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Jack McBrayer gained national exposure for his portrayal of Kenneth Parcell in 30 Rock.
Famous Birthdays on May 27
1973 — Jack McBrayer
American actor and comedian
May 27 has 260 recorded notable births across history, from 742 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 2016 Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha. Source
- 1967 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. Source
- 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station. Source
- 1996 First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. Source
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Adam Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in program Loveline with Drew Pinsky from 1995 to 2005 as well as the show's television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000.
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Lee Ann Meriwether is an American retired actress and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant.
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In April 2011, Colfer was named one of the Time 100, Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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A five-time All-Star, he is the only player in major league history to have seven consecutive seasons (1991–1997) with at least a .
More major people born on May 27
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1964
Adam Carolla
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast.
1935
Lee Meriwether
American model and actress, Miss America 1955
Lee Ann Meriwether is an American retired actress and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant.
1990
Chris Colfer
American actor and singer
Christopher Paul Colfer is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical Glee (2009–2015).
1968
Frank Thomas
American baseball player and sportscaster
Frank Edward Thomas Jr., nicknamed "the Big Hurt," is an American former baseball designated hitter and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB).
1975
Jadakiss
American rapper
Jason Terrance Phillips, better known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper who began his career in the 1990s and formed the hip hop trio the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in 1994.
1652
Elizabeth Charlotte
Princess Palatine of Germany (died 1722)
Madame Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, also known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a German member of the House of Wittelsbach who married into the French royal family.
1894
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French physician and author (died 1961)
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician.
1912
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)
John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs".
1931
Philip Kotler
American author and professor
Philip Kotler is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus. He was the S. C.
742
Emperor Dezong of Tang (died 805)
Emperor Dezong of Tang, personal name Li Kuo, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the oldest son of Emperor Daizong. His reign of 26 years was the third longest in the Tang dynasty.
1987
Martina Sáblíková
Czech speed skater and cyclist
Martina Sáblíková is a Czech former speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is a three-time Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion.
1837
Wild Bill Hickok
American police officer (died 1876)
James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor,…
1922
Otto Carius
German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)
Otto Carius was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945.
1967
Paul Gascoigne
English international footballer, coach, and manager
Paul John Gascoigne, nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
1970
Michele Bartoli
Italian cyclist
Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional cyclist from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists of his generation, especially in the…
1935
Jerry Kindall
American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
Gerald Donald Kindall was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach.
1955
Richard Schiff
American actor, director, and producer
Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award.
1962
Ravi Shastri
Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is an Indian cricket commentator, former professional cricketer and former head coach of the India national cricket team.
1912
Sam Snead
American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.