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After attracting international attention for transitioning as a teenager, she released her debut EP, One Piece of Tape (2011), and wrote tracks for Fergie, JoJo, Skylar Simone, and Twice.
Famous Birthdays on August 27
1992 — Kim Petras
German singer-songwriter
August 27 has 266 recorded notable births across history, from 865 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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865 – 2007
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- 1980 South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea. Source
- 1791 French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition. Source
- 1813 French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. Source
- 1859 Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Source
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Lifeson is the only member of Rush to have stayed in the band throughout its entire existence and, alongside Lee, the only member to appear on all of the band's albums.
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Mase guest appeared on Combs' 1997 single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, while his first two singles as a lead artist, "Feel So Good" and "What You Want", both peaked within the chart's top ten.
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" Green rose to prominence with his 2019 single "Heart on Ice," which first went viral on TikTok before peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, he signed a record deal with J Records—at the age of 14—to release his self-titled debut studio album (2002).
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Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1953
Alex Lifeson
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1975
Mase
American rapper, songwriter and pastor
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1998
Rod Wave
American rapper, singer, and songwriter
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1986
Mario
American singer and actor
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1931
Sri Chinmoy
Indian-American guru and poet (died 2007)
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the United States after moving to New York City in 1964.
1962
Adam Oates
Canadian ice hockey player
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1998
Brandon Hagel
Canadian ice hockey player
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1858
Giuseppe Peano
Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932)
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1637
Charles Calvert
3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (died 1715)
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore was an English colonial administrator. He inherited the province of Maryland in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.
1884
Denis G. Lillie
British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition (died 1963)
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1924
Rosalie E. Wahl
American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)
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1950
Charles Fleischer
American comedian and actor
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1956
Glen Matlock
English singer-songwriter and bass player
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1941
Cesária Évora
Cape Verdean singer (died 2011)
Cesária Évora GCIH was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole.
1928
Péter Boross
Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
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865
Rhazes
Persian polymath (died 925)
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, also known as Rhazes, 864 or 865 – 925 or 935 CE, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age.
1961
Yolanda Adams
American singer, producer, and actress
Yolanda Yvette Adams is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show.
1969
Chandra Wilson
American actress and director
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1944
Tim Bogert
American singer and bass player (died 2021)
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