Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.
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 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.
1701 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.
1707 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.
1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.
1724 On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
1724 Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) was born on April - 27.
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on this day in history.
1748 Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.
1755 On April - 27 birth of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
1759 On April - 27 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1767 On this day in history birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
1791 Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) was born on April - 27.
1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on April - 27.
1803 On April - 27 birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer
1806 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27.
1812 Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on April - 27.
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 April - 27 birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1824 On this day in history birth of william Richard Bexfield, composer
1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on April - 27.
1835 On April - 27 birth of john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]
1840 On this day in history birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
1848 King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on April - 27.
1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.
1853 Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on April - 27.
1861 On April - 27 birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27.
1865 Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on this day in history.
1869 William Victor Harris, composer was born on April - 27.
1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.