Famous Birthdays for February 27

Today's:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 - Poet

Horatio Robinson Storer 1830 - Physician, numismatist, anti-abortion crusader

Hugo (Lafayette) Black 1886 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Marian Anderson 1897 - Opera singer

John Steinbeck 1902 - Writer ("The Grapes of Wrath")

Gene Sarazen 1902 - Golfer

James T. Farrell 1904 - Author

Franchot Tone 1905 - Actor ("Mutiny on the Bounty")

Joan Bennett 1910 - Actress ("Little Women [1933]," "House of Dark Shadows")

Ted Horn 1910 - Auto racer

Irwin Shaw (Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff) 1913 - Novelist ("The Young Lions")

John Connally 1917 - Governor of Texas, was shot during the JFK assassination.

James Herlihy 1927 - Actor ("Four Friends"), writer ("Midnight Cowboy")

Joanne Woodward 1930 - Actress ("The Three Faces of Eve")

Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")

Ray Berry 1933 - Football player, coach

Ralph Nader 1934 - Consumer advocate

Chuck Glaser 1936 - Singer (Glaser Brothers), songwriter

Jay Silvester 1937 - Discus athlete, first to throw over 60m

Barbara Babcock 1939 - Actress

Peter Revson 1939 - Auto racer

Howard Hesseman 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati")

Mary Frann (Mary Frances Luecke) 1943 - Actress ("Newhart")

Wil (Wilbur) Jones 1947 - Basketball player, coach

Eddie Gray 1948 - Musician (Tommy James & The Shondells)

Debra Monk 1949 - Actress

Steve Harley (Nice) 1951 - Musician (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)

Dwight Jones 1952 - Basketball player

Neal Schon 1954 - Musician (Journey)

Reinhard Fendrich 1955

Garry Christian 1955 - Musician (The Christians)

Johnny Van Zant 1957 - Singer

Adrian Smith 1957 - Musician (Iron Maiden)

Paul Humphreys 1960 - Musician (OMD)

Grant Show 1962 - Actor ("Melrose Place," "Beverly Hills 90210")

Adam Baldwin 1962 - Actor ("Wyatt Earp," "Ordinary People")

Mike Cross 1965 - Musician (Sponge)

Chili 1971 - Singer (TLC)

Roderic Clark 1973

Tony Gonzalez 1976 - Football player

Chelsea Clinton 1980 - Daughter of U.S. President Clinton

Bobby Wilson 1981 - Musician (Mista)

Josh Groban 1981 - Singer