Famous Personalities Born In January - 27
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1443 Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on January - 27.
1546 On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)
1556 On January - 27 birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)
1585 On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.
1603 Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on January - 27.
1621 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.
1662 On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1679 On January - 27 birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter
1701 Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) was born on this day in history.
1715 On January - 27 birth of vaclav Kalous, composer
1720 On January - 27 birth of samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)
1723 On this day in history birth of johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet
1741 Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821) was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
1775 On January - 27 birth of friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)
1775 On January - 27 birth of manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer
1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer was born on January - 27.
1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) was born on January - 27.
1805 On January - 27 birth of sophie of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1872)
1805 Maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.
1806 On January - 27 birth of juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826)
1808 On January - 27 birth of david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)
1814 On January - 27 birth of eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)
1821 John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892) was born on January - 27.
1822 Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born on January - 27.
1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) was born on this day in history.
1824 Jozef Israels, Dutch painter was born on January - 27.
1826 On this day in history birth of richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1828 Louis Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 Samuel Allen Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 was born on January - 27.
1830 Georg Hellmesberger, composer was born on this day in history.
1830 On January - 27 birth of william Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1832 Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland) was born on this day in history.