21 historically significant individuals born on December 27. December 27 is the birth date of several notable historical figures from various fields and centuries. Louis Pasteur, the French microbiologist born in 1822, made significant contributions to vaccination and pasteurization, transforming medicine and food safety. Marlene Dietrich, born in 1901, became an international film icon. Other individuals born on this day include South American revolutionary Manuela Sáenz (1797), Bolivian president José Manuel Pando (1849), and Costa Rican president Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926).
Headline Figures
Louis Pasteur
1822 – 1895French chemist and microbiologist who developed pasteurization and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
Ernesto Zedillo
1951 – PresentMexican economist who served as the 61st President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, overseeing the country's recovery from the 1994 peso crisis. He later became a professor at Yale University and director of its Center for the Study of Globalization.
Marlene Dietrich
1901 – 1992German-American actress and singer who became an international icon through films like 'The Blue Angel' (1930) and later opposed the Nazi regime. She renounced German citizenship and entertained Allied troops during World War II.
Birth Distribution by Century
20th Century
11
19th Century
4
18th Century
2
17th Century
4
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