List of Famous people who born in 1927

Giampiero Albertini was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Jerry Schatzberg is an American photographer and film director.

Erling Olsen was a Danish politician for the Social Democrats. He was member of parliament 1964–66, 1971–73 and 1975–98, and was member of four Danish governments as minister of housing 1978–82 and minister of justice 1993–94. Olsen was Speaker of the Folketing from 1994 to 1998. He was professor of economics and the founder and first Dean of Roskilde University 1971–73. A man of many original ideas, he helped create the University of the Arctic, a so-called university without walls.

Ettore Manni was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 107 films between 1952 and 1979.

Tommy McCook was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.

Rupert Crosse was an American television and film actor noted as the first African American to receive a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award — for his role in the 1969 adaptation of William Faulkner's The Reivers.

James Leo Herlihy was an American novelist, playwright and actor.

Yitzhak Hofi was a member of the Palmach, IDF General, chief of the Northern Command (Israel), and director of the Mossad.

Alois De Hertog was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1953 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.