List of Famous people born on February 27th
N. Scott Momaday
Navarre Scott Momaday is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Native American Renaissance. His follow-up work The Way to Rainy Mountain blended folklore with memoir. Momaday received the National Medal of Arts in 2007 for his work's celebration and preservation of indigenous oral and art tradition. He holds twenty honorary degrees from colleges and universities, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Virendra Kumar Khatik
Virendra Kumar Khatik is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Tikamgarh. He is an MP since 1996 and was a member in the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha.
Graciela Fernández Meijide
Rosa Graciela Castagnola de Fernández Meijide, better known as Graciela Fernández Meijide is an Argentine teacher, human rights activist and politician. She came to prominence by investigating the forced disappearances of thousands of people during the Dirty War. She later served as a deputy, senator, and government minister for the FrePaSo party.
Amanda Simard
Amanda Simard is a Canadian politician currently representing the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Simard was elected in the 2018 provincial election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, but left the PC caucus on November 29, 2018 after Ontario premier Doug Ford eliminated the province's French-language services commissioner and cancelled plans for a new French language university. On January 16, 2020, Simard joined the Ontario Liberal Party.
Saffet Sancaklı
Saffet Sancaklı is a politician and a retired Turkish footballer. He now is deputy of Nationalist Movement Party from Kocaeli. He played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship. He scored 130 goals in Turkish Premiere League with different teams. He is the first player who played with Three Turkish Giant s Beşiktaş (1987–1988), Galatasaray (1994–1995) and Fenerbahçe (1996–1998). He also played for Kültürspor (1983–1985), Vefa SK (1985–1987), Eskişehirspor, Sarıyer (1990–1991), Kocaelispor and Konyaspor. He is an ethnic Bosnian.
Jean-Paul Garraud
Jean-Paul Garraud is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the 10th constituency of the Gironde department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, later The Republicans. He is currently an independent; however, he was elected under the National Rally list along with other independent, Thierry Mariani, in the 2019 European Parliament election in France.
Pascale Petit
Pascale Petit is a French actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1957 to 2001.
Chip Caray
Harry Christopher "Chip" Caray III is a television broadcaster for Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast's coverage of the Atlanta Braves baseball and Southeastern Conference basketball, and is an occasional radio broadcaster and co-host of the pre-game and post-game shows on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for the Fox Saturday Game of the Week and as the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs from 1998 to 2004. He is the son of broadcaster Skip Caray, the grandson of broadcaster Harry Caray, and the older half-brother of broadcaster Josh Caray.
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman is an American actor. He played DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, Captain Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Sam Royer on One Day at a Time, and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.
Thibault Gouti
Thibault Gouti is a French mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division in the UFC.