0911 Christine King Farris* teacher/ civil rights activist/sister of Martin Luther King Jr. - Atlanta, GA USA (2023/95)
1927-0916 Peter Falk* actor (Columbo) – New York, NY USA (2011/83)
1927-0916 Jack Kelly* actor – Queens, NY USA (1992/65)
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1927-0926 Patrick O’Neal* actor/ restaurateur - Ocala, FL USA (1994/66)
1927-0927 Romano Scarpa* cartoonist/one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics - Venice, Italy (2005/77)
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1927-1001 Tom Bosley* actor – Chicago, IL USA (2010/83)
1927-1008 Raymond Chow* 鄒文懐 film producer – British Hong Kong (2018/91)
1927-1010 Dana Elcar* actor - Ferndale, MI USA (2005/77)
1927-1014 Roger Moore* actor – Stockwell, London, England (2017/89)
1927-1016 Günter Grass* novelist/illustrator/N – Danzig-Langfuhr, Free City of Danzig (2015/87)
1927-1018 George C. Scott* actor – Wise, VA USA (1999/71)
1927-1025 Bud Held* athlete (javelin)/sporting equipment businessman/inventor of the world’s first aluminum tennis racquet/masters athlete - Los Angeles, CA USA
1927-1027 Ed Benguiat* typographer/lettering artist - Brooklyn, NY USA (2020/92)
1927-1027 James Bishop* painter - Neosho, MO USA (2021/93)
1927-1102 Steve Ditko* comics artist/writer – Johnstown, PA USA (2018/90)
1927-1103 Orvar Nordli* politician – Tangen, Hedmark, Norway (2018/90)
1927-1108 Vappu Jurkka* actress/theater manager – Viipuri, Finland (2012/84)
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1927-1113 Billy Klüver* Swedish-American engineer/artist/active in the U.S. - Monaco (2004/76)
1927-1114 George Bizos* lawyer/human rights activist - Vasilitsi, Messenia, Greece (2020/92)
1927-1114 McLean Stevenson* actor (M*A*S*H) – Normal, IL USA (1996/68)
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1927-1116 Robert Butler* television director - Los Angeles, CA USA
1927-1116 Norman Gimbel* lyricist – Brooklyn, NY USA (2018/91)
1927-1117 Eero Niemi** (b Hakoniemi) son of Eero Hakoniemi - USA
1927-1117 Fenella Fielding* actress – Hackney, London, England (2018/90)
1927-1117 Lynn Stalmaster* casting director - Omaha, NE USA (2021/93)
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1927-1127 Alfons Eder* graphic designer/active in Finland - Uttendorf, Austria (2019/91)
1927-1129 Vin Scully* sportscaster/67 seasons calling games for Los Angeles Dodgers - The Bronx, NY USA (2022/94)
1927-1130 Robert Guillaume* actor – St. Louis, MO USA (2017/89)
1927-1201 Chester E. Norris* diplomat - Bangor, ME USA (2016/88)
1927-1206 Osmo Lappo* (b Lehtonen) architect – Helsinki, Finland
1927-1206 Marcel Pelletier* hockey player/scout - Drummondville, QC Canada (2017/89)
1927-1209 Pierre Henry* composer - Paris, French Third Republic (2017/89)
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1927-1224 Mary Higgins Clark* author of suspense novels - The Bronx, NY USA (2020/92)
1927-1228 Leo Lastumäki* actor – Liminka, Finland (2012/84)
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