Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 27:
Quebec singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault is 96.
Actor-comedian John Cleese is 85.
Author Maxine Hong Kingston is 84.
Country singer Lee Greenwood is 82.
Actor-singer Tom Jackson is 76.
Country singer-guitarist Jack Daniels (Highway 101) is 75.
Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 75.
Author Fran Lebowitz is 74.
Guitarist K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) is 73.
TV personality Jayne Kennedy is 73.
Actor-director Roberto Benigni ("Life Is Beautiful") is 72.
Actor Peter Firth ("That's Life") is 71.
Actor Robert Picardo ("The Wonder Years," ''China Beach") is 71.
World Golf Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan is 68.
Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran is 66.
Drummer Jason Finn of Presidents of the United States of America is 57.
Actor Channon Roe is 55.
Actress Sheeri Rappaport ("CSI," ''NYPD Blue") is 47.
Actor David Walton is 46.
Violinist Vanessa-Mae is 46.
TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 40.
Actress Christine Evangelista is 38.
Actor Bryan Craig ("General Hospital") is 33.
Actor Troy Gentile ("The Goldbergs") is 31.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1782, violinist Niccolo Paganini. (May 27, 1840)
In 1858, Theodore Roosevelt, the 28th U.S. president. (Jan. 6, 1919)
In 1872, author on etiquette Emily Post. (Sept. 25, 1960)
In 1911, actor Leif Erickson. (Jan. 29, 1986)
In 1914, Welsh author-poet Dylan Thomas. (Nov. 9, 1953)
In 1915, film producer Harry Saltzman. (Sept. 28, 1994)
In 1918, Canadian teacher/composer Gordon Delamont. (Jan. 16, 1981)
In 1920, actress Nanette Fabray. (Feb. 22, 2018)
In 1922, actress Ruby Dee. (June 11, 2014)
In 1922, Baseball Hall-of-Famer and sportscaster Ralph Kiner. (Feb. 6, 2014)
In 1923, Canadian flutist Mario Duschenes. (Jan. 31, 2009)
In 1924, '50s country/rockabilly singer Bonnie Lou. (Dec. 8, 2015)
In 1928, opera director Irving Guttman, first artistic director of the Vancouver Opera. (Dec. 7 2014)
In 1931, songwriter Roy Edward Burris ("Okie From Muskogee"). (April 19, 2011)
In 1933, country piano player Floyd Cramer. (Dec. 31, 1997)
In 1939, country songwriter-singer Dallas Frazier. (Jan. 14. 2022)
In 1940, mobster John Gotti. (June 10, 2002)
In 1945, actress Carrie Snodgress. (April 1, 2004)
In 1946, producer-director Ivan Reitman. (Feb. 12, 2022)
In 1967, rock singer Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver). (Dec. 3, 2015).
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