List of Famous people born on January 27th

George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Records.

Paul Edmond Messier is a retired ice hockey player. He is the older brother of NHL player Mark Messier.

Peter Farazijn is a former Belgian racing cyclist.

Adolphe Steg was a Czechoslovak-born French urologist and Holocaust survivor.

Jaya Suprana, is an Indonesian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, cartoonist, and television presenter.

Howard Percy "Bob" Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for contributions related to physical cosmology and the uncertainty principle. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and Princeton University.

Keith Wood is an Irish former international rugby union footballer who played hooker for Ireland, the Lions, Garryowen, Harlequins and Munster. He was nicknamed 'The Raging Potato' because of his bald head. He was also known as 'Uncle Fester' due to his resemblance to a character in The Addams Family. Wood is considered by many to be the best hooker in rugby union during his era, winning the inaugural World Rugby Player of the Year, and among the best hookers in the history of rugby union.