List of Famous people born on August 27th
Rod Wave
Rodarius Marcell Green known professionally as Rod Wave, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his strong voice and incorporation of R&B and hip-hop. Green rose to fame with the 2019 single "Heart on Ice", which went viral on YouTube and TikTok and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Green's debut album, Ghetto Gospel (2019), peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard 200. His second album, Pray 4 Love (2020), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, and included his highest-charting song, "Rags2Riches." His third album, SoulFly, released on March 26, 2021.
Gerhard Berger
Gerhard Berger is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. He competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship, both times driving for Ferrari. He won ten Grands Prix, achieved 48 podiums, 12 poles and 21 fastest laps. With 210 starts he is amongst the most experienced Formula One drivers of all time. He led 33 of the 210 races he competed in and retired from 95 of them. His first and last victories were also the first and last victories for the Benetton team, with eleven years separating them. He was also a race winner with Ferrari and with McLaren. When at McLaren, Berger drove alongside Ayrton Senna, contributing to the team's 1990 and 1991 constructors titles.
Lisa Ashton
Lisa Ashton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time British Darts Organisation (BDO) women's world champion.
Sugar Lyn Beard
Stephanie Lyn Beard, better known by her stage name Sugar Lyn Beard, is a Canadian television actress, voice actress and television and radio personality. Her radio host persona uses the name "Suga BayBee", and as co-host of YTV's The Zone from 2001-2007, she was called "Sugar".
Casey Urlacher
Casey Urlacher is an American politician and former football player. He has been the mayor of Mettawa, Illinois since 2013. Urlacher previously played football in the Arena Football League for two seasons for the Chicago Rush and Nashville Kats. He is the brother of former National Football League linebacker Brian Urlacher.
John Henry Williams
John Henry Williams was the only son of baseball player Ted Williams. His mother was Ted's third wife, Dolores Wettach.
Dawid Tomala
Dawid Tomala is a Polish race walker and current Olympic champion in the 50km walk, having won gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He additionally represented his country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London finishing 19th in the 20 kilometers walk.
Y. S. Avinash Reddy
Y. S. Avinash Reddy is an Indian politician who is the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general elections of 2014 and 2019 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate. He along with his party MPs resigned for their posts in protest for not giving special status to AP as promised by putting no confidence motion on PM Modi. YSRCP is first party to put no confidence motion on PM Modi.
Colt Ford
Jason Farris Brown known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country singer, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and former professional golfer best known for his music fusing country singer He has released seven albums via Average Joes Entertainment, which he co-founded. Ford has charted six times on the Hot Country Songs charts and co-wrote "Dirt Road Anthem", a song on his 2008 album Ride Through the Country, which Jason Aldean later covered on his My Kinda Party album.
Kerry O'Brien
Kerry Michael O'Brien is an Australian journalist based in Byron Bay. He is the former editor and host of The 7.30 Report and Four Corners on the ABC. He has been awarded six Walkley Awards during his career.