| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Edward Abbey | Author | 29-Jan-1927 | 14-Mar-1989 | Desert Solitaire | 
| Bob Abernethy | Journalist | 5-Nov-1927 |  | Former NBC News correspondent | 
| Paul Ableman | Novelist | 13-Jun-1927 | 25-Oct-2006 | I Hear Voices | 
| Brock Adams | Politician | 13-Jan-1927 | 10-Sep-2004 | US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 | 
| Joe Adcock | Baseball | 30-Oct-1927 | 3-May-1999 | Milwaukee Braves First Baseman | 
| Warren Adler | Novelist | 16-Dec-1927 | 15-Apr-2019 | The War of the Roses | 
| Bhumibol Adulyadej | Royalty | 5-Dec-1927 | 13-Oct-2016 | King of Thailand, 1946-2016 | 
| Raúl Alfonsín | Head of State | 13-Mar-1927 | 31-Mar-2009 | President of Argentina, 1983-89 | 
| Mose Allison | Singer | 11-Nov-1927 | 15-Nov-2016 | Southern bluesman, Jazz pianist | 
| Ed Ames | Singer | 9-Jul-1927 |  | Try to Remember | 
| Anne L. Armstrong | Government | 27-Dec-1927 | 30-Jul-2008 | US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 | 
| John Ashbery | Poet | 28-Jul-1927 | 3-Sep-2017 | Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror | 
| Richie Ashburn | Baseball | 19-Mar-1927 | 9-Sep-1997 | MLB Hall of Fame Whiz Kid | 
| Stanley Baker | Actor | 8-Feb-1927 | 28-Jun-1976 | Knights of the Round Table | 
| Hank Ballard | Singer | 18-Nov-1927 | 2-Mar-2003 | The Twist | 
| Ray Barrett | Actor | 2-May-1927 | 8-Sep-2009 | Peter Thornton on The Troubleshooters | 
| Eva Bartok | Actor | 18-Jun-1927 | 1-Aug-1998 | The Crimson Pirate | 
| Jorge Batlle Ibáñez | Head of State | 25-Oct-1927 | 24-Oct-2016 | President of Uruguay, 2000-05 | 
| Phil Batt | Politician | 4-Mar-1927 |  | Governor of Idaho, 1995-99 | 
| Frank Batten | Publisher | 11-Feb-1927 | 10-Sep-2009 | Founder, The Weather Channel | 
| Stephen Becker | Novelist | 31-Mar-1927 | 27-Mar-1999 | When the War Is Over | 
| Geoffrey Beene | Fashion Designer | 30-Aug-1927 | 28-Sep-2004 | Award-winning fashion designer | 
| Maurice Béjart | Choreographer | 1-Jan-1927 | 22-Nov-2007 | Innovative ballet choreographer | 
| Harry Belafonte | Singer/Songwriter | 1-Mar-1927 |  | Calypso singer | 
| Richard Bellamy | Art Dealer | 3-Dec-1927 | 29-Mar-1998 | Art dealer, NYC's Green Gallery | 
| Pope Benedict XVI | Religion | 16-Apr-1927 |  | Pope Emeritus | 
| Robert F. Bennett | Politician | 23-May-1927 | 9-Oct-2000 | Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 | 
| Gary Bertini | Conductor | 1-May-1927 | 18-Mar-2005 | Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 | 
| Mari Blanchard | Actor | 13-Apr-1927 | 10-May-1970 | She-Devil | 
| George Blanda | Football | 17-Sep-1927 | 27-Sep-2010 | Football hall-of-famer played 340 games | 
| James M. Blaut | Historian | 20-Oct-1927 | 11-Nov-2000 | The Colonizer's Model of the World | 
| Burt Blechman | Novelist | 2-Mar-1927 | 29-Dec-1998 | How Much? | 
| Herbert Blomstedt | Conductor | 11-Jul-1927 |  | Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005 | 
| Erma Bombeck | Columnist | 21-Feb-1927 | 22-Apr-1996 | The Grass is Always Greener | 
| James Booth | Actor | 19-Dec-1927 | 11-Aug-2005 | Zulu | 
| Robert Bork | Government | 1-Mar-1927 | 19-Dec-2012 | Fired Archibald Cox, later got himself borked | 
| Tom Bosley | Actor | 1-Oct-1927 | 19-Oct-2010 | Dad on Happy Days | 
| Elsbeth Bothe | Judge | 17-Oct-1927 |  | Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired | 
| John Brademas | Politician | 2-Mar-1927 | 11-Jul-2016 | Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 | 
| Sydney Brenner | Scientist | 13-Jan-1927 |  | Genetic regulation of organ development | 
| James Broderick | Actor | 7-Mar-1927 | 1-Nov-1982 | Doug Lawrence on Family | 
| Joyce Brothers | Psychologist | 20-Sep-1927 | 13-May-2013 | Pop psychologist | 
| Harold Brown | Government | 19-Sep-1927 | 4-Jan-2019 | US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 | 
| Jim Broyhill | Politician | 19-Aug-1927 |  | Congressman from North Carolina, 1963-86 | 
| Robert Brustein | Educator | 21-Apr-1927 |  | Founder, American Reportory Theatre | 
| Lloyd Bucher | Military | 1-Sep-1927 | 28-Jan-2004 | Commander of USS Pueblo | 
| George Busbee | Politician | 7-Aug-1927 | 16-Jul-2004 | Governor of Georgia, 1975-83 | 
| Carl Butler | Country Musician | 2-Jun-1927 | 4-Sep-1992 | Don't Let Me Cross Over | 
| Jack Butler | Football | 12-Nov-1927 | 11-May-2013 | Pittsburgh Steelers DB, Hall-of-Famer | 
| Robert N. Butler | Doctor | 21-Jan-1927 | 4-Jul-2010 | Expert on aging | 
| Susan Cabot | Actor | 9-Jul-1927 | 10-Dec-1986 | The Wasp Woman | 
| Donald W. Callender | Business | 27-Sep-1927 | 7-Jan-2009 | Marie Callender's restaurateur | 
| Levin H. Campbell | Judge | 2-Jan-1927 |  | 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-1992 | 
| Gianna Maria Canale | Actor | 12-Sep-1927 |  | I Vampiri | 
| Harvey Carignan | Criminal | 18-May-1927 |  | The Want-Ad Killer | 
| Pat Carroll | Actor | 5-May-1927 |  | Make Room for Daddy | 
| John Carter | Actor | 26-Nov-1927 | 23-May-2016 | Lt. John Biddle on Barnaby Jones | 
| Rosalynn Carter | First Lady | 18-Aug-1927 |  | Wife of US President Jimmy Carter | 
| Jack Cassidy | Actor | 5-Mar-1927 | 12-Dec-1976 | The Eiger Sanction | 
| Peggie Castle | Actor | 22-Dec-1927 | 11-Aug-1973 | Lily Merrill on Lawman | 
| Lauro F. Cavazos | Government | 4-Jan-1927 |  | US Secretary of Education, 1988-90 | 
| John Chancellor | Journalist | 14-Jul-1927 | 12-Jul-1996 | NBC Nightly News anchor | 
| Otis Chandler | Publisher | 23-Nov-1927 | 27-Feb-2006 | Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 | 
| Cesar Chavez | Labor Leader | 31-Mar-1927 | 23-Apr-1993 | Mastermind of the California grape boycott | 
| George E. Christian | Government | 1-Jan-1927 | 27-Nov-2002 | LBJ's press secretary | 
| Ramsey Clark | Government | 18-Dec-1927 |  | US Attorney General, 1967-69 | 
| Wesley A. Clark | Engineer | 10-Apr-1927 | 22-Feb-2016 | Designed LINC, the first PC | 
| Naomi W. Cohen | Historian | 13-Nov-1927 |  | Jews in Christian America | 
| Roy Cohn | Government | 20-Feb-1927 | 2-Aug-1986 | Joseph McCarthy's henchman | 
| Chris Connor | Singer | 8-Nov-1927 | 29-Aug-2009 | Jazz singer, I Miss You | 
| Michael Constantine | Actor | 22-May-1927 |  | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | 
| Barbara Cook | Singer | 25-Oct-1927 | 8-Aug-2017 | Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress | 
| Gordon Cooper | Astronaut | 6-Mar-1927 | 4-Oct-2004 | Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut | 
| Lou Creekmur | Football | 22-Jan-1927 | 5-Jul-2009 | Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer | 
| Richard Crenna | Actor | 30-Nov-1927 | 18-Jan-2003 | Our Miss Brooks | 
| Norm Crosby | Comic | 15-Sep-1927 |  | Stand-up and nightclub comic | 
| Peter Cundall | TV Personality | 1-Apr-1927 |  | Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008 | 
| Malcolm R. Currie | Business | 13-Mar-1927 |  | CEO of Hughes Aircraft, 1988-92 | 
| Dan Curtis | Film Director | 12-Aug-1927 | 27-Mar-2006 | Burnt Offerings | 
| Bill Daily | Actor | 30-Aug-1927 | 4-Sep-2018 | Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie | 
| William Daniels | Actor | 31-Mar-1927 |  | Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider | 
| Guy Davenport | Author | 23-Nov-1927 | 4-Jan-2005 | Thasos and Ohio | 
| Thayer David | Actor | 4-Mar-1927 | 17-Jul-1978 | Jergens in Rocky | 
| Colin Davis | Conductor | 25-Sep-1927 | 14-Apr-2013 | Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006 | 
| David Brion Davis | Historian | 16-Feb-1927 | 14-Apr-2019 | The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture | 
| John R. Davis, Jr. | Diplomat | 25-Jul-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Poland, 1983-90 | 
| Midge Decter | Journalist | 25-Jul-1927 |  | Neoconservative maven | 
| Alice Denham | Author | 21-Jan-1927 | 27-Jan-2016 | Sleeping with the Bad Boys | 
| Paul G. Desmarais | Business | 4-Jan-1927 | 8-Oct-2013 | CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96 | 
| David Dinkins | Politician | 10-Jul-1927 |  | Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 | 
| Steve Ditko | Cartoonist | 2-Nov-1927 | 27-Jun-2018 | Drew Spider-Man like nobody else has or can | 
| Alan J. Dixon | Politician | 7-Jul-1927 | 6-Jul-2014 | US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 | 
| Ken Dodd | Comic | 8-Nov-1927 | 11-Mar-2018 | British comedian, ventriloquist | 
| Tom Dooley | Activist | 17-Jan-1927 | 18-Jan-1961 | Deliver Us from Evil | 
| Winfield Dunn | Politician | 1-Jul-1927 |  | Governor of Tennessee, 1971-75 | 
| Otto Eckstein | Economist | 1-Aug-1927 | 22-Mar-1984 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 | 
| Paul Eddington | Actor | 18-Jun-1927 | 4-Nov-1995 | Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister | 
| Dave Edgerton | Business | 26-May-1927 | 3-Apr-2018 | Co-Founder of Burger King | 
| Edwin Edwards | Politician | 7-Aug-1927 |  | Former governor, convicted felon | 
| James B. Edwards | Politician | 24-Jun-1927 | 26-Dec-2014 | Governor of South Carolina, 1975-79 | 
| Geoffrey Eglinton | Geologist | 1-Nov-1927 | 11-Mar-2016 | Molecular organic geochemistry | 
| Manfred Eigen | Physicist | 9-May-1927 |  | Studied fast chemical reactions | 
| Dana Elcar | Actor | 10-Oct-1927 | 6-Jun-2005 | Pete Thornton on MacGyver | 
| Stein Eriksen | Skier | 11-Dec-1927 | 27-Dec-2015 | Norwegian Alpine skier | 
| John Erlenborn | Politician | 8-Feb-1927 | 30-Oct-2005 | Congressman from Illinois, 1965-84 | 
| Peter Falk | Actor | 16-Sep-1927 | 23-Jun-2011 | Detective Columbo | 
| Malachi Favors | Bassist | 22-Aug-1927 | 30-Jan-2004 | Bass player for Art Ensemble of Chicago | 
| Ruth Fertel | Business | 5-Feb-1927 | 16-Apr-2002 | Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House | 
| Cliff Finch | Politician | 4-Apr-1927 | 22-Apr-1986 | Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 | 
| Martin Fleischmann | Chemist | 29-Mar-1927 | 3-Aug-2012 | Cold fusion crank | 
| Friedrich Karl Flick | Business | 3-Feb-1927 | 5-Oct-2006 | Richest man in Austria | 
| Eddie Fontaine | Singer | 6-Mar-1927 | 13-Apr-1992 | Rock-a-billy singer and character actor | 
| William D. Ford | Politician | 6-Aug-1927 | 14-Aug-2004 | Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 | 
| Bob Fosse | Choreographer | 23-Jun-1927 | 23-Sep-1987 | Choreographer | 
| Bernard Fox | Actor | 11-May-1927 | 14-Dec-2016 | Dr. Bombay on Bewitched | 
| Nellie Fox | Baseball | 25-Dec-1927 | 1-Dec-1975 | MLB Hall of Famer | 
| Daniel J. Freed | Legal Scholar | 12-May-1927 | 17-Jan-2010 | Yale Law professor | 
| Lucio Fulci | Film Director | 17-Jun-1927 | 13-Mar-1996 | The Beyond | 
| Richard H. Gallagher | Engineer | 17-Nov-1927 | 30-Sep-1997 | Finite element method | 
| Gabriel García Márquez | Novelist | 6-Mar-1927 | 17-Apr-2014 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | 
| Richard N. Gardner | Diplomat | 9-Jul-1927 | 16-Feb-2019 | US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 | 
| Kika de la Garza | Politician | 22-Sep-1927 | 13-Mar-2017 | Congressman from Texas, 1965-97 | 
| Bruce S. Gelb | Diplomat | 24-Feb-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93 | 
| Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Politician | 21-Mar-1927 | 31-Mar-2016 | German Foreign Minister, 1974-92 | 
| Stan Getz | Jazz Musician | 2-Feb-1927 | 6-Jun-1991 | Jazz tenor saxophonist | 
| Althea Gibson | Tennis | 25-Aug-1927 | 28-Sep-2003 | First black woman to win Wimbledon | 
| William F. Goodling | Politician | 5-Dec-1927 |  | Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-2001 | 
| Lyle Gramley | Economist | 14-Jan-1927 | 22-Mar-2015 | Former Federal Reserve governor | 
| Bud Grant | Football | 20-May-1927 |  | Longtime coach of Minnesota Vikings | 
| Lee Grant | Actor | 31-Oct-1927 |  | Portnoy's Complaint | 
| Alex Grass | Business | 3-Aug-1927 | 27-Aug-2009 | Founder of Rite Aid | 
| Günter Grass | Author | 16-Oct-1927 | 13-Apr-2015 | German novelist, The Tin Drum | 
| Juliette Gréco | Singer | 7-Feb-1927 |  | Orpheus | 
| Alan C. Greenberg | Business | 3-Sep-1927 | 25-Jul-2014 | CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93 | 
| Donald P. Gregg | Government | 12-Dec-1927 |  | National Security Adviser to VP Bush | 
| Robert Guillaume | Actor | 30-Nov-1927 | 24-Oct-2017 | Benson | 
| Marvin Harris | Anthropologist | 18-Aug-1927 | 25-Oct-2001 | Anthropological historian | 
| Rosemary Harris | Actor | 19-Sep-1927 |  | Aunt May in Spider-Man | 
| Paula Hawkins | Politician | 24-Jan-1927 | 3-Dec-2009 | US Senator from Florida, 1981-87 | 
| David Hedison | Actor | 20-May-1927 |  | Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films | 
| Pierre Henry | Composer | 9-Dec-1927 | 5-Jul-2017 | Electronic music pioneer | 
| William Hickey | Actor | 19-Sep-1927 | 29-Jun-1997 | Prizzi's Honor | 
| Roger S. Hillas | Business | 11-Apr-1927 |  | Former Chairman of PNC Financial | 
| Barron Hilton | Business | 23-Oct-1927 |  | Chairman of Hilton Hotels | 
| Glen A. Holden | Business | 2-Jul-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1989-93 | 
| Robert Hossein | Actor | 30-Dec-1927 |  | Cemetery Without Crosses | 
| Joan Hotchkis | Actor | 21-Sep-1927 |  | Ellen Monroe on My World and Welcome to It | 
| James J. Howard | Politician | 24-Jul-1927 | 25-Mar-1988 | Congressman from New Jersey, 1965-88 | 
| Shirley Hughes | Author | 16-Jul-1927 |  | Alfie's Feet | 
| Samuel P. Huntington | Author | 18-Apr-1927 | 24-Dec-2008 | The Clash of Civilizations | 
| Dick Hyman | Pianist | 8-Mar-1927 |  | Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer | 
| Donald P. Jacobs | Economist | 22-Jun-1927 |  | Dean of the Kellogg School, 1975-2001 | 
| Charles Jarrott | Film Director | 16-Jun-1927 | 4-Mar-2011 | Anne of the Thousand Days | 
| Jackie Jensen | Baseball | 9-Mar-1927 | 14-Jul-1982 | American League MVP, 1958 | 
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Novelist | 7-May-1927 | 3-Apr-2013 | Heat and Dust | 
| Antonio Carlos Jobim | Musician | 25-Jan-1927 | 8-Dec-1994 | The Girl from Ipanema | 
| Richard Johnson | Actor | 30-Jul-1927 | 6-Jun-2015 | Treasure Island | 
| Manfred Jonas | Historian | 9-Apr-1927 | 25-Aug-2013 | Isolationism in America, 1935-1941 | 
| Dickie Jones | Actor | 25-Feb-1927 | 7-Jul-2014 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | 
| Elvin Jones | Drummer | 9-Sep-1927 | 18-May-2004 | Different Drummer | 
| Freddie Jones | Actor | 12-Sep-1927 |  | The Caesars | 
| L. Q. Jones | Actor | 19-Aug-1927 |  | Battle Cry | 
| Bill Justis | Musician | 14-Oct-1927 | 15-Jul-1982 | Raunchy | 
| John Kander | Composer | 18-Mar-1927 |  | Top Broadway composer | 
| Marvin Kaplan | Actor | 24-Jan-1927 | 25-Aug-2016 | Henry on Alice | 
| Henry Kaufman | Business | 20-Oct-1927 |  | Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers | 
| Fred Kavli | Philanthropist | 20-Aug-1927 | 21-Nov-2013 | Kavli Foundation | 
| William J. Keating | Publisher | 30-Mar-1927 |  | Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 | 
| Bob Keeshan | Actor | 27-Jun-1927 | 23-Jan-2004 | Captain Kangaroo | 
| Jack Kelly | Actor | 16-Sep-1927 | 7-Nov-1992 | Bart Maverick | 
| Amos Kenan | Author | 2-May-1927 | 4-Aug-2009 | The Road to Ein Harod | 
| Tom Kennedy | Game Show Host | 26-Feb-1927 |  | Host of Name That Tune, etc. | 
| Daniel Keyes | Novelist | 9-Aug-1927 | 15-Jun-2014 | Flowers for Algernon | 
| F. Ray Keyser, Jr. | Politician | 17-Aug-1927 | 7-Mar-2015 | Governor of Vermont, 1961-63 | 
| Alan King | Comic | 26-Dec-1927 | 9-May-2004 | Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture | 
| Coretta Scott King | Activist | 27-Apr-1927 | 30-Jan-2006 | Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King | 
| Galway Kinnell | Poet | 1-Feb-1927 | 28-Oct-2014 | Selected Poems | 
| Les Kinsolving | Journalist | 18-Dec-1927 |  | WorldNetDaily | 
| Phyllis Kirk | Actor | 18-Sep-1927 | 19-Oct-2006 | House of Wax | 
| Eartha Kitt | Singer | 17-Jan-1927 | 25-Dec-2008 | Catwoman | 
| Billy Klüver | Scientist | 13-Nov-1927 | 11-Jan-2004 | The Mr. Fix-It of kinetic art | 
| John A. Kocur | Business | 16-May-1927 |  | President of Apache Corporation, 1979-88 | 
| Lawrence Kohlberg | Psychologist | 25-Oct-1927 | 17-Jan-1987 | Stages of moral development | 
| Leszek Kolakowski | Philosopher | 23-Oct-1927 | 17-Jul-2009 | Polish refugee philosopher | 
| Vladimir Komarov | Astronaut | 16-Mar-1927 | 24-Apr-1967 | Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death | 
| Harvey Korman | Comic | 15-Feb-1927 | 29-May-2008 | The Carol Burnett Show | 
| Robert P. Kraft | Astronomer | 16-Jun-1927 | 26-May-2015 | Lick Observatory | 
| Cleo Laine | Singer | 28-Oct-1927 |  | Show Boat | 
| James T. Laney | Educator | 24-Dec-1927 |  | President of Emory University, 1977-93 | 
| Tommy Lasorda | Baseball | 22-Sep-1927 |  | Manager of the LA Dodgers, 1977-96 | 
| Claude Laydu | Actor | 10-Mar-1927 | 29-Jul-2011 | Diary of a Country Priest | 
| Donald C. Leidel | Diplomat | 31-Aug-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1983-86 | 
| Janet Leigh | Actor | 6-Jul-1927 | 4-Oct-2004 | Psycho | 
| Robin Leigh-Pemberton | Business | 5-Jan-1927 | 24-Nov-2013 | Governor of the Bank of England, 1983-93 | 
| Anthony Lewis | Journalist | 27-Mar-1927 | 25-Mar-2013 | Gideon's Trumpet | 
| Gina Lollobrigida | Actor | 4-Jul-1927 |  | Beautiful but dangerous | 
| Richard Long | Actor | 17-Dec-1927 | 21-Dec-1974 | Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley | 
| Stephen Low | Diplomat | 2-Dec-1927 | 15-Nov-2010 | US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1979-81 | 
| Malcolm M. Lucas | Judge | 19-Apr-1927 | 28-Sep-2016 | California Chief Justice, 1987-96 | 
| Robert Ludlum | Novelist | 25-May-1927 | 12-Mar-2001 | The Bourne Identity | 
| James Thomas Lynn | Government | 27-Feb-1927 | 6-Dec-2010 | US HUD Secretary, 1973-75 | 
| Alan G. MacDiarmid | Chemist | 14-Apr-1927 | 7-Feb-2007 | Metallic polymers | 
| Theodore Maiman | Physicist | 11-Jul-1927 | 5-May-2007 | Built the first working laser | 
| Arthur Malet | Actor | 24-Sep-1927 | 18-May-2013 | The Secret of NIMH | 
| Abby Mann | Screenwriter | 1-Dec-1927 | 25-Mar-2008 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 
| Harry M. Markowitz | Economist | 24-Aug-1927 |  | Portfolio theory | 
| Nan Martin | Actor | 15-Jul-1927 | 4-Mar-2010 | The Drew Carey Show | 
| Lauro Martines | Historian | 22-Nov-1927 |  | The Social World of the Florentine Humanists | 
| Al Martino | Singer | 7-Oct-1927 | 13-Oct-2009 | Here in My Heart | 
| Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr. | Author | 24-Oct-1927 | 16-Jan-2013 | To Kill the Devil | 
| Kurt Masur | Conductor | 18-Jul-1927 | 19-Dec-2015 | Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002 | 
| Harlan Mathews | Politician | 17-Jan-1927 | 9-May-2014 | US Senator from Tennessee, 1993-94 | 
| Peter Matthiessen | Novelist | 22-May-1927 | 5-Apr-2014 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | 
| Lois Maxwell | Actor | 14-Feb-1927 | 29-Sep-2007 | Miss Moneypenny | 
| Harrison McCain | Business | 3-Nov-1927 | 18-Mar-2004 | Frozen french fry billionaire | 
| Al McCandless | Politician | 23-Jul-1927 | 9-Aug-2017 | Congressman from California, 1983-95 | 
| John McCarthy | Computer Programmer | 4-Sep-1927 | 24-Oct-2011 | Created LISP programming language | 
| Pete McCloskey | Politician | 29-Sep-1927 |  | Congressman from California, 1967-83 | 
| Red McCombs | Business | 19-Oct-1927 |  | Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel | 
| Tommy McCook | Musician | 3-Mar-1927 | 5-May-1998 | Sax player for The Skatalites | 
| Pat McCormick | Comic | 30-Jun-1927 | 29-Jul-2005 | Smokey and the Bandit | 
| Forrest McDonald | Historian | 7-Jan-1927 | 19-Jan-2016 | We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution | 
| John McLaughlin | Talk Show Host | 29-Mar-1927 | 16-Aug-2016 | The McLaughlin Group | 
| Lloyd Meeds | Politician | 11-Dec-1927 | 17-Aug-2005 | Congressman from Washington, 1965-79 | 
| W. S. Merwin | Poet | 30-Sep-1927 | 15-Mar-2019 | The Carrier of Ladders | 
| Jack Metcalf | Politician | 30-Nov-1927 | 15-Mar-2007 | Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001 | 
| Robert H. Miller | Diplomat | 8-Sep-1927 |  | US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1983-86 | 
| Robert L. Mills | Physicist | 15-Apr-1927 | 27-Oct-1999 | Subatomic particles | 
| César Milstein | Scientist | 8-Oct-1927 | 24-Mar-2002 | Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) | 
| Patsy Mink | Politician | 6-Dec-1927 | 28-Sep-2002 | Congresswoman from Hawaii | 
| Marvin Minsky | Scientist | 9-Aug-1927 | 24-Jan-2016 | Father of Artificial Intelligence | 
| Joseph Moakley | Politician | 27-Apr-1927 | 28-May-2001 | Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 | 
| Thomas S. Monson | Religion | 21-Aug-1927 |  | President of the Mormon Church | 
| Roger Moore | Actor | 14-Oct-1927 | 23-May-2017 | James Bond after Sean Connery | 
| Robert Mosbacher | Government | 11-Mar-1927 | 24-Jan-2010 | US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92 | 
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Politician | 16-Mar-1927 | 26-Mar-2003 | US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 | 
| K. Alex Müller | Physicist | 20-Apr-1927 |  | High-temperature superconductivity | 
| Steven Muller | Educator | 22-Nov-1927 | 19-Jan-2013 | President of Johns Hopkins, 1972-90 | 
| Gerry Mulligan | Jazz Musician | 6-Apr-1927 | 20-Jan-1996 | Greatest jazz baritonist of all time | 
| Peter Munk | Business | 8-Nov-1927 |  | Founder of Barrick Gold | 
| Rosemary Murphy | Actor | 13-Jan-1927 | 5-Jul-2014 | Eleanor and Franklin | 
| John T. Myers | Politician | 8-Feb-1927 | 27-Jan-2015 | Congressman from Indiana, 1967-97 | 
| Si Newhouse, Jr. | Publisher | 8-Nov-1927 | 1-Oct-2017 | Chairman of Condé Nast | 
| Pauline Newman | Judge | 20-Jun-1927 |  | US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit | 
| George Nigh | Politician | 9-Jun-1927 |  | Governor of Oklahoma, 1979-87 | 
| Marshall W. Nirenberg | Scientist | 10-Apr-1927 | 15-Jan-2010 | RNA's role in protein synthesis | 
| Agnes Nixon | Film/TV Producer | 10-Dec-1927 | 28-Sep-2016 | Daytime soap operas | 
| Thomas T. Noguchi | Doctor | 4-Jan-1927 |  | Coroner to the Stars | 
| Robert Noyce | Inventor | 12-Dec-1927 | 3-Jun-1990 | Co-Inventor, integrated circuit | 
| Tim O'Connor | Actor | 3-Jul-1927 |  | Elliot Carson on Peyton Place | 
| Patrick O'Neal | Actor | 26-Sep-1927 | 9-Sep-1994 | Chamber of Horrors | 
| George A. Olah | Chemist | 22-May-1927 | 8-Mar-2017 | Isolated carbonium ions | 
| Marcel Ophüls | Film Director | 1-Nov-1927 |  | The Sorrow and the Pity | 
| Robert Orben | Author | 4-Mar-1927 |  | Prolific jokewriter | 
| Turgut Özal | Head of State | 13-Oct-1927 | 17-Apr-1993 | 8th President of Turkey | 
| Geneviève Page | Actor | 13-Dec-1927 |  | Belle de Jour | 
| Patti Page | Singer | 8-Nov-1927 | 1-Jan-2013 | The Tennessee Waltz | 
| Olof Palme | Head of State | 30-Jan-1927 | 28-Feb-1986 | Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated | 
| Geoffrey Palmer | Actor | 4-Jun-1927 |  | Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By | 
| Gregg Palmer | Actor | 25-Jan-1927 | 31-Oct-2015 | The Rebel Set | 
| Eugene Parker | Astronomer | 10-Jun-1927 |  | Solar winds | 
| Estelle Parsons | Actor | 20-Nov-1927 |  | Character and TV actress | 
| William N. Patman | Politician | 26-Mar-1927 | 9-Dec-2008 | Congressman from Texas, 1981-85 | 
| Earl Paulk | Religion | 30-May-1927 | 29-Mar-2009 | Chapel Hill Harvester Church | 
| Pat Paulsen | Comic | 6-Jul-1927 | 24-Apr-1997 | Perpetual presidential candidate | 
| Barbara Payton | Actor | 16-Nov-1927 | 8-May-1967 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | 
| Martin L. Perl | Physicist | 24-Jun-1927 | 30-Sep-2014 | Discovered the tau lepton | 
| Joe Perry | Football | 22-Jan-1927 | 25-Apr-2011 | 49ers fullback, Hall-of-Famer | 
| William J. Perry | Government | 11-Oct-1927 |  | US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97 | 
| Brock Peters | Actor | 2-Jul-1927 | 23-Aug-2005 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 
| Lee Philips | Film Director | 10-Jan-1927 | 3-Mar-1999 | TV movie director | 
| McCandlish Phillips | Journalist | 4-Dec-1927 | 9-Apr-2013 | The New York Times | 
| Milton Plesur | Historian | 16-Apr-1927 | 1987 | Jewish Life in Twentieth-Century America | 
| George Plimpton | Author | 18-Mar-1927 | 25-Sep-2003 | Paper Lion | 
| Sidney Poitier | Actor | 20-Feb-1927 |  | In The Heat Of The Night | 
| John Pont | Football | 13-Nov-1927 | 1-Jul-2008 | IU-Bloomington Head Coach, 1965-72 | 
| Gene Pope | Business | 13-Jan-1927 | 2-Oct-1988 | National Enquirer and Weekly World News | 
| Leontyne Price | Singer | 10-Feb-1927 |  | Operatic soprano | 
| James Prior | Politician | 11-Oct-1927 | 12-Dec-2016 | Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84 | 
| Joan Quigley | Paranormal | 10-Apr-1927 | 23-Oct-2014 | Reagan's astrologer | 
| Denis Quilley | Actor | 26-Dec-1927 | 5-Oct-2003 | Privates on Parade | 
| Edward Randall III | Business | c. 1927 |  | CEO of Rotan Mosle, 1970-84 | 
| Kenneth A. Randall | Business | 22-Jun-1927 |  | Chairman of the FDIC, 1965-70 | 
| Boots Randolph | Musician | 3-Jun-1927 | 3-Jul-2007 | Yakety Sax | 
| John Rauch | Football | 20-Aug-1927 | 10-Jun-2008 | Raiders Head Coach, 1966-68 | 
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | Politician | 29-Mar-1927 |  | Congressman from South Carolina, 1987-95 | 
| Johnnie Ray | Musician | 10-Jan-1927 | 24-Feb-1990 | Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried | 
| Richard Ray | Politician | 2-Feb-1927 | 29-May-1999 | Congressman from Georgia, 1983-93 | 
| Peter Mark Richman | Actor | 16-Apr-1927 |  | Nick Cain on Cain's Hundred | 
| Bruce Ritter | Religion | 25-Feb-1927 | 7-Oct-1999 | Disgraced priest | 
| Emmanuelle Riva | Actor | 24-Feb-1927 | 27-Jan-2017 | Amour | 
| Rachel Roberts | Actor | 20-Sep-1927 | 26-Nov-1980 | This Sporting Life | 
| Paul Robeson, Jr. | Activist | 2-Nov-1927 | 26-Apr-2014 | Son of Paul Robeson | 
| William D. Rogers | Diplomat | 12-May-1927 | 22-Sep-2007 | Under Secretary of State, 1976-77 | 
| Maurice Ronet | Actor | 13-Apr-1927 | 14-Mar-1983 | Elevator to the Gallows | 
| J. Patrick Rooney | Business | 13-Dec-1927 | 15-Sep-2008 | Golden Rule Insurance | 
| Stuart Rosenberg | Film Director | 11-Aug-1927 | 15-Mar-2007 | Cool Hand Luke | 
| Robert Rosenblum | Art Historian | 24-Jul-1927 | 6-Dec-2006 | Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art | 
| Herbert Ross | Film Director | 13-May-1927 | 9-Oct-2001 | Steel Magnolias | 
| Mstislav Rostropovich | Cellist | 27-Mar-1927 | 27-Apr-2007 | Cellist and conductor | 
| John H. Rousselot | Politician | 1-Nov-1927 | 11-May-2003 | Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83 | 
| F. Sherwood Rowland | Chemist | 28-Jun-1927 | 10-Mar-2012 | Ozone depletion | 
| Bill Rowling | Head of State | 15-Nov-1927 | 31-Oct-1995 | Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75 | 
| Barbara Rush | Actor | 4-Jan-1927 |  | The Young Philadelphians | 
| Ken Russell | Film Director | 3-Jul-1927 | 27-Nov-2011 | Altered States | 
| Mort Sahl | Comic | 11-May-1927 |  | Early influential stand-up comic | 
| Kim Young Sam | Head of State | 20-Dec-1927 | 22-Nov-2015 | President of South Korea, 1993-98 | 
| John D. Scanlan | Diplomat | 20-Dec-1927 | 20-Nov-2007 | US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89 | 
| George C. Scott | Actor | 18-Oct-1927 | 22-Sep-1999 | Patton | 
| Terry Scott | Actor | 4-May-1927 | 26-Jul-1994 | Terry and June | 
| Vin Scully | Sports Journalist | 29-Nov-1927 |  | Voice of the Dodgers | 
| John Seigenthaler | Editor | 27-Jul-1927 | 11-Jul-2014 | Tennessean editor, RFK aide | 
| Doc Severinsen | Conductor | 7-Jul-1927 |  | Johnny Carson's musical sidekick | 
| Ted Shackley | Government | 16-Jul-1927 | 9-Dec-2002 | The CIA's Blond Ghost | 
| Bob Shamansky | Politician | 18-Apr-1927 | 11-Aug-2011 | Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 | 
| Robert Shaw | Actor | 9-Aug-1927 | 28-Aug-1978 | Quint in Jaws | 
| Chandra Shekhar | Head of State | 1-Jul-1927 | 8-Jul-2007 | Prime Minister of India, 1990-91 | 
| Ann Allen Shockley | Author | 21-Jun-1927 |  | Loving Her | 
| Hugh Sidey | Journalist | 3-Sep-1927 | 21-Nov-2005 | Time magazine | 
| Neil Simon | Playwright | 4-Jul-1927 | 26-Aug-2018 | The Odd Couple | 
| William E. Simon | Government | 27-Nov-1927 | 3-Jun-2000 | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 | 
| Norman Sisisky | Politician | 9-Jun-1927 | 29-Mar-2001 | Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 | 
| Joseph Skeen | Politician | 30-Jun-1927 | 7-Dec-2003 | Congressman from New Mexico, 1981-2003 | 
| Carl Smith | Country Musician | 15-Mar-1927 | 16-Jan-2010 | Mr. Country | 
| O. Bruton Smith | Business | 3-Mar-1927 |  | Billionaire, Sonic Automotive | 
| Vernon L. Smith | Economist | 1-Jan-1927 |  | Experimental economics | 
| William Smithers | Actor | 10-Jul-1927 |  | Jeremy Wendell on Dallas | 
| Richard A. Snelling | Politician | 18-Feb-1927 | 14-Aug-1991 | Twice Governor of Vermont | 
| Henry Spira | Activist | 19-Jun-1927 | 12-Sep-1998 | Animal rights activist | 
| Dennis Stanfill | Business | 1-Apr-1927 |  | CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81 | 
| Dr. Ralph Stanley | Musician | 27-Feb-1927 | 23-Jun-2016 | Bluegrass musician | 
| Jerry Stiller | Actor | 8-Jun-1927 |  | Frank Costanza on Seinfeld | 
| Carl B. Stokes | Politician | 21-Jun-1927 | 3-Apr-1996 | Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71 | 
| Bob Stump | Politician | 4-Apr-1927 | 20-Jun-2003 | Congressman from Arizona, 1977-2003 | 
| Carl Switzer | Actor | 7-Aug-1927 | 21-Jan-1959 | Alfalfa in Our Gang | 
| James Symington | Politician | 28-Sep-1927 |  | Congressman from Missouri, 1969-77 | 
| Edmund Cardinal Szoka | Religion | 14-Sep-1927 | 20-Aug-2014 | Archbishop of Detroit, 1981-90 | 
| Henry Taub | Business | 20-Sep-1927 | 31-Mar-2011 | Founder of ADP | 
| Shintaro Tsuji | Business | 7-Dec-1927 |  | Sanrio founder | 
| C. Delores Tucker | Activist | 4-Oct-1927 | 12-Oct-2005 | National Congress of Black Women | 
| Beverly Tyler | Actor | 5-Jul-1927 | 23-Nov-2005 | The Green Years | 
| Kenneth Tynan | Critic | 2-Apr-1927 | 26-Jul-1980 | British theatre critic | 
| Tzannis Tzannetakis | Head of State | 13-Sep-1927 | 1-Apr-2010 | Prime Minister of Greece, 1989 | 
| Lew Urry | Chemist | 29-Jan-1927 | 19-Oct-2004 | Inventor of alkaline battery | 
| John R. Vane | Scientist | 29-Mar-1927 | 19-Nov-2004 | Prostaglandins | 
| Simone Veil | Politician | 13-Jul-1927 | 30-Jun-2017 | President of the European Parliament, 1979-82 | 
| Lillian Vernon | Business | 18-Mar-1927 | 14-Dec-2015 | Mail-order maven of America | 
| Paul Volcker | Economist | 5-Sep-1927 |  | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 | 
| Frederick Vreeland | Diplomat | 24-Jun-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Morocco, 1992-93 | 
| Porter Wagoner | Country Musician | 12-Aug-1927 | 28-Oct-2007 | The Thin Man from West Plains | 
| Clint Walker | Actor | 30-May-1927 | 21-May-2018 | Movie cowboy | 
| Doak Walker | Football | 1-Jan-1927 | 27-Sep-1998 | Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer | 
| John Warner | Politician | 18-Feb-1927 |  | US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009 | 
| James Watkins | Government | 7-Mar-1927 | 26-Jul-2012 | US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93 | 
| Rembert Weakland | Religion | 2-Apr-1927 |  | Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1977-2002 | 
| James H. Weaver | Politician | 8-Aug-1927 |  | Congressman from Oregon, 1975-87 | 
| Murray L. Weidenbaum | Economist | 10-Feb-1927 | 20-Mar-2014 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82 | 
| Virginia Weidler | Actor | 21-Mar-1927 | 1-Jul-1968 | The Philadelphia Story | 
| Theodore S. Weiss | Politician | 17-Sep-1927 | 14-Sep-1992 | Congressman from New York, 1977-92 | 
| Harry Whittington | Attorney | 3-Mar-1927 |  | Shot by Dick Cheney | 
| Brian Wilde | Actor | 13-Jun-1927 | 20-Mar-2008 | Foggy on Last of the Summer Wine | 
| Andy Williams | Singer | 3-Dec-1927 | 25-Sep-2012 | Moon River | 
| George C. Wilson | Journalist | 11-Jul-1927 |  | Bridge of No Return | 
| Jules Witcover | Columnist | 16-Jul-1927 |  | Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist | 
| Victor Wong | Actor | 31-Jul-1927 | 12-Sep-2001 | Egg Shen | 
| Douglas T. Wright | Educator | 4-Oct-1927 |  | President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93 | 
| James Wright | Poet | 13-Dec-1927 | 25-Mar-1980 | The Branch Will Not Break | 
| Peter Wyngarde | Actor | c. 1927 | 15-Jan-2018 | Jason King | 
| Gus Yatron | Politician | 16-Oct-1927 | 13-Mar-2003 | Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 | 
| Bill Yeoman | Football | 26-Dec-1927 |  | Houston Head Coach, 1962-86 | 
| Howard Zieff | Film Director | 21-Oct-1927 | 22-Feb-2009 | Private Benjamin |