List of Famous people born on August 27th

Augusto Righi was an Italian physicist and a pioneer in the study of electromagnetism. He was born and died in Bologna.

Damien Monier is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Aisan Racing Team.

William E. "Bill" Conway Jr. is an American businessman and investor. He serves as Co-Executive Chairman of the Board, Founder of the Carlyle Group.

Rusty Smith is a short track speed skater from the United States who won bronze in the 500m at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and another bronze in the 5000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Cainan Wiebe is a Canadian actor.

Frank Tate is a former American professional boxer.

Hubert Marischka, brother of Ernst Marischka, was an Austrian operetta tenor, actor, film director and screenwriter.

Dirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen was the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats.

Benoît Poilvet is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced. In May 2008, Poilvet took his first professional race victory with stage 5 of the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste. Poilvet also took the leader's jersey which he would keep to win the race.