September 27
Events
Pre-1600
- 1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- 1331 - The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
- 1422 - After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania.
- 1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
- 1540 - The Society of Jesus receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
1601–1900
- 1605 - The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
- 1669 - The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.
- 1777 - American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
- 1791 - The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France|Jews].
- 1821 - The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent.
- 1822 - Jean-François Champollion officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
- 1825 - The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and [Darlington Railway], is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton.
- 1854 - The paddle steamer, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants of the Vesta are killed when their lifeboat is hit by the Arctic.
- 1875 - The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
1901–present
- 1903 - "Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.
- 1908 - Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- 1916 - Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
- 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
- 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
- 1930 - Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf.
- 1938 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
- 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
- 1941 - World War II: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
- 1941 - The is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
- 1942 - World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
- 1944 - World War II: The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission during the war.
- 1949 - Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
- 1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
- 1959 - Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
- 1962 - The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
- 1962 - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- 1964 - The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
- 1973 - International Airlines Flight 655">International observance">International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near Mena, Arkansas, killing all 11 people on board.
- 1975 - The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
- 1977 - Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
- 1988 - The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 1992 - Palestinian prisoners went on a 15-day hunger strike.
- 1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
- 1996 - The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
- 1996 - Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine.
- 1998 - The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
- 2001 - In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
- 2003 - The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
- 2007 - NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
- 2008 - CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
- 2012 - In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.
- 2014 - 63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.
- 2019 - Over two million people participated in September [2019 climate strikes|worldwide strikes to protest climate change] across 2,400 locations worldwide.
- 2020 - Second [Nagorno-Karabakh War]: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.
Births
Pre-1600
- 808 - Ninmyō, Japanese emperor
- 830 - Ermentrude of Orléans, Queen of the Franks
- 1271 - Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Poland
- 1275 - John II, Duke of Brabant
- 1300 - Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
- 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence
- 1433 - Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint
- 1442 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
- 1496 - Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat
- 1507 - Guillaume Rondelet, French physician
- 1533 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland
- 1544 - Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai
- 1552 - Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor
- 1598 - Robert Blake, English admiral
1601–1900
- 1601 - Louis XIII of France
- 1627 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian
- 1643 - Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian
- 1657 - Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia
- 1677 - Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer
- 1696 - Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint
- 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist
- 1722 - Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, fourth Governor of Massachusetts
- 1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet
- 1739 - Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, Irish politician
- 1765 - Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general
- 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children
- 1783 - Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico
- 1803 - Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral
- 1805 - George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage
- 1818 - Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic
- 1821 - Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic
- 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson, American general
- 1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American general
- 1838 - Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas
- 1840 - Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian
- 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist
- 1842 - Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer
- 1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic
- 1861 - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author
- 1864 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician
- 1866 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint
- 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1873 - Vithalbhai Patel, Indian legislator and political leader
- 1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher
- 1879 - Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach
- 1879 - Cyril Scott, English poet and composer
- 1882 - Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player
- 1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician
- 1885 - Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1892 - George Bambridge, English diplomat
- 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot
- 1896 - Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer
- 1896 - Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician
- 1898 - Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer
1901–present
- 1904 - Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician
- 1905 - Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager
- 1906 - William Empson, English poet and critic
- 1906 - Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter
- 1906 - Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author
- 1907 - Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary
- 1911 - Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer
- 1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author
- 1916 - S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician
- 1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist
- 1917 - Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor
- 1917 - William T. Orr, American actor and producer
- 1917 - Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist
- 1918 - Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 - Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd
- 1918 - Konstantin Gerchik, Soviet military leader
- 1919 - Jayne Meadows, American actress and author
- 1919 - Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician
- 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1920 - William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer
- 1920 – Alan A. Freeman, English record producer
- 1921 - Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
- 1921 - Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions
- 1921 - Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator
- 1922 - Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader
- 1922 - Arthur Penn, American director and producer
- 1924 - Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic
- 1924 - Bud Powell, American pianist and composer
- 1924 - Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic
- 1924 - Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher
- 1925 - Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 - George Gladir, American author
- 1926 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- 1927 - Chrysostomos I of Cyprus
- 1927 - Red Rodney, American trumpet player
- 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator
- 1927 - Sada Thompson, American actress
- 1928 - Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian
- 1929 - Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator
- 1929 - Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker
- 1929 - Barbara Murray, English actress
- 1930 - Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York
- 1931 - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
- 1932 - Geoff Bent, English footballer
- 1932 - Michael Colvin, English captain and politician
- 1932 - Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
- 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 - Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
- 1933 - Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist
- 1933 - Greg Morris, American actor
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor
- 1934 - Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
- 1934 - Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author
- 1935 - Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host and producer
- 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author
- 1937 - Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, eighth Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1938 - Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter
- 1939 - Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
- 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
- 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
- 1940 - Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
- 1940 - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
- 1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach
- 1941 - Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1941 - Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
- 1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist
- 1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor
- 1943 - Prince [Amedeo, Duke of Aosta |Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta]
- 1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1944 - Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
- 1944 - Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout
- 1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter
- 1946 - Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, seventh President of Cyprus
- 1946 - T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor
- 1947 - Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player
- 1947 - Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
- 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
- 1947 - Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1947 - Liz Torres, Puerto Rican-American actress and comedian
- 1948 - Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1948 - Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
- 1948 - Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
- 1948 - A Martinez, American actor
- 1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician
- 1949 - Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950 - John Marsden, Australian writer
- 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
- 1951 - Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia
- 1951 - Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 - Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
- 1952 - Katie Fforde, English author
- 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut
- 1953 - Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
- 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
- 1953 - Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
- 1953 - Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter
- 1954 - Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
- 1954 - Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
- 1954 - Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
- 1956 - Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1957 - Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
- 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
- 1958 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
- 1959 - Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
- 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 - Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1963 - Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
- 1964 - Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer
- 1964 - Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
- 1964 - Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer
- 1964 - Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1965 - Steve Kerr, American basketball player, coach and sportscaster
- 1965 - Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
- 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice
- 1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
- 1966 - Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
- 1966 - Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
- 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
- 1967 - Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
- 1968 - Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland
- 1968 - Patrick Muldoon, American actor
- 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author
- 1970 - Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
- 1971 - Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
- 1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
- 1972 - Craig L. Rice, American politician
- 1973 - Vratislav Lokvenc, Czech footballer
- 1973 - Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russian fencer
- 1973 - Indira Varma, British actress
- 1974 - Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1976 - Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
- 1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
- 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player
- 1978 - Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist
- 1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player
- 1979 - Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
- 1979 - Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
- 1979 - Michael Kosta, American comedian
- 1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
- 1980 - Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
- 1980 - Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1981 - Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
- 1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- 1982 - Anna Camp, American actress
- 1982 - Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1982 - Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
- 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1982 - Tan White, American basketball player
- 1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player
- 1983 - Jay Bouwmeester, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer
- 1983 - Chris Quinn, American basketball player and coach
- 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
- 1984 - Davide Capello, Italian footballer
- 1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player
- 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1984 - Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist
- 1985 - Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
- 1985 - Anthony Morrow, American basketball player
- 1985 - Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
- 1985 - Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer
- 1986 - Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
- 1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
- 1986 - Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
- 1987 - Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
- 1987 - Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Vanessa James, French figure skater
- 1987 - Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
- 1988 - Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
- 1989 - Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
- 1990 - Dion Lewis, American football player
- 1991 - Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
- 1991 - Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
- 1991 - Thomas Mann, American actor
- 1991 - Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
- 1991 - Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
- 1992 - Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 - Sam Lerner, American actor
- 1992 - Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
- 1992 - Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
- 1993 - Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
- 1993 - Ryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 - Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
- 1993 - Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
- 1994 - Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 - Sayak Chakraborty, Indian television actor
- 1995 - Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress
- 1995 - Christian Wood, American basketball player
- 1997 - Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber and animator
- 1998 - Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
- 2001 - Caleb Love, American basketball player
- 2001 - David Malukas, American race car driver
- 2002 - Jenna Ortega, American actress
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 765 - Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang dynasty
- 936 - Kyŏn Hwŏn, king of Later Baekje
- 1111 - Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess
- 1115 - Bonfilius, Italian saint and bishop of Foligno
- 1125 - Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia
- 1194 - Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman
- 1249 - Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse
- 1404 - William of Wykeham, English bishop
- 1536 - Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II
- 1612 - Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist
- 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
- 1657 - Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble
- 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan
- 1590 - Pope Urban VII
1601–1900
- 1623 - John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
- 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
- 1660 - Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint
- 1674 - Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer
- 1700 - Pope Innocent XII
- 1719 - George Smalridge, English bishop
- 1730 - Laurence Eusden, English poet and author
- 1735 - Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist
- 1742 - Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop
- 1783 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist
- 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author
- 1833 - Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer
- 1838 - Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist
- 1876 - Braxton Bragg, American general
- 1886 - Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician
- 1891 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic
- 1898 - Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland
1901–present
- 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic
- 1915 - Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic
- 1917 - Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor
- 1919 - Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer
- 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator
- 1934 - Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist
- 1935 - Alan Gray, English composer and organist
- 1940 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic
- 1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 - Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor,
- 1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
- 1956 - Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator
- 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer
- 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist
- 1961 - H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist
- 1965 - Clara Bow, American actress
- 1965 - William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- 1967 - Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
- 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic
- 1974 - Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic
- 1975 - Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales
- 1979 - Gracie Fields, English actress and singer
- 1979 - Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 - Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer
- 1983 - Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author
- 1984 - Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor
- 1985 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor
- 1986 - Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter
- 1991 - Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer
- 1992 - Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist
- 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient
- 1993 - Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator
- 1996 - Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, seventh President of Afghanistan
- 1997 - Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator
- 1998 - Doak Walker, American football player
- 2003 - Jean Lucas, French racing driver
- 2003 - Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 2004 - John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author
- 2005 - Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor
- 2005 - Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist
- 2006 - Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier
- 2007 - Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter
- 2007 - Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist
- 2008 - Henri Pachard, American director and producer
- 2009 - Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter
- 2010 - Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore
- 2011 - David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2011 - Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect
- 2011 - Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter
- 2012 - Eddie Bert, American trombonist
- 2012 - Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor
- 2013 - Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor
- 2013 - Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez, Spanish sherry maker and conservationist
- 2014 - Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé
- 2014 - Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2014 - Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director
- 2014 - James Traficant, American lawyer and politician
- 2015 - Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur
- 2015 - Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician
- 2015 - Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author
- 2015 - Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist
- 2017 - Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises
- 2018 - Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator
- 2018 - Michael Payton, American football quarterback
- 2018 - Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician
- 2018 - Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane
- 2021 - Madeleine Tchicaya, Ivorian politician
- 2023 - Michael Gambon, Irish-English actor
- 2024 - Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah
- 2024 - Maggie Smith, English actress
- 2025 - Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast days:
- * Adheritus
- * Bonfilius
- * Caius of Milan
- * Vincent de Paul
- * Cosmas and Damian
- * September 27
- Consumación de la Independencia
- French Community Holiday
- Independence Day , celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.
- Meskel
- National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- Polish Underground State's Day
- World Tourism Day