List of Famous people born on January 27th
Haïdar El Ali
Haidar el Ali is a Senegalese ecologist, appointed Minister of Ecology in April 2012. In 2013 he became the Minister of Fisheries. He is also president of the Senegalese Green Party (FEDES).
Mairead Maguire
Mairead Maguire, also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People, an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize.
Liu Wen
Liu Wen is a Chinese model. In 2012, The New York Times dubbed her "China’s first bona fide supermodel". She was the first Chinese model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the first East Asian spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics, and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes magazine's annual highest-paid models list. In 2017, Liu became the second Chinese model to ever appear on the front cover of American Vogue. She is currently represented by The Society Management and is based in New York City.
Stefania Elfutina
Stefania Alexandrovna Elfutina is a Russian competitive sailor. Her first medal in a senior event was winning bronze at the 2016 European Sailing Championships in Helsinki.
Karin Roten Meier
Karin Roten Meier is a Swiss retired alpine skier. She won two FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races in her career. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Klaus Heuser
Klaus "Major“ Heuser is a German musician, composer and producer. He found international fame as the lead guitarist of the Cologne rock band BAP.
Luis D'Elía
Luis D'Elía is an Argentine activist and politician who served in the government of Néstor Kirchner. He is the founder and head of the Federation of Land, Housing and Habitat, which has been described as a "violent wing" of the Confederation of Argentine Workers.
Marc Coucke
Marc Coucke is a Belgian businessman, billionaire, inventor and media figure. Founder of former BEL20 pharmaceutical company Omega Pharma, he has spread his business interests across several sectors including art, through his company Kamacoucka, and sports, through the co-ownership and sponsorship of the UCI ProTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step cycling team, sponsorship of French Ligue 1 side Lille OSC and in the capacity of chairman of Belgian Pro League team Anderlecht.
Janick Gers
Janick Robert Gers is an English musician and one of the three guitarists in Iron Maiden. He was also previously a member of the bands Gillan and White Spirit.
Wolfgang Böhmer
Wolfgang Böhmer is a German politician (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.