Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Friday, 29 August 2025
1410 On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1495 Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.
1623 On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer
1650 On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.
1707 On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.
1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.
1724 Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on April - 27.
1748 Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) was born on April - 27.
1755 On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1759 On April - 27 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1767 Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) was born on this day in history.
1791 On April - 27 birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)
1802 On April - 27 birth of abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer
1803 On this day in history birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer
1806 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27.
1812 On April - 27 birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer
1812 On April - 27 birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on April - 27.
1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on April - 27.
1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27.
1853 On this day in history birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
1861 Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born on this day in history.
1861 On April - 27 birth of johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
1865 Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on April - 27.
1869 William Victor Harris, composer was born on April - 27.
1871 On April - 27 birth of arthur Finlay Nevin, composer