Notable Birthdays for February 27
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1807
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in 1886
- David Sarnoff, RCA board chairman and father of American television, in 1891
- actor William Demarest in 1892
- soprano Marian Anderson in 1897
- novelist John Steinbeck in 1902
- golf Hall of Fame member Gene Sarazen in 1902
- actor Joan Bennett in 1910
- former Texas Gov. John Connally in 1917
- actor Joanne Woodward in 1930 (age 85)
- actor Elizabeth Taylor in 1932
- consumer activist Ralph Nader in 1934 (age 81)
- actor Barbara Babcock in 1937 (age 78)
- actor Howard Hesseman in 1940 (age 75)
- actor Mary Frann in 1943
- physicist Alan Guth in 1947 (age 68)
- actor Timothy Spall in 1957 (age 58)
- actor Adam Baldwin in 1962 (age 53)
- Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton, in 1980 (age 35)
- singer Josh Groban in 1981 (age 34).
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