Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history. 

1495 On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) 

1623 On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer 

1650 On this day in history 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 April - 27. 

1707 On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens 

1718 On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) 

1724 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) 

1748 On April - 27 birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) 

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 this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) 

1802 On April - 27 birth of abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer 

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 William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) was born on this day in history. 

1820 On April - 27 birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) 

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 On April - 27 birth of gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher 

1835 On April - 27 birth of john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] 

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 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 On April - 27 birth of johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) 

1865 Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on this day in history. 

1869 On April - 27 birth of william Victor Harris, composer 

1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history. 

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