Notable Birthdays for July 27
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- French novelist Alexandre Dumas the Younger, author of Camille, in 1824
- British aircraft pioneer Geoffrey de Havilland in 1882
- baseball Hall of Fame member Leo Durocher in 1905
- actor Keenan Wynn in 1916
- bluegrass star Henry D. Homer Haynes, of the Homer and Jethro musical duo, in 1920
- television producer Norman Lear in 1922 (age 92)
- film critic Vincent Canby in 1924
- actors Jerry Van Dyke in 1931 (age 83) and Don Galloway in 1937
- singer/songwriter Bobbie Gentry in 1944 (age 70)
- figure skater Peggy Fleming and actor/director Betty Thomas, both in 1948 (age 66)
- singer Maureen McGovern in 1949 (age 65)
- and actors Maya Rudolph in 1972 (age 42) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in 1977 (age 37).
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