Famous people born on 27 September

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

1. Avril Lavigne 1984Canadian singer-songwriterliving, 42
2. Gwyneth Paltrow 1972American actor and singerliving, 54
3. Francesco Totti 1976Italian footballerliving, 50
4. Grazia Deledda 1871Italian novelistdied aged 64
5. Louis XIII 1601King of Francedied aged 41
6. Lil Wayne 1982American rapper and singerliving, 44
7. Jenna Ortega 2002American actorliving, 24
8. Martin Ryle 1918British astronomerdied aged 66
9. Wilford Brimley 1934American actordied aged 85
10. Robert Edwards 1925British physiologistdied aged 87
11. Nicos Anastasiades 1946Cypriot politician who served as President of Cyprusliving, 80
12. Simona Halep 1991Romanian tennis playerliving, 35
13. Mari Kiviniemi 1968Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finlandliving, 58
14. Samuel Adams 1722American philosopherdied aged 81
15. Granit Xhaka 1992Swiss footballerliving, 34
16. Cosimo de' Medici 1389Diplomatdied aged 74