Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 27
Births[edit]
- 1877 – Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910)
- 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
- 1899 – C. S. Forester, English author (d. 1966)
- 1908 – Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
- 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
- 1910 – Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1997)
- 1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
- 1952 – Paul Reubens, American actor (d. 2023)
Deaths[edit]
- 1577 – Titian, Italian artist (pictured)
- 1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
- 1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights activist and scholar (b. 1868)
- 1965 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (b. 1887)