Notable Birthdays for December 27
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- German astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1571
- English engineer George Cayley, father of the science of aerodynamics, in 1773
- French bacteriologist Louis Pasteur in 1822
- actors Sydney Greenstreet in 1879, Marlene Dietrich in 1901 and Cliff Arquette in 1905
- musician/actor Oscar Levant in 1906
- actor John Amos in 1939 (age 75)
- news correspondent Cokie Roberts in 1943 (age 71)
- French actor Gerard Depardieu in 1948 (age 66)
- and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon in 1951 (age 63).
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