Famous people born on 27 August

17 of the people we track were born on 27 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770German philosopherdied aged 61
2. Lyndon B. Johnson 1908American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 64
3. Sebastian Kurz 1986Austrian politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Austrialiving, 40
4. Ivan Franko 1856Austrian poetdied aged 59
5. Jamala 1983Singerliving, 43
6. Theodore Dreiser 1871American novelist and journalistdied aged 74
7. Charles G. Dawes 1865American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesdied aged 85
8. Cesária Évora 1941Cabo Verdean singerdied aged 70
9. Carl Bosch 1874German engineerdied aged 65
10. Deco 1977Portuguese footballerliving, 49
11. Man Ray 1890American artistdied aged 86
12. Norman Ramsey Jr. 1915American physicistdied aged 96
13. Ivan V of Russia 1666Monarchdied aged 29
14. Giuseppe Peano 1858Italian mathematiciandied aged 73
15. Osamu Shimomura 1928Japanese organic chemist and marine biologistdied aged 90
16. Mark Webber 1976Australian driverliving, 50
17. Vincent Auriol 1884French politician who served as President of the French Republicdied aged 81