List of Famous people born on December 27th
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Emmanuil Gedeonovich Vitorgan is a Soviet, Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990). People's Artist of Russia (1998). He acted in over a hundred films.
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and has won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
James Harrison
James Christopher Harrison, OAM, also known as the Man with the Golden Arm, is a blood plasma donor from Australia whose unusual plasma composition has been used to make a treatment for Rhesus disease. He has made over 1,000 donations throughout his lifetime, and these donations are estimated to have saved over 2.4 million babies from the condition. On 11 May 2018 he made his 1173rd donation – his last, as Australian policy prohibits blood donations from those past age 81.
Isaac Palazón Camacho
Isaac "Isi" Palazón Camacho is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Segunda Division club Rayo Vallecano as a left winger.
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable, led by William Regal. Castagnoli is best known for his 11-year tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2022, where he performed under the ring name Cesaro. He’s also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) and various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH).
Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell is an American author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress. Vowell has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows. She was also the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.
James Cahill
James Cahill is an English snooker player from Blackpool. Cahill first turned professional in 2013, aged 17, after winning the European Under 21 Championships, but returned to amateur status in 2017.
Jayley Woo
Jayley Woo is a Singaporean actress. She was a full-time MediaCorp artiste from 2012 to 2018 but continues to work on an ad hoc basis.
Nitish Rana
Nitish Rana is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is an All-rounder, a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who is also a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In November 2018, he was named as the captain of Delhi, replacing Gautam Gambhir.
Dahntay Jones
Dahntay Lavall Jones is an American player development basketball coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. He was a former professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Rutgers and Duke. In 2016, he won his first and only NBA Championship with the Cavaliers.