Notable Birthdays for May 27
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Financier Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1794
- social reformer Amelia Bloomer, for whom the undergarment was named, in 1818
- poet Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the lyrics for The Battle Hymn of the Republic, in 1819
- frontiersman James Butler Wild Bill Hickok in 1837
- detective novelist Dashiell Hammett in 1894
- writer Rachel Carson in 1907
- composer Harold Rome in 1908
- Hubert Humphrey, U.S. vice president/longtime U.S. senator, in 1911
- actor Vincent Price in 1911
- Golf hall of fame member Sam Snead in 1912
- author Herman Wouk in 1915
- actor Christopher Lee in 1922
- former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1923 (age 100)
- writer Harlan Ellison in 1934
- jazz musician Ramsey Lewis in 1935
- actor Lee Meriwether in 1935 (age 88)
- actor Louis Gossett Jr. in 1936 (age 87)
- singer/songwriter Don Williams in 1939
- actor Bruce Weitz in 1943 (age 80)
- actor Peri Gilpin in 1961 (age 62)
- actor Todd Bridges in 1965 (age 58)
- actor Joseph Fiennes in 1970 (age 53)
- actor Paul Bettany in 1971 (age 52)
- singer Lisa Left Eye Lopes in 1971
- actor Jack McBrayer in 1973 (age 50)
- celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in 1975 (age 48)
- rapper Andre 3000, born Andre Benjamin, in 1975 (age 48)
- actor Shanola Hampton in 1977 (age 46)
- actor Ben Feldman in 1980 (age 43)
- actor Chris Colfer in 1990 (age 33)
- actor/model Lily-Rose Depp in 1999 (age 24).
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