April 27 (UPI) – People born on this date are the sign of Taurus.
— English historian Edward Gibbon in 1737
— Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in 1759
–Samuel F. B. Morse, American artist/inventor of magnetic telegraphy, in 1791
— Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United States/Civil War General, 1822
— Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon in 1896
— Cartoonist Walter Lantz in 1899
— English poet C. Day-Lewis in 1904
— Actor Jack Klugman in 1922
— Coretta Scott King, by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. , in 1927
— Radio and television announcer Casey Kasem in 1932
— Actor Sandy Dennis in 1937
— Playwright August Wilson in 1945
— Rock musician Ace Frehley in 1951 (age 71)
— George Gervin, 1952 Basketball Hall of Fame (age 70)
— Pop singer Sheena Easton in 1959 (age 63)
— Dutch King Willem-Alexander in 1967 (55 years)
— Political journalist Dana Milbank in 1968 (54 years old)
— Rock singer Patrick Stump in 1984 (age 38)
— Actress Jenna Coleman in 1986 (age 36)
— Actor William Moseley in 1987 (age 35)
— Singer Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, in 1988 (age 34)
— Actor Darren Barnet in 1991 (age 31)