Howard P. Robertson

American mathematician and physicist (1903–1961).

Born January 27th, 1903 in Hoquiam.

Died August 26th, 1961 at 58 years old in Pasadena.

Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan

Indian tamil folk musician.

Born January 27th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Tamil Nadu.

Renan Silva

Brazilian footballer.

Born January 27th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Gavin Schmitt

Canadian volleyball player.

Born January 27th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Grande Prairie.

Staniša Mandić

Montenegrin association football player.

Born January 27th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Herceg Novi.

Will Marion Cook

African american composer and violinist (1869–1944).

Born January 27th, 1869 in Washington, D.C..

Died July 20th, 1944 at 75 years old in New York City (heart disease, pancreatic cancer).

Willy Fritsch

German-silesian actor (1901-1973).

Born January 27th, 1901 in Katowice.

Died July 13th, 1973 at 72 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Albina Kelmendi

Kosovo-albanian singer.

Born January 27th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Peja.

Constantin Prezan

Romanian general (1861-1943).

Born January 27th, 1861 in Butimanu. ^[ref]

Died August 27th, 1943 at 82 years old in Bucharest.

Hot Lips Page

American jazz musician (1908–1954).

Born January 27th, 1908 in Dallas.

Died November 5th, 1954 at 46 years old in New York City.

William English

American computer engineer (1929–2020).

Born January 27th, 1929 in Lexington. ^[ref]

Died July 26th, 2020 at 91 years old in San Rafael (respiratory failure). ^[ref]

Gustavo Munúa

Uruguayan footballer.

Born January 27th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Montevideo.

Isaac Roberts

Welsh astronomer (1829–1904).

Born January 27th, 1829 in Denbighshire.

Died July 17th, 1904 at 75 years old in Crowborough.

Paolo Cognetti

Italian writer.

Born January 27th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Milan.

Boris Shakhlin

Soviet-ukrainian artistic gymnast (1932–2008).

Born January 27th, 1932 in Ishim.

Died May 30th, 2008 at 76 years old in Kyiv. ^[ref]

Iván Barton

Salvadorian referee.

Born January 27th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Santa Ana. ^[ref]

Adin Vrabac

Bosnian basketball player.

Born January 27th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Sarajevo.

Konstantin Buteyko

Ukrainian and russian physician.

Born January 27th, 1923 in Ivanytsia.

Died May 2nd, 2003 at 80 years old in Moscow.

Karel De Gucht

Belgian politician.

Born January 27th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Overmere.

Carl Blegen

American archaeologist (1887–1971).

Born January 27th, 1887 in Minneapolis.

Died August 24th, 1971 at 84 years old in Athens.

Valyantsin Byalkevich

Football player from belarus (1973–2014).

Born January 27th, 1973 in Minsk.

Died August 1st, 2014 at 41 years old in Kyiv (stroke).

Sérgio Cabral Filho

Brazilian politician, journalist and former governor of rio de janeiro (2007–2014).

Born January 27th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Tigran Mansurian

Armenian composer.

Born January 27th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Beirut.

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

Cuban writer.

Born January 27th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Matanzas.

Tio Ellinas

Cypriot racing driver.

Born January 27th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Larnaca.