Today's Famous Birthdays

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Carl William Demarest
(February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983)

was an American character actor, known especially for his roles in screwball comedies by
Preston Sturges and for playing Uncle Charley in the sitcom My Three Sons Demarest, who
frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles, was a prolific film and television actor,
appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1926 and ending in the late 1970s. Before his
career in motion pictures, he performed in vaudeville for two decades.









Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward
(born February 27, 1930)

is an American actress. A star since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Woodward made her
career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex
women with a characteristic nuance and depth of character. She is one of the first film
stars to have an equal presence in television. Her accolades include an Academy Award,
three Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe
Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.









Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE
(February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011)

was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early
1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s.
She then became the world's highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known
public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the
seventh-greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood cinema.










Howard Hesseman
(February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022)

was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever
on WKRP in Cincinnati, and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.
He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with other noteworthy
roles including Sam Royer (the husband of lead character Ann Romano) in the last two seasons
of One Day at a Time, and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment.









Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882)

was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride",
The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.









John Bowden Connally Jr.
(February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993)

was an American politician. He served as the 39th governor of Texas and as the 61st
United States secretary of the Treasury. He began his career as a Democrat and later
became a Republican in 1973.

Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally pursued a legal career after graduating from the
University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal
and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. After the war,
he became an aide to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. When Johnson assumed the vice presidency
in 1961, he convinced President John F. Kennedy to appoint Connally to the position of
United States Secretary of the Navy. Connally left the Kennedy Administration in
December 1961 to run for Governor of Texas, and he held that position from 1963 to 1969.
In 1963, Connally was riding in the presidential limousine when Kennedy was assassinated,
and was seriously wounded. During his governorship, he was a conservative Democrat.









Ralph Nader
(born February 27, 1934)

is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney noted for his involvement in
consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes.









John Roy Van Zant
(born February 27, 1959),

also known as Johnny Van Zant, is an American singer and the current lead vocalist of Southern
rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former
lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant.