Notable Birthdays for January 27
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Those born on this date include:
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756
- author Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in 1832
- labor organizer Samuel Gompers in 1850
- composer Jerome Kern in 1885
- U.S. Adm. Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy, in 1900
- Art Rooney, founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1901
- U.S. newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst Jr. in 1908
- musician Elmore James in 1918
- musician Skitch Henderson in 1918
- actor Donna Reed in 1921
- actor Troy Donahue in 1936
- actor James Cromwell in 1940 (age 75): Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire in 1944 (age 71)
- drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd in 1944 (age 71)
- Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts in 1955 (age 60)
- actor Mimi Rogers in 1956 (age 59)
- news commentator Keith Olbermann in 1959 (age 56)
- former NFL player and television commentator Cris Collinsworth in 1959 (age 56)
- actor Bridget Fonda in 1964 (age 51)
- actor Alan Cumming in 1965 (age 50).
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