Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.
1495 Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.
1623 Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.
1650 On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1701 On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia
1707 On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
1718 On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
1724 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
1724 On this day in history birth of col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
1737 On April - 27 birth of edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)
1748 Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) was born on April - 27.
1755 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836) was born on April - 27.
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on April - 27.
1767 On this day in history birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
1791 On this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)
1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on this day in history.
1803 On April - 27 birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer
1806 On April - 27 birth of maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1812 Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on April - 27.
1812 On April - 27 birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) was born on this day in history.
1822 Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) was born on April - 27.
1824 On April - 27 birth of william Richard Bexfield, composer
1828 On April - 27 birth of gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher
1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on April - 27.
1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on this day in history.
1848 King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on April - 27.
1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27.
1853 Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on April - 27.
1861 On April - 27 birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27.
1865 On this day in history birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
1869 On April - 27 birth of william Victor Harris, composer
1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.