The 300th day of the year, the 301st in a leap year
Born on 27 October
Every 27 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 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 October in any year.
Which weekday 27 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 27 October falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 27 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,770 babies were born on 27 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 312th 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 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt | 1858–1919 | 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1945– | president of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023 |
| Sylvia Plath | 1932–1963 | American poet and writer |
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782–1840 | Italian violinist and composer |
| Roberto Benigni | 1952– | Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director |
| Francis Fukuyama | 1952– | American political scientist, political economist, and author |
| John Cleese | 1939– | English comedian and actor |
| Dylan Thomas | 1914–1953 | Welsh poet and writer |
| Nawal El Saadawi | 1931–2021 | Egyptian feminist writer |
| Klas Pontus Arnoldson | 1844–1916 | Swedish politician |
| K. R. Narayanan | 1920–2005 | President of India from 1997 to 2002 |
| Stephan El Shaarawy | 1992– | Italian association football player |
| Teresa Wright | 1918–2005 | American actress |
| Roy Lichtenstein | 1923–1997 | American pop artist |
| Vanessa-Mae | 1978– | British violinist |
| Isaac Singer | 1811–1875 | American businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine |
| Fritz Sauckel | 1894–1946 | German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal |
| Marla Maples | 1963– | American actress and TV personality |
Died on 27 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Akbar | 1542–1605 | Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605 |
| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | 1971–2019 | Leader of the Islamic State |
| Li Keqiang | 1955–2023 | Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023 |
| Lise Meitner | 1878–1968 | Austrian-Swedish physicist |
| Néstor Kirchner | 1950–2010 | President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 |
| Ulugh Beg | 1394–1449 | Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician |
| Lou Reed | 1942–2013 | American rock musician |
| Æthelstan | died 939 | King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 and King of the English from 927 to 939 |
| Ivan III of Russia | 1440–1505 | Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505 |
| John Hasbrouck Van Vleck | 1899–1980 | American physicist |
| Michael Servetus | 1511–1553 | Spanish physician and theologian |
| Vytautas the Great | 1350–1430 | Grand Duke of Lithuania |
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