List of Famous people born on January 27th

Ginette Martenot (1902–1996) was a French pianist, and an expert and leading performer on the twentieth-century electronic instrument the ondes Martenot, which was invented by her brother Maurice. At the age of sixteen, she entered the Paris Conservatory, where she studied counterpoint and fugue with the composer Arthur Honegger. She gave the first performance as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod taking the solo piano part.

Hugh Howard, styled The Honourable from 1776, was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Francesco Leonetti was an Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist.

Marie Adolphe Carnot was a French chemist, mining engineer and politician. He came from a distinguished family: his father, Hippolyte Carnot, and brother, Marie François Sadi Carnot, were politicians, the latter becoming President of the third French Republic.

Hitoshi Fujie is a professional Japanese baseball player who is currently a free agent.

John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington, PC was a British statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872.