SEPTEMBER 27
Famous Birthdays
12 - Tauno Marttinen, composer
1912 - Mary Grierson, Bangor, Wales, botanical artist, (d. 2012)
1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. 2007)
1916 - Samuel S Stratton, (Rep-D-NY, 1959- )
1916 - Frank Handlen, American artist
1917 - Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires)
1917 - William T. Orr, American television producer (d. 2002)
1918 - James McCallion, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Mi Taylor-National Velvet)
1918 - Lord Shepherd
1918 - Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal (1972-82)
1919 - Charles H Percy, (Sen-R-Ill)
1919 - Earl of Clanwilliam
1919 - Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actr (Dark Delusion)
1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)
1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player, (d. 2012)
1920 - J K Gill, president (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1920 - William Conrad, Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon)
1921 - D E Nineham, theologian
1922 - Arthur Penn, Phila, director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde)
1922 - Carl Ballantine, actor (McHale's Navy)
1922 - James Wilson, composer
1923 - Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Trapper John MD)
1924 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer
1924 - Bernard Waber, American author, (d. 2013)
1924 - Fred Singer, American scientist
1924 - Josef Skvorecky, Czechoslovakia, writer and publisher (End of the Nylon Age, The Cowards) (d. 2012)
1925 - Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate (Daily Mail, Evening News)
1925 - Robert Edwards, Batley, Yorkshire, physiologist (IVF pioneer, Nobel 2010), (d. 2013)
1927 - Boris Porena, composer1927 - Eli van der Merwe Louw, S Afr minister of Transport/Ma