Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 27 May

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

Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Dashiell Hammett were born on the very same day, 27 May 1894.

Hubert Humphrey and Vincent Price were born on the very same day, 27 May 1911.

  1. Henry Kissinger 1923American politician and diplomat who served as Chancellor of the College of William & Marydied aged 100
  2. Christopher Lee 1922British actor and singerdied aged 93
  3. Rachel Carson 1907American marine biologist and conservationistdied aged 56
  4. Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1894French writerdied aged 67
  5. Donna Strickland 1959Canadian physicistliving, 67
  6. John Cockcroft 1897British physicistdied aged 70
  7. Hubert Humphrey 1911American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesdied aged 66
  8. Dashiell Hammett 1894American writerdied aged 66
  9. Yasuhiro Nakasone 1918Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japandied aged 101
  10. Vincent Price 1911American actordied aged 82
  11. Giuseppe Tornatore 1956Italian film director and screenwriterliving, 70
  12. Paul Bettany 1971British actorliving, 55
  13. Richard Schiff 1955American actorliving, 71