Birthdates which
occurred on 27th December :
1555 Johann Arndt
German Lutherian theologist
1571 Johann Kepler Württemberg Germany, astronomer (elliptical
orbits)
1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi Swiss architect, baptized
1654 Jean/Jacobus Bernoulli Swiss mathematician
1709 Pieter de Swart Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)
1721 Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis Frisian philosopher
1748 William Marshall composer
1752 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer
1755 Antons Klemens Theodor king of Saksen (1827-36)
1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly Scottish/Russian minister of War
1773 George Cayley England, found science of aerodynamics
1800 John Goss composer
1801 Guillaume L Baud Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49)
1802 Thomas Fearnley Norway, landscape painter
1803 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (1848-75)
1814 James Henry Carleton Brevet Major General (Union Army), died
in 1873
1816 Eliakim Parker Scammon Brigadier-General (Union volunteers),
died in 1894
1822 Louis Pasteur Dole France, bacteriologist (pasteurization)
1822 John Roberts composer
1825 Reinhold Finsterbusch composer
1829 James Clay Rice Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in
1864
1831 Lucius Fairchild Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in
1896
1836 Henricus Oort Dutch theologist (Leidse translation)
1845 Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer
1852 Dom Joâo G da Câmara Portuguese journalist/songwriter
1855 Paul Ehrenreich German etnologist/mythologist
1856 Andre Gedalge composer
1859 William Henry Hadow composer
1869 Aurélien FM Lugné-Poe French actor/stage manager
(La Parade)
1879 Sydney Greenstreet Sandwich England, actor (Maltese Falcon)
1879 Robert Greig Australia, actor (Horse Feathers)
1884 Bernard van Dieren composer
1890 Maurice Schoemaker composer
1892 Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer
1895 Sig Arno Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana)
1896 Arch Ward sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)
1896 Ewan Calague economist/statistician (Social Security Board)
1896 Louis Bromfield Mansfield OH, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926)
1896 Carl Zuckmayer German/Swiss/US playwright
1897 Iwan S Konew Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1899 Paul Costello US, double sculls (Olympics-gold-1920, 24, 28)
19-- Jerry Gaskill rocker (King's X-Faith Hope Love)
1901 Marlene Dietrich Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel)
1901 Irene Handl London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan)
1902 Ferenc Szabo composer
1906 Oscar Levant Pittsburgh PA, actor (American in Paris, Dance of
Life)
1906 Ivan Brkanovic composer
1906 Ivan Mark Waller mountaineer
1907 Jan Willem Van Otterloo Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne
1967-71)
1907 Emile de Strijker Belgian philosopher
1907 Nils-Eric Ringbom composer
1908 Louis de Bourbon Dutch writer/poet (Black Banners)
1909 Johan[nes B] Schmitz Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth)
1910 Jack Massey groundsman
1910 Neville Crump racehorse trainer
1911 Endre Szervanszky composer [or Jan 1]
1914 Giuseppe Berto Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
1914 Ivan Sutton British concert promoter
1915 Mary Kornman Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
1915 William Howell Masters sex author/physician
1917 Earl of Inchcape English large landowner/industrialist (P&O)
1922 Larry Osborne navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
1924 James A McClure (Senator-R-ID)
1924 Mokta Ould Daddah President of Mauritania (1961-78)
1924 Wouter Eijkelemboom Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
1925 Allan Blank composer
1925 Michel Piccoli Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
1926 Jerome Courtland Knoxville TN, actor (Tonka, Tharus)
1930 Wilfrid Sheed England, writer (Boys of Winter, The Hack)
1930 Jacqueline Fontijn Flemish composer
1930 Meg Greenfield US politician(?)
1931 Scotty Moore guitarist (for Elvis)
1934 Larisssa Latynina Ukraine, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1935 Norma Rae Beatty Ashby broadcaster/TV producer
1936 Lee Salk doctor (CBS TV)
1936 Phil Sharpe cricketer (England middle order batsman during 60's)
1939 John Amos Newark NJ, actor (Good Times, Coming to America)
1940 Jerry Lambert jockey (rode Native Diver)
1940 Pete Brown rocker
1941 Leslie Maguire rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Cross the
Mersey)
1941 Michael Pinder rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1943 Cokie Roberts newscaster (ABC-TV)
1943 Dave Rowberry Newcastle, rocker (Animals)
1944 Tracy Nelson Madison WI, singer (In The Here And Now)
1944 Mick Jones rock guitarist (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love
is)
1946 Janet Street-Porter British TV personality (Youth)
1947 Peter Criss rocker (Kiss-Beth)
1948 Larry Byrom rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World)
1948 Gérard Depardieu France, actor (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,
Danton)
1948 Tovah Feldshuh New York NY, actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of
the Sky)
1950 Terry Bozzio rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You)
1950 Jack van Gelder Dutch TV host
1951 William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner
1952 Karla Bonoff rock singer (New World, Restless Nights)
1952 Tovah Feldshuh New York NY, actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of
the Sky)
1953 Arthur Kent newscaster [Scud Stud], (NBC-Gulf War coverage)
1953 Kevin Wright cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1979)
1956 Doina Melinte Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile
indoor)
1957 Connie Chillemi Eglin AFB FL, golfer (1994 Standard Register-13th)
1957 James Sanford US runner (world record 50 meter indoor)
1958 Steffen Mensching writer
1958 Steven Glen Jones Artesia NM, PGA golfer (1988 AT&T Pebble
Beach)
1959 Andre Tippett NFL linebacker (New England Patriots)
1959 Mary Holland San Diego CA, WPVA volleyballer
1960 Maryam D'Abo London, actress (Living Daylights, Xtro, Until Sept)
1960 Terry Price Rockhampton Queensland, Australasia golfer
1961 Caroline Gowan Greenville SC, LPGA golfer (South Carolina Women's
Amateur-1981, 83)
1962 Barbara Crampton Levittown NY, actress (Body Double, The Young
& the Restless)
1962 Sherri Steinhauer Madison WI, LPGA golfer (1992 du Maurier Ltd)
1962 Timothy Hacker Milwaukee WI, 10k runner
1963 Dana Chladek Decin Czechoslovakia, US slalom Kayak (Olympics-bronze/silver-92,
96)
1963 Jim Leyritz Lakewood OH, catcher (New York Yankees)
1963 Mark Pike NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1964 David Tikolo Kenyan cricket batsman (1996 World Cup)
1964 Randy Kirk NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco
49ers)
1964 Steve Wallace NFL tackle (San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs)
1965 Gamini Wickremasinghe cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper)
1967 Niels Meijer Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color)
1968 Dean Palmer Tallahassee FL, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1969 Chris Humbert Modesto CA, water polo 2 meter offense (Olympics-96)
1969 Suzanne Paxton Baltimore MD, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1970 Frank Messmer WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Lorenzo Neal NFL fullback (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets)
1970 Mike Salmon NFL/WLAF safety (Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, San
Francisco 49ers)
1970 Steve Hoyem WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 Bryan Smolinski Toledo OH, NHL forward (Team USA, Pittsburgh
Penguins)
1971 James Stewart NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 Thomas Wilson Brown actor (Jason-Knots Landing)
1972 Charles Way NFL fullback (New York Giants)
1972 Dewayne Washington NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 Bill Clay Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 Wilson Cruz actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal)
1975 Heather O'Rourke San Diego CA, actress (Happy Days, Poltergeist)
1975 Patrick Paauwe Dutch soccer player (PSV, Graafschap)
1977 Kate Nelson Evanston IL, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
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Deaths which occurred on 27th December:
0418 Zosimus Greek Pope (417-8), dies
0975 Balderik bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
1065 Ferdinand I the Great, king of Castile, dies
1590 Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing marquis of Renty, dies at 33
1595 Pietro Pontio composer, dies at 63
1603 Thomas Cartwright English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about
68
1631 John Pijnas Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1641 François van d'Aerssen ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat,
dies at 69
1805 Belle van Zuylen Netherlands/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies
at 65
1836 Stephen Fuller Austin founder of state of Texas, dies at 43
1858 Alexandre Pierre François Boely composer, dies at 73
1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at
56
1880 Alessandro Nini composer, dies at 75
1916 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer, dies at 70
1919 Achilles Alferaki composer, dies at 73
1919 Theodoor H de Meester Dutch liberal premier (1905-08), dies at
68
1924 William Archer Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies
at 68
1925 Louis Dosfel Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
1930 William Courtleigh actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63
1931 Peter Christian Lutkin composer, dies at 73
1931 Walter Courvoisier composer, dies at 56
1936 Hans von Seeckt German general/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies
at 70
1938 Emile Vandervelde Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72
1938 O Mandelstam writer, dies
1944 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach composer, dies at 77
1950 Max Beckmann German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66
1952 Henri G Winkelman Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies
at 76
1957 Alan Bridge actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1959 Alfonso Reyes Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70
1972 Lester B Pearson (L) 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75
1974 Amy Vanderbilt US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at
66
1974 Raymond Glenn actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at
76
1978 Bob de Lange Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62
1978 Chris Bell rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1978 Houari Boumédiene Algerian President, dies after 40 days
in a coma at 53
1979 Hafizullah Amin President of Afghánistán (1979),
murdered
1981 Hoagy Carmichael US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82
1982 John Leonard Swigert Jr astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer
at 51
1983 Walter Scott rocker, dies
1985 Dian Fossey US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
1986 Cliff Burton bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at
24
1986 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson composer, dies at 78
1987 Rewi Alley New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at
90 in Beijing
1987 Priscilla Dean actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at
91
1988 Fox Harris actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies
1988 Hal Ashby academy-award winning director (Shampoo, 8 Million
Ways to Die), dies of cancer at 59
1991 Edward M Love choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43
1991 John Morgan Evans actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49
1991 W Hudson US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg),
dies
1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson English comedian
(Alfie), dies at 75
1992 Jan Peeters Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1993 Blandine Ebinger [Loeser] actress (Mädchen in Uniform),
dies at 94
1993 Youssef Sebti Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
1994 Hans Berghuis author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70
1994 Karl AF Schiller West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at
83
1994 Peter Barker Howard May cricket (4537 runs-England 1951-61),
dies at 64
1994 Sadi de Gorter Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82
1995 Jeremy John Beadle writer/broadcaster, dies at 39
1995 Peter Refn Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies
at 54
1995 Shura Cherkassky pianist, dies at 86
1997 Brendan Gill journalist, dies at 83
1997 Dorothy Stroud garden historian, dies at 87
1997 Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74
1997 Tom Hudson artist/teacher, dies at 75
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