page_title: 1927 in the United States
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1927 in the United States / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor and Ambassador Sidney Poitier.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1927 in the United States.
context_section_description: February 1 – Galway Kinnell, American poet (d. 2014)
  February 2
  Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1991)
  Doris Sams, American female professional baseball player (d. 2012)
  February 3 – Kenneth Anger, American actor, director and screenwriter
  February 6 – William Gardner Smith, American novelist and journalist (d. 1974)
  February 8 – George Taliaferro, American football player (d. 2018)
  February 10 – Leontyne Price, African-American soprano
  February 11 – Nalda Bird, American female professional baseball player (d. 2004)
  February 12
  Ann Gillis, American actress (d. 2018)
  Rita Meyer, American female professional baseball player (d. 1992)
  H. M. Wynant, American actor
  February 13 – Buck Hill, American jazz tenor, soprano saxophonist (d. 2017)
  February 15 – Harvey Korman, American actor and Comedian (d. 2008)
  February 17 – John Selfridge, American mathematician (d. 2010)
  February 18 – John Warner, American politician
  February 20
  Roy Cohn, American lawyer, anti-Communist (d. 1986)
  Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, film director
  February 21
  Patricia Benoit, American actress (d. 2018)
  Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)
  February 22
  Donald May, American actor
  Guy Mitchell, American singer and actor (d. 1999)
  February 24 – Mark Lane, American conspiracy theorist (d. 2016)
  February 25
  Dick Jones, actor, singer (d. 2014)
  Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass banjo player and vocalist (d. 2016)
  February 26 – Tom Kennedy, American game show host
caption: Sidney Poitier
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