January 27: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is January 27th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 27th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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January 27th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 27th Birthdays: Famous Artists

British Pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes (La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Mariana at the Window and Ophelia) was born on January 27, 1832. CTRL-click here to view samples of this artist's work online in a new window.

American composer Jerome David Kern (The Cat and the Fiddle, Leave It to Jane, A Portrait of Mark Twain, The Red Petticoat, Roberta, Sally, Show Boat and Sunny) was born on January 27, 1885. Jerome Kern's most famous songs included "O;' Man River," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "The Way You Look Tonight."

Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian harpsichordist, violinist and classical and operatic composer (Bastien und Bastienne, La Clemenza di Tito, Così fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, La Finta Semplice, Idomeneo, Jupiter Symphony, Mitridate re di Ponto, Le Nozze di Figaro, Paris Symphon and Die Zauberflote), was born on January 27, 1756.

The 1984 motion picture Amadeus, starring Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham, was based on Mozart's life. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

American vaudevillian, pianist (Bootblack Trio and The Messenger Boys), film score composer (Animal Crackers, Bright Lights, Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Walking on Air) and screenwriter (The Kid from Spain, The Life of the Party and Lovely to Look at) Harold (Harry Ruby) Rubenstein was born on January 27, 1895. The 1950 motion picture Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton, portrays Harry Ruby's professional partnership with songwriter Bert Kalmar.