page_title: 1927
section_title: July–August
hierarchical_section_title: 1927 / Births / July–August
caption_attribution_description: English: Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Moscow, Russia. Русский: Людмила Алексеева, глава Московской Хельсинкской Группы.
context_page_description: 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.
context_section_description: July 1
  Chandra Shekhar, 8th Prime Minister of India (d. 2007)
  Mirghani Alnasri, Sudanese politician
  Leo Klejn, Russian archaeologist, anthropologist and philologist (d. 2019)
  July 3 – Salome Þorkelsdóttir, Icelandic politician
  July 4
  Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
  Neil Simon, American playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 2018)
  July 6
  Alan Freeman, Australian-born broadcaster, disc jockey (d. 2006)
  Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
  July 7 – Henri Dirickx, Belgian international footballer played (d. 2018)
  July 8
  Lisa Lu, Chinese-born American actress, singer
  Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
  July 9 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
  July 10
  Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician (d. 2018)
  David Dinkins, African-American Mayor of New York City (1989–93)
  July 11
  Theodore H. Maiman, American inventor, physicist who developed the laser (d. 2007)
  Gregorio Salvador Caja, Spanish linguist
  July 12 – Abune Antonios, 3rd Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
  July 13 – Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
  July 15
  Håkon Brusveen, Norwegian cross-country skier
  Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010)
  Carmen Zapata, American actress (d. 2014)
  July 18
  Antonio García-Trevijano, Spanish republican, political activist, and author (d. 2018)
  Kurt Masur, German conductor (d. 2015)
  July 20
  Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian historian and human rights activist (d. 2018)
  Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (d. 2019)
  July 22
  Dagoberto Moll, Uruguayan footballer and manager
  Hsing Yun, Chinese Buddhist monk
  July 24 – Robert Boutigny, French Olympic canoeist
  July 28
  John Ashbery, American poet (d. 2017)
  Pasquale Festa Campanile, Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist (d. 1986)
  August 2
  Fredrik Bull-Hansen, Norwegian military officer (d. 2018)
  Andreas Dückstein, Austrian chess player
  August 5 – Rolf Wütherich, German automotive engineer, racer (d. 1981)
  August 6
  Arturo Armando Molina, President of El Salvador
  Theodor Wagner, Austrian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
  August 7
  Rocky Bridges, American middle infielder, third baseman (d. 2015)
  Dušan Čkrebić, Serbian politician
  Edwin Edwards, American politician
  August 8
  Giuseppe Moioli, Italian rower
  Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
  August 9
  Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist, Turing Award winner (Artificial intelligence) (d. 2016)
  Robert Shaw, British actor (d. 1978)
  August 10 – Eivind Eckbo, Norwegian politician, lawyer and farmer (d. 2017)
  August 11
  Giancarlo Astrua, Italian road bicycle racer (d. 2010)
  Raymond Leppard, English conductor (d. 2019)
  Stuart Rosenberg, American director (d. 2007)
  August 12 – Elgen Long, American aviator, world record holder and researcher
  August 13 – David Padilla, 64th President of Bolivia (d. 2016)
  August 15 – Carmela Marie Cristiano, American Roman Catholic nun (d. 2011)
  August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States
  August 21 – Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2018)
  August 23
  Dick Bruna, Dutch artist, graphic designer (d. 2017)
  Philippe Mestre, French high-ranking civil servant, media executive and politician (d. 2017)
  August 24
  David Ireland, Australian novelist
  Harry Markowitz, American economist
  August 25 – Althea Gibson, African-American tennis player (d. 2003)
  August 26
  Jill Amos, New Zealand politician and community leader (d. 2017)
  Ma Jir Bo, Chinese Realism oil painter (d. 1985)
  B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
caption: Lyudmila Alexeyeva
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