List of Famous people born on January 27th

Machida Hisanari (町田久成), also known as Ueno Ryōtarō, was a Japanese samurai and statesman of the Meiji period (1868–1912). He was the first director of the Tokyo National Museum.

Maia Estianty, known as Maia Ahmad during her marriage to fellow musician Ahmad Dhani, is an Indonesian musician, music producer, songwriter, singer, actress, businesswoman, talent show judge, and television personality.

Lai Chin-lin is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1991 and served until 1999, when he took office as a member of the Legislative Yuan. He left the Legislative Yuan in 2004 and became vice minister of the Council of Labor Affairs.

Seth Justman is the keyboard player for the U.S. rock band, The J. Geils Band.

Georg Anton Schäffer was a German physician in the employ of the Russian-American Company who attempted to conquer Hawaii for the Company and, ultimately, the Russian Empire. The bloodless Schäffer affair (1815–1817) or the Hawaiian spectacular, as it was called by contemporary Russians, became a significant financial blunder for the Company.

Herbert James Haddock was an English naval reserve officer and ship's captain, and was best known as the captain of the RMS Olympic at the time of the sinking of the Titanic. He was the first person to captain Titanic, overseeing the ship at Belfast while her delivery-trip crew was assembling there from 25 to 31 March 1912.

Samuel Palmer Hon.RE was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary pastoral paintings.

Fabián Ariel Orellana Valenzuela is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Valladolid and the Chilean national team.

Iana Kasian was a Ukrainian former prosecutor who was tortured and murdered by her fiancé, Blake Leibel, soon after the birth of their daughter.

Iris Tree was an English poet, actress and artists' model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventurer.