Famous people born on 27 December

• Louis PasteurFrench chemist and microbiologist · 1822–1895
  72 yrs
• Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer · 1901–1992
  90 yrs
• Mirza GhalibIndian poet · 1797–1869
  71 yrs
• Jacob BernoulliSwiss mathematician · 1654–1705
  50 yrs
• Guido Westerwelle ↗German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany · 1961–2016
  54 yrs
• Michel Piccoli ↗French actor · 1925–2020
  94 yrs
• Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ↗Baltic German general · 1761–1818
  56 yrs
• John Charles ↗Welsh association football player · 1931–2004
  72 yrs
• Chyna ↗American professional wrestler and actress · 1969–2016
  46 yrs
• John I Albert ↗King of Poland · 1459–1501
  41 yrs
• Sergey Bodrov, Jr. ↗Russian actor · 1971–2002
  30 yrs
• George Cayley ↗British aeronautics engineer · 1773–1857
  83 yrs
• Shulamit Aloni ↗Israeli politician · 1928–2014
  85 yrs
• Thea von Harbou ↗German screenwriter · 1888–1954
  65 yrs
• Heather O'Rourke ↗American actress · 1975–1988
  12 yrs
• Anton I of Saxony ↗King of Saxony · 1755–1836
  80 yrs
• Prince Rupert of the Rhine ↗English-German aristocrat, army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial administrator · 1619–1682
  62 yrs
• Inejirō Asanuma ↗Japanese politician · 1898–1960
  61 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

← 26 December · All dates · 28 December →