List of Famous people born on December 27th
Verona van de Leur
Verona van de Leur is a retired Dutch artistic gymnast and adult film performer. She was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 2002 after winning the all-around silver medal at that year's European championships and the silver medal on floor exercise at the world championships.
Lily Cole
Lily Luahana Cole is a British model, actress and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns have included Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel and Cacharel.
Simon Case
Simon Case is a British civil servant who has served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service since 9 September 2020, succeeding Sir Mark Sedwill.
Cherry Ngan
Cherry Ngan is a Hong Kong singer, actress and model. She is best known for her role in the 2013 Chinese film The Way We Dance for which she nominated as best actress at both the Hong Kong Film Award and the Golden Horse Awards. As well as acting Ngan has appeared in a number of advertising campaigns including those for McDonald's, Olympus and K-Swiss. In 2017 she released her debut single Flash (閃光).
Tokiko Kato
Tokiko Kato is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, actress and activist.
Ana Konjuh
Ana Konjuh is a Croatian tennis player.
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. He has directed five feature films: I Stand Alone (1998), Irréversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), Love (2015), and Climax (2018).
Janet Street-Porter
Janet Vera Street-Porter is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality. She was the editor and producer of the Network 7 series on Channel Four, which was awarded a BAFTA for its graphics. Street-Porter was also an editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday, but relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002. Since 2011, she has been a regular weekly panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.
Diego El Cigala
Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala, is a famous Romani Flamenco gypsy singer. As he himself has said, the nickname was given to him by three guitar players, Los Losada, for his powerful voice, not by Camarón de la Isla as commonly believed.
Masi Oka
Masayori "Masi" Oka is an American actor, producer, and digital effects artist who became widely known for his role on NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS's Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman.