List of Famous people born on February 27th
Florinda Ho
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS is an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis. He is a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts.
Steinar Johansen
Steinar Kjetil Johansen is a Norwegian speed skater. He was born in Holmestrand. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
Peter Buser
Jürg Peter Buser, known as Peter Buser, is a Swiss mathematician, specializing in differential geometry and global analysis.
Michel Mulder
Michel Mulder is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500 m distance and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist at the 1,000 m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships. His twin brother, Ronald Mulder, is also a speed skater. Despite being the defending champion for the 500m distance at the Olympic Games, Michel did not qualify for the 2018 Olympics. His twin brother competed in the event and finished in 7th place.
Bernard Lyot
Bernard Ferdinand Lyot was a French astronomer.
Margaret Patricia Walker
Tim Wylton
Tim Wylton is a British actor best known for his television roles as Stanley Dawkins in My Hero, and Lol Ferris in As Time Goes By.
Bruce Kovner
Bruce Stanley Kovner is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is Chairman of CAM Capital, which he established in January 2012 to manage his investment, trading and business activities. From 1983 through 2011, Kovner was Founder and Chairman of Caxton Associates, LP, a diversified trading company.
Maria Catalano
Maria Catalano is a female English snooker player. In the 2007 season she won the British Open and the Connie Gough National Championship. In December 2002, she was ranked number four in the world. She was ranked world number one for the 2013–14 season. In 2016 she described her ambition to win the Women's World Snooker Championship, to date she has been runner-up five times, the most recently in 2018.