Famous people born on 27 January

• Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAustrian composer of the Classical period · 1756–1791
  35 yrs
• Lewis CarrollBritish author and scholar · 1832–1898
  65 yrs
• Wilhelm IIAs King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 · 1859–1941
  82 yrs
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingGerman philosopher · 1775–1854
  79 yrs
• Pius V16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer · 1504–1572
  68 yrs
• Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinRussian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist · 1826–1889
  63 yrs
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch ↗Austrian author · 1836–1895
  59 yrs
• Eugène Viollet-le-Duc ↗French architect · 1814–1879
  65 yrs
• Soong Ching-ling ↗Former Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen · 1893–1981
  88 yrs
• John Carew Eccles ↗Australian neurophysiologist · 1903–1997
  94 yrs
• Donna Reed ↗American film and television actress · 1921–1986
  64 yrs
• Rauf Denktaş ↗Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC · 1924–2012
  87 yrs
• Edward Smith ↗Captain of the RMS Titanic · 1850–1912
  62 yrs
• Tōgō Heihachirō ↗Japanese admiral of the fleet · 1848–1934
  86 yrs
• Arkhip Kuindzhi ↗Russian landscape painter · 1841–1910
  69 yrs
• David Strauss ↗German theologian · 1808–1874
  66 yrs
• Asma Jahangir ↗Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer · 1952–2018
  66 yrs
• Hendrick Avercamp ↗Dutch painter · 1585–1634
  49 yrs
• Pavel Milyukov ↗Russian politician and historian · 1859–1943
  84 yrs
• Ingrid Thulin ↗Swedish actress · 1929–2004
  74 yrs
• Jerome Kern ↗American composer of musical theater and popular music · 1885–1945
  60 yrs
• Johann Balthasar Neumann ↗German engineer and architect · 1687–1753
  66 yrs
• Edouard Lalo ↗French composer · 1823–1892
  69 yrs
• Mohamed Al-Fayed ↗Egyptian businessman and billionaire · 1929–2023
  94 yrs
• Beatrice Tinsley ↗New Zealand astronomer · 1941–1981
  40 yrs
• Béla Guttmann ↗Hungarian football player and manager · 1899–1981
  82 yrs
• Princess Sophie of Bavaria ↗Bavarian princess · 1805–1872
  67 yrs
• Lucius Caesar ↗Grandson of emperor Augustus (17 BC - AD 2) · 17 BC–AD 2
  18 yrs
• Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ↗British prince · 1773–1843
  70 yrs
• Arne Næss ↗Norwegian philosopher and mountain climber · 1912–2009
  96 yrs
• Hans Modrow ↗German politician · 1928–2023
  95 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.

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