May 27th Birthdays

American rapper, André 3000 (OutKast) was born on this day in 1975, as André Lauren Benjamin, in Atlanta, GA.

Also born on May 27th:

1935
Lee Meriwether, Miss America (1955), actress
1943
Bruce Weitz, American actor
1944
Alain Souchon, French singer, songwriter
1945
Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
1950
Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer, actress
1951
Ana Belén, Spanish singer, actress
1955
Richard Schiff, American actor
1957
Siouxsie Sioux, English musician
1958
Linnea Quigley, American actress
1961
Peri Gilpin, American actress
1964
Adam Carolla, American comedian
1965
Todd Bridges, American actor
1968
Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
Frank Thomas, American baseball player
1969
Dondre Whitfield, American actor
Todd Hundley, American baseball player
1970
Joseph Fiennes, English actor
1971
Paul Bettany, English actor
Monika Schnarre, Canadian model, actress
1973
Jack McBrayer, American actor, comedian
1974
Derek Webb, American singer, songwriter
1975
Jadakiss, American rapper
1976
RJD2, American hip-hop producer
1979
Stuart Manning, British actor
1984
Darin Brooks, American actor
Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
1987
Eric Kolelas, French actor
1990
Chris Colfer, American actor
Danny McKinnon, Canadian actor

Died on May 27th:

1564
John Calvin, French pastor, theologian (age 54)
1840
Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist, composer (age 57)
1867
Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (age 70)
1949
Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher (age 55)
1964
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India (age 74)
2006
Paul Gleason, American actor (age 67)
2007
Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer (age 75)
2011
Jeff Conaway, American actor, singer (age 60)
Gil Scott-Heron, American singer, poet (age 62)
2013
Bill Pertwee, English actor (age 86)
2017
Gregg Allman, American musician, singer (age 69)
2024
Elizabeth Macrae, American actress (age 88)