Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 27

Births

 * 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
 * 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) (pictured)
 * 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
 * 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
 * 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
 * 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
 * 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
 * 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer

Deaths

 * 939 - King Athelstan I of England
 * 1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
 * 1675 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
 * 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
 * 2003 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)