List of Famous people born on January 27th

Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, FRS HFRSE FLS was a British evolutionary biologist, a lifelong advocate of natural selection through a period in which many scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its importance. He invented the term sympatric for evolution of species in the same place, and in his book The Colours of Animals (1890) was the first to recognise frequency-dependent selection. Poulton is also remembered for his pioneering work on animal coloration. He is credited with inventing the term aposematism for warning coloration, as well as for his experiments on 'protective coloration' (camouflage). Poulton became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893.

Inge Ginsberg was an Austrian-Swiss author and singer. While in Switzerland during the Second World War she was involved with the Italian resistance movement.

Mauno Pekkala was a Finnish statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister from 1946 to 1948.

Jaana Pelkonen is a Finnish member of parliament and former television hostess.

Stewart Raffill is a British writer and director.

Cornelis (Cees) van der Knaap is a Dutch politician. He was State Secretary for Defence for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).