The 208th day of the year, the 209th in a leap year
Born on 27 July
Every 27 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 27 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 27 July falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 27 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,848 babies were born on 27 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 88th 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Giosuè Carducci | 1835–1907 | Italian poet and literary critic |
| Alexandre Dumas fils | 1824–1895 | French writer and dramatist |
| Jean Baudrillard | 1929–2007 | French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist |
| Murad IV | 1612–1640 | the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640) |
| Hans Fischer | 1881–1945 | German chemist |
| Marek Hamšík | 1987– | Slovak footballer |
| Vladimir Korolenko | 1853–1921 | Ukrainian-born Russian writer |
| Donnie Yen | 1963– | Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist |
| Triple H | 1969– | American professional wrestler |
| Demis Hassabis | 1976– | British artificial intelligence researcher |
| Charlotte Corday | 1768–1793 | figure of the French Revolution |
| Kriti Sanon | 1990– | Indian film actress |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | 1970– | Danish actor |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | 1977– | Irish actor |
| Ludovico Sforza | 1452–1508 | duke of Milan |
| George Biddell Airy | 1801–1892 | English mathematician and astronomer |
| Hilaire Belloc | 1870–1953 | French-English writer |
| José Luis Chilavert | 1965– | Paraguayan association football player |
Died on 27 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Lermontov | 1814–1841 | Russian writer, poet and painter |
| John Dalton | 1766–1844 | British chemist and mathematician |
| Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1919–1980 | Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1931–2015 | Indian scientist, president and statesman |
| António de Oliveira Salazar | 1889–1970 | Prime Minister of Portugal |
| Gertrude Stein | 1874–1946 | American author |
| Bob Hope | 1903–2003 | American entertainer |
| Pope Nicholas II | died 1061 | pope |
| William Wyler | 1902–1981 | Swiss-German-American director and producer |
| Emil Theodor Kocher | 1841–1917 | surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| James Mason | 1909–1984 | British actor |
| Pierre Louis Maupertuis | 1698–1759 | French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters |
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