Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history. 

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 April - 27. 

1701 On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia 

1707 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history. 

1718 Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27. 

1724 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer 

1724 On April - 27 birth of col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) 

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 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836) was born on April - 27. 

1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on April - 27. 

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 Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born on April - 27. 

1806 Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27. 

1812 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer 

1812 On April - 27 birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) 

1820 On this day in history birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) 

1822 Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) was born on this day in history. 

1824 On this day in history birth of william Richard Bexfield, composer 

1828 On this day in history 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 On April - 27 birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) 

1848 King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on this day in history. 

1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27. 

1853 On April - 27 birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) 

1861 On this day in history birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer 

1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27. 

1865 On this day in history birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) 

1869 William Victor Harris, composer was born on this day in history. 

1871 On this day in history birth of arthur Finlay Nevin, composer 

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