Famous Birthdays In January - 27

1834  On this day in history birth of dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)  

1834  Robert Sanford Foster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on January - 27.  

1836  On January - 27 birth of leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)  

1841  On this day in history birth of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)  

1848  On this day in history birth of togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)  

1850  On this day in history birth of samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)  

1850  Edward J. Smith, English captain of the Titanic (d. 1912) was born on January - 27.  

1851  Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born on January - 27.  

1858  On January - 27 birth of neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer  

1859  Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) was born on this day in history.  

1867  Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer was born on January - 27.  

1868  Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera) was born on January - 27.  

1869  Will Marion Cook, composer was born on this day in history.  

1872  Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals) was born on this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)  

1885  Jerome Kern, NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta) was born on January - 27.  

1885  Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953) was born on January - 27.  

1885  Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977) was born on January - 27.  

1887  Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos) was born on this day in history.  

1889  On January - 27 birth of balthasar van der Pol, physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol)  

1891  On January - 27 birth of ilja Ehrenburg, writer  

1892  On January - 27 birth of mitya Stillman, composer  

1893  Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981) was born on January - 27.  

1894  On January - 27 birth of fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26)  

1895  On this day in history birth of claudio Carneyro, composer  

1895  Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41) was born on this day in history.  

1895  On January - 27 birth of harry Ruby, American composer (d. 1974)  

1899  Granville English, composer was born on January - 27.  

1900  Hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy) was born on January - 27.  

1901  Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers) was born on this day in history.  

1901  Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon) was born on this day in history.  

1903  John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist was born on January - 27.  

1903  On January - 27 birth of otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)  

1905  Howard McNear, LA Calif, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons) was born on this day in history.  

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0098  On this day in history marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67  

0661  On January - 27 death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)  

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0847  On January - 27 sergius II, pope (844-47), dies  

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on January - 27.  

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on January - 27.  

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

1565  On this day in history robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies