September 27 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 27, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#27 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 27 birthdays
Henri-Frédéric Amiel · Swiss philosopher and poet1821
Albert Ellis · American psychologist1913
Martin Ryle · English radio astronomer1918
Arthur Penn · American producer and director1922
Robert Edwards · English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro1925
Oliver E. Williamson · American economist1932
Wilford Brimley · American actor and singer1934
Meat Loaf · American singer and actor1947
Larry Wall · American computer programmer and author1954
Steve Kerr · American basketball player and coach1965
Mari Kiviniemi · Finnish politician1968
Gwyneth Paltrow · American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer1972
Francesco Totti · Italian association football player1976
Shinji Ono · Japanese association football player1979
Lil Wayne · American rapper and singer1982
Avril Lavigne · Canadian singer-songwriter1984
Mitski · Japanese-American singer-songwriter1990
Simona Halep · Romanian female tennis player1991
Granit Xhaka · Swiss footballer1992
Jenna Ortega · American actress2002
On this day in history
1908The first production Ford Model T, the car credited with initiating the mass use of automobiles in the United States, was completed at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
1917The Broadhurst Theatre opened in New York City with a performance of Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw.
1941SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched.
1983American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software developed by the GNU Project.
1875The merchant ship Ellen Southard was wrecked in a storm at Liverpool, England; the U.S. Congress subsequently awarded 27 Gold Lifesaving Medals to the men who rescued her crew.
1981Iran–Iraq War: Iran broke the Iraqi siege of Abadan by Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh.
1988Led by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, the political party National League for Democracy was founded in Burma.
2007NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
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