Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/March 27

Births

 * 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923) (pictured)
 * 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
 * 1899 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
 * 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
 * 1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer

Deaths

 * 1625 - King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
 * 1968 - Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (b. 1934)
 * 2002 - Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
 * 2002  - Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)