On This Day

Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

August 27 2007

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Events on This Day

World Championships Silver
Usain Bolt
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Renger-Patzsch
deceased
artist · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,267
🇺🇸Ben Branch
deceased
American entrepreneur, jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader · 1924–1987
Days lived
23,249

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on August 27 Died on August 27 On This Day Day Lookup

5,113

Ariana Greenblatt

Actor · b. 2007

Days alive

0

🇩🇪Aygül Özkan

Turkish-German business– and statesperson (born 1971) · b. 1971

Days alive

13,149

🇺🇸Blake Jenner

actor · b. 1992

Days alive

5,478

🇺🇸Bob Kerrey

entrepreneur · b. 1943

Days alive

23,376

🇺🇸Bodie Olmos

American actor · b. 1975

Days alive

11,688

🇩🇪Carl Bosch

deceased

chemist · 1874–1940

Days lived

23,983

🇺🇸Charles G. Dawes

deceased

Politician · 1865–1951

Days lived

31,284

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose

deceased

Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007) · 1931–2007

Days lived

27,804

🇩🇪Daniel Küblböck

deceased

German singer (1985–2018) · 1985–2018

Days lived

12,066

Ebenezer Thorarinsson

deceased

Icelandic cross country skier · 1931–2003

Days lived

26,099

Ed Gein

deceased

Notable Trials · 1906–1984

Days lived

28,458

🇦🇹Georg Wilhelm Pabst

deceased

Austrian film director (1885–1967) · 1885–1967

Days lived

29,859

Giuseppe Peano

deceased

Italian mathematician (*1858 – †1932) · 1858–1932

Days lived

26,899

🇬🇧Glen Matlock

singer · b. 1956

Days alive

18,627

🇩🇪Heidi Kabel

deceased

German actress (1914–2010) · 1914–2010

Days lived

34,991

🇺🇦Jamala

Opera singer · b. 1983

Days alive

8,766

🇩🇪Johannes Knoblauch

deceased

scientist · 1855–1915

Days lived

21,878

🇺🇸Kayla Ewell

actor · b. 1985

Days alive

8,035

🇩🇪Kelly Trump

German pornographic actress · b. 1970

Days alive

13,514

🇯🇵Kenji Miyazawa

deceased

Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933) · 1896–1933

Days lived

13,538

🇩🇪Kim Petras

German singer · b. 1992

Days alive

5,478

🇳🇴Kristen Nygaard

deceased

Computer scientist, Mathematician (1926-2002) · 1926–2002

Days lived

27,742

🇺🇸Lester Young

deceased

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) · 1909–1959

Days lived

18,097

Lucas cacapatuda

association football player · b. 1997

Days alive

3,652

🇺🇸Lyndon B. Johnson

deceased

politician · 1908–1973

Days lived

23,524

🇺🇸Man Ray

deceased

actor · 1890–1976

Days lived

31,494

🇺🇸Mario

singer · b. 1986

Days alive

7,670

🇩🇪Martin Häner

German field hockey player · b. 1988

Days alive

6,939

🇩🇪Michael Sauer

athlete · b. 1941

Days alive

24,106

🇷🇺Mikhail Ilyin

Russian political scientist · b. 1948

Days alive

21,549

🇬🇧Neil Murray

Scottish bassist · b. 1950

Days alive

20,819

🇩🇪Oskar von Hutier

deceased

military person · 1857–1934

Days lived

28,223

Peter Mensah

Actor · b. 1959

Days alive

17,532

🇺🇸Quentin Smith

deceased

writer · 1952–2020

Days lived

24,914

🇬🇧Richard Rutt

deceased

Anglican bishop, then converted to Catholicism (1925-2011) · 1925–2011

Days lived

31,380

🇦🇹Sarah Wiener

athlete · b. 1962

Days alive

16,436

🇯🇵Shunsuke Watanabe

film director · b. 1976

Days alive

11,322

🇬🇹Soluna Samay

singer · b. 1990

Days alive

6,209

🇦🇹Susi Lanner

deceased

actor · 1911–2006

Days lived

34,535

Susi Schmid

German field hockey player · b. 1960

Days alive

17,166

🇩🇪Suzanne Doucet

rapper · b. 1944

Days alive

23,010

🇬🇧Taylor Wane

British pornographic actress and director · b. 1968

Days alive

14,244

🇺🇸The Great Khali

actor · b. 1972

Days alive

12,783

🇩🇪Thomas Dörflinger

German politician (1965–) · b. 1965

Days alive

15,340

Tom Ford

Actor · b. 1961

Days alive

16,801

🇲🇽Vicente Zarazúa

deceased

Mexican tennis player (1944-2025) · 1944–2025

Days lived

29,664

🇺🇸William Albert Hiltner

deceased

American astronomer (1914–1991) · 1914–1991

Days lived

28,158

🇦🇹Bert Fortell

deceased

actor · 1924–1996

Days lived

26,276

🇺🇸Bob Hubbard

deceased

former American professional basketball player (1922–2011) · 1922–2011

Days lived

32,385

🇺🇸Bobby Marshall

deceased

film director · 1880–1958

Days lived

28,656

🇬🇧Brian Epstein

deceased

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967) · 1934–1967

Days lived

12,030

🇮🇹Cesare Pavese

deceased

writer · 1908–1950

Days lived

15,327

🇩🇪Eckart Muthesius

deceased

German architect (1904–1989) · 1904–1989

Days lived

31,148

🇩🇪Edmund Buchner

deceased

ancient historian (1923-2011) · 1923–2011

Days lived

32,086

🇬🇧Erika Mann

deceased

writer · 1905–1969

Days lived

23,302

🇩🇪Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser

deceased

Olympic field hockey player (1928–1995) · 1928–1995

Days lived

24,438

🇮🇳Hrishikesh Mukherjee

deceased

Indian film director (1922–2006) · 1922–2006

Days lived

30,647

🇦🇹John Gottowt

deceased

actor · 1881–1942

Days lived

22,352

🇩🇪Konrad Schaefer

deceased

German artist and graphic designer (1915-1991) · 1915–1991

Days lived

27,936

🇨🇭Le Corbusier

deceased

writer · 1887–1965

Days lived

28,449

🇺🇸Margaret Bourke-White

deceased

artist · 1904–1971

Days lived

24,545

🇩🇪Otto Schott

deceased

chemist · 1851–1935

Days lived

30,568

🇺🇸Siah Armajani

deceased

American sculptor and architect (1939–2020) · 1939–2020

Days lived

29,634

🇺🇸Stevie Ray Vaughan

deceased

guitarist · 1954–1990

Days lived

13,112

🇨🇭Teddy Stauffer

deceased

Swiss bandleader (1909-1991) · 1909–1991

Days lived

30,067

🇩🇪Theodor Haag

deceased

field hockey player (1901–1956) · 1901–1956

Days lived

20,256

🇺🇸Verna Lee Booker Hightower

deceased

African American rodeo competitor and civil rights activist (1930-1970) · 1930–1970

Days lived

14,672

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

42,511

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

42,174

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

40,049

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

38,954

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇦🇹Johannes Heesters

deceased

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011

Days lived

39,466

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

37,859

🇺🇸Emilio Navarro

deceased

Puerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011

Days lived

38,567

🇺🇸Washoe

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

deceased

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

9,799

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

61,599

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

52,041

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

51,007

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

50,641

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

48,085

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

46,737

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

71,068

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

51,737

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

30,089

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

27,632

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

25,542

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

23,519

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

12,939

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

11,756

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

11,051

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,364

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,321

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

10,100

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇺🇸Aaron Paul

Abram Arkhipov

Adama Ba

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Renger-Patzsch

🇺🇸Ben Branch

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇪🇨Lonesome George

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

Ariana Greenblatt

🇩🇪Aygül Özkan

🇺🇸Blake Jenner

🇺🇸Bob Kerrey

🇺🇸Bodie Olmos

🇩🇪Carl Bosch

🇺🇸Charles G. Dawes

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose

🇩🇪Daniel Küblböck

Ebenezer Thorarinsson

Ed Gein

🇦🇹Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Giuseppe Peano

🇬🇧Glen Matlock

🇩🇪Heidi Kabel

🇺🇦Jamala

🇩🇪Johannes Knoblauch

🇺🇸Kayla Ewell

🇩🇪Kelly Trump

🇯🇵Kenji Miyazawa

🇩🇪Kim Petras

🇳🇴Kristen Nygaard

🇺🇸Lester Young

Lucas cacapatuda

🇺🇸Lyndon B. Johnson

🇺🇸Man Ray

🇺🇸Mario

🇩🇪Martin Häner

🇩🇪Michael Sauer

🇷🇺Mikhail Ilyin

🇬🇧Neil Murray

🇩🇪Oskar von Hutier

Peter Mensah

🇺🇸Quentin Smith

🇬🇧Richard Rutt

🇦🇹Sarah Wiener

🇯🇵Shunsuke Watanabe

🇬🇹Soluna Samay

🇦🇹Susi Lanner

Susi Schmid

🇩🇪Suzanne Doucet

🇬🇧Taylor Wane

🇺🇸The Great Khali

🇩🇪Thomas Dörflinger

Tom Ford

🇲🇽Vicente Zarazúa

🇺🇸William Albert Hiltner

🇦🇹Bert Fortell

🇺🇸Bob Hubbard

🇺🇸Bobby Marshall

🇬🇧Brian Epstein

🇮🇹Cesare Pavese

🇩🇪Eckart Muthesius

🇩🇪Edmund Buchner

🇬🇧Erika Mann

🇩🇪Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser