List of Famous people born on January 27th

Raymond Boudon was a sociologist, philosopher and Professor in the Paris-Sorbonne University.

Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps was a French diplomat and writer, member of the scientific expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse and uncle of Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Petru Lucinschi, also Russified with the patronymic as Pyotr Kirillovich Luchinsky is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).

Andrei Pavel is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He is currently coaching the no. 60 male tennis player Marius Copil.

Lieutenant-General Richard "Dick" Taylor was an American planter, politician, military historian, and Confederate general. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving first as a brigade commander in Virginia, and later as an army commander in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. Taylor commanded the District of West Louisiana and was responsible for successfully opposing U.S. Federal Government troops invading upper northwest Louisiana during the Red River Campaign of 1864. He was the only son of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. After the war and Reconstruction, Taylor published a memoir about his experiences.