The 58th day of the year
Born on 27 February
Every 27 February birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Pisces, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- PiscesWater, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- AmethystThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Violet, PrimroseUsually taken today to mean faithfulness and young love.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Monday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 27 February in any year.
Which weekday 27 February falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 27 February falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Monday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Saturday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 27 February is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,809 babies were born on 27 February in each year of the twenty, making it the 183rd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 27 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Constantine the Great | 272–337 | Roman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity |
| John Steinbeck | 1902–1968 | American writer |
| Elizabeth Taylor | 1932–2011 | British-American actress |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1807–1882 | American poet and educator |
| Joanne Woodward | 1930– | American actress |
| Robert H. Grubbs | 1942–2021 | Nobel prize winning American chemist |
| Marian Anderson | 1897–1993 | African-American contralto |
| Roger Scruton | 1944–2020 | English conservative philosopher and writer |
| Paul Ricœur | 1913–2005 | French philosopher |
| Chelsea Clinton | 1980– | American author and global health advocate |
| Kate Mara | 1983– | American actress |
| Lawrence Durrell | 1912–1990 | British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer |
| Ian Khama | 1953– | Botswana politician |
| Jony Ive | 1967– | English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple |
| Djalma Santos | 1929–2013 | Brazilian association football player |
| Timothy Spall | 1957– | English actor |
| Sveinn Björnsson | 1881–1952 | Icelandic politician, 1st President of Iceland |
| Josh Groban | 1981– | American singer and actor |
Died on 27 February
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Pavlov | 1849–1936 | Russian physiologist |
| Lillian Gish | 1893–1993 | American actress |
| Konrad Lorenz | 1903–1989 | Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833–1887 | Russian composer, doctor and chemist |
| Boris Nemtsov | 1959–2015 | Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician |
| Boris Spassky | 1937–2025 | Russian chess player |
| Leonard Nimoy | 1931–2015 | American actor |
| Fred Rogers | 1928–2003 | American television personality |
| Necmettin Erbakan | 1926–2011 | 23rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey |
| George H. Hitchings | 1905–1998 | Nobel Prize-winning American physician |
| Vasily I of Moscow | 1371–1425 | Grand Prince of Moscow |
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