Famous people born on 27 September

• Grazia DeleddaItalian novelist · 1871–1936
  64 yrs
• Louis XIII of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 · 1601–1643
  41 yrs
• Paul V233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621 · 1552–1621
  68 yrs
• Martin RyleEnglish radio astronomer · 1918–1984
  66 yrs
• Wilford BrimleyAmerican actor and singer · 1934–2020
  85 yrs
• Robert EdwardsEnglish physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation · 1925–2013
  87 yrs
• Samuel Adams ↗American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States · 1722–1803
  81 yrs
• Meat Loaf ↗American singer and actor · 1947–2022
  74 yrs
• Oliver E. Williamson ↗American economist · 1932–2020
  87 yrs
• Henri-Frédéric Amiel ↗Swiss philosopher and poet · 1821–1881
  59 yrs
• Jacques Bénigne Bossuet ↗French bishop and theologian · 1627–1704
  76 yrs
• Agustín I of Mexico ↗First constitutional emperor of Mexico · 1783–1824
  40 yrs
• Bhagat Singh ↗Indian revolutionary · 1907–1931
  23 yrs
• Alphonsus Maria de Liguori ↗Italian Catholic bishop and saint · 1696–1787
  90 yrs
• Albert Ellis ↗American psychologist · 1913–2007
  93 yrs
• Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia ↗Russian tsarevna · 1657–1704
  46 yrs
• Arthur Penn ↗American producer and director · 1922–2010
  88 yrs
• Emma Orczy ↗Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright · 1865–1947
  82 yrs
• Miklós Jancsó ↗Hungarian film director and screenwriter · 1921–2014
  92 yrs
• Yash Chopra ↗Indian film director, script writer and film producer · 1932–2012
  80 yrs
• Alfred Thayer Maan ↗United States Navy admiral and historian · 1840–1914
  74 yrs
• Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe ↗German chemist · 1818–1884
  66 yrs
• Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress ↗Consort of Frederick III · 1434–1467
  32 yrs
• Martha Jefferson Randolph ↗First Lady of the United States from 1801 to 1809 · 1772–1836
  64 yrs
• Lhasa de Sela ↗American singer · 1972–2010
  37 yrs
• Wilhelm I of Württemberg ↗King of Württemberg · 1781–1864
  82 yrs
• Aleksei Antonov ↗Soviet general · 1896–1962
  65 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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