Abbey, Edward (January 29)
Author of The Monkey Wrench Gang
Famous People Born in 1927
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Beene, Geoffrey (August 30)
Designer of LBJ's daughter's wedding dress -
Belafonte, Harry (March 1)
The calypso crooner who sang "The Banana Boat Song" -
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King (December 5)
King of Thailand, 1946-2016 -
Bork, Robert H. (March 1)
President Reagan's rejected Supreme Court pick -
Bosley, Tom (October 1)
Mr. C, the dad on TV's Happy Days -
Brothers, Joyce (October 20)
The blond pop psychologist from the 1960s -
Carter, Rosalynn (August 18)
First Lady of the United States, 1977-81 -
Chavez, Cesar (March 31)
Leader of the 1960s grape boycott -
Clark, Mary Higgins (December 24)
The author of Where Are the Children? and other suspense stories -
Cooper, Gordon (March 6)
Mercury 7 astronaut and pilot of Gemini 5 -
Fosse, Bob (June 23)
The director and choreographer of the Broadway show Chicago -
Getz, Stan (February 2)
The jazz saxophonist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Gibson, Althea (August 25)
The first black woman to win the U.S. Open -
Keane, Margaret (September 15)
The painter of big-eyed waifs from the 1960s -
Keeshan, Bob (June 27)
TV's Captain Kangaroo -
Kerr, Anita (October 13)
Creator and leader of country music's The Anita Kerr Singers -
Keyes, Daniel (August 9)
The author of Flowers for Algernon -
King, Coretta Scott (April 27)
The wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Leigh, Janet (July 6)
The sexy star of Hitchcock's Psycho -
Lollobrigida, Gina (July 4)
The sexy Italian star of The World's Most Beautiful Woman -
Lynde, Paul (June 13)
Center square on the original The Hollywood Squares -
Matthiessen, Peter (May 22)
The author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord -
Merwin, W. S. (September 30)
The author of the collection The Carrier of Ladders -
Moore, Roger (October 14)
The actor who played James Bond in 7 films from 1973-85 -
Noguchi, Thomas (January 4)
The "Coroner to the Stars" -
Poitier, Sidney (February 20)
The star of the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night -
Pope Benedict XVI (April 16)
The supreme leader of the Catholic Church, 2005-2013 -
Raven, Simon (December 28)
The author of the Alms for Oblivion novels -
Riva, Emmanuelle (February 24)
The star of Hiroshima Mon Amour and Amour -
Scott, George C. (October 18)
The star of the Oscar-winning 1970 film Patton -
Severinsen, Doc (July 7)
Bandleader for Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show -
Simon, Neil (July 4)
The Broadway legend who wrote The Odd Couple -
Williams, Andy (December 3)
The crooner who sang "Moon River"