Famous Birthdays In January - 27

1834  On January - 27 birth of dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)   

1834  On January - 27 birth of robert Sanford Foster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1836  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism) was born on January - 27.   

1841  On January - 27 birth of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)   

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

1850  Samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor) was born on January - 27.   

1850  Edward J. Smith, English captain of the Titanic (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.   

1851  Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born on this day in history.   

1858  Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer was born on this day in history.   

1859  On January - 27 birth of wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)   

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  On this day in history birth of will Marion Cook, composer   

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

1882  On January - 27 birth of giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)   

1885  Jerome Kern, NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of balthasar van der Pol, physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol)   

1891  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26)   

1895  On January - 27 birth of claudio Carneyro, composer   

1895  Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41) was born on January - 27.   

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

1899  Granville English, composer was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)   

1901  On this day in history birth of art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)   

1901  On January - 27 birth of willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)   

1903  On January - 27 birth of john Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist   

1903  On this day in history birth of otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)   

1905  On this day in history birth of howard McNear, LA Calif, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)   

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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 January - 27.   

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.   

1164  On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on January - 27.   

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on January - 27.