Rusty Smith

American short track speed skater (born 1979).

Born August 27th, 1979 (age 46 years) in Long Beach.

José Asunción Flores

Paraguayan composer (1904–1972).

Born August 27th, 1904 in Ciudad del Este.

Died May 16th, 1972 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (Chagas disease).

Hubert Marischka

Austrian singer, actor, film director and screenwriter (1882–1959).

Born August 27th, 1882 in Vienna, Brunn am Gebirge.

Died December 4th, 1959 at 77 years old in Vienna.

Sarah Hecken

German figure skater.

Born August 27th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Mannheim.

Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen

Danish teacher and ornithologist (1856–1921).

Born August 27th, 1856 in Jonstrup.

Died June 7th, 1921 at 64 years old in Viborg.

Andrea Scotti

Italian actor (1931–2003).

Born August 27th, 1931 in Naples.

Died December 21st, 2003 at 72 years old in Nepi. ^[ref]

Miron Nicolescu

Romanian mathematician.

Born August 27th, 1903 in Giurgiu.

Died June 30th, 1975 at 71 years old in Bucharest.

Erzsébet Galgóczi

Hungarian writer, journalist, screenwriter, politician (1930-1989).

Born August 27th, 1930 in Győr. ^[ref]

Died May 20th, 1989 at 58 years old in Győr (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Romolo Murri

Italian priest and politician (1870–1944).

Born August 27th, 1870 in Monte San Pietrangeli.

Died March 12th, 1944 at 73 years old in Rome.

Pyotr Boborykin

Russian writer and journalist (1836-1921).

Born August 27th, 1836 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died August 12th, 1921 at 84 years old in Lugano.

Jean-Cyril Robin

French road bicycle racer.

Born August 27th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Lannion.

Charles Swinhoe

British entomologist and ornithologist (1838-1927).

Born August 27th, 1838 in Kolkata.

Died December 2nd, 1923 at 85 years old in London.

Heinrich Ernst Schirmer

German architect (1814-1887).

Born August 27th, 1814 in Leipzig.

Died December 6th, 1887 at 73 years old in Giessen.

Nuno Delgado

Judoka.

Born August 27th, 1976 (age 49 years) in Lisbon.

Leo Sexton

Athletics competitor (1909-1968).

Born August 27th, 1909 in Danvers.

Died September 6th, 1968 at 59 years old in Perry.

Bob Donaldson

Scottish football player (1868-1947).

Born August 27th, 1871 in Coatbridge.

Died April 28th, 1947 at 75 years old in Airdrie.

Mika Sugimoto

Japanese judoka.

Born August 27th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Itami.

Yoro Lamine Ly

Senegalese footballer.

Born August 27th, 1988 in Dakar.

Died November 23rd, 2025 at 37 years old ^[ref]

Vladimir Georgiev

Bulgarian-macedonian chess player.

Born August 27th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Dobrich.

Myroslav Stupar

Ukrainian football referee (1941-).

Born August 27th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Loïc Pietri

French judoka.

Born August 27th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Nice.

Manfred Linzmaier

Austrian footballer.

Born August 27th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Kufstein.

Tonye

Nigerian singer, songwriter.

Born August 27th, 1983 (age 42 years) in England.

Yin Junhua

Chinese boxer.

Born August 27th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Xingtai.

Helena Patursson

Faroese actor and writer (1864-1916).

Born August 27th, 1864 in Kirkjubøur.

Died December 15th, 1916 at 52 years old in Kirkjubøur.