Famous people born on 27 January

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

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756Austrian composerdied aged 35
2. Dmitri Mendeleev 1834Russian chemistdied aged 72
3. Lewis Carroll 1832British novelistdied aged 65
4. Wilhelm II 1859King of Prussiadied aged 82
5. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling 1775German philosopherdied aged 79
6. Abbas the Great 1571Safavid governordied aged 57
7. Mairead Maguire 1944British peace activistliving, 82
8. Samia Suluhu Hassan 1960Tanzanian politician who served as President of Tanzanialiving, 66
9. Rosamund Pike 1979British actorliving, 47
10. Marat Safin 1980Russian tennis playerliving, 46
11. Samuel C. C. Ting 1936American physicistliving, 90
12. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 1836Austrian writerdied aged 59
13. Mikhail Baryshnikov 1948Latvian dancer and choreographerliving, 78
14. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 1814French architectdied aged 65
15. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1974Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skierliving, 52
16. Bridget Fonda 1964American actorliving, 62
17. Édith Cresson 1934French politician who served as Prime Minister of Franceliving, 92