Authors Born on August 27
- David Bentley Football Player, 1984
- David Fromkin Author, 1932
- David Gus Bell Baseball Manager, 1951
- Dean Devlin Screenwriter, 1962
- Demetria McKinney Actress, 1978
- Denise Lewis Athlete, 1972
- Don Miguel Ruiz Author, 1952
- Edward Bryant Writer, 1945
- Ellar Coltrane Actor, 1994
- Emory Upton Officer, 1839
- Eugene Grace President, 1876
- Faina Ranevskaya Actress, 1896
- Frank Leahy Football Player, 1908
- G. W. Bailey Actor, 1944
- Gabriel E. Gomez Politician, 1965
- Gary Cohn Businessman, 1960
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher, 1770
- George Brecht Artist, 1926
- Gerhard Berger Racing Automobile Driver, 1959
- Hallie Flanagan Producer, 1889
- Hannah Peel Artist, 1985
- Ira Levin Playwright, 1929
- James Henry Breasted Archaeologist, 1865
- James Moyer Franks Artist, 1972
- Jason McCoy Singer-Songwriter, 1970
- Jeanette Winterson Writer, 1959
- Jeff Grubb Author, 1957
- Jill Lepore Historian, 1966
- Jim Thome Baseball Player, 1970
- Johann Georg Hamann Philosopher, 1730
- Karl Haushofer General Authority, 1869
- Karla Cheatham Mosley Actress, 1981
- Kayla Ewell Actress, 1985
- Keith Teare Businessman, 1954
- Kim Petras Singer, 1992
- Leon Theremin Inventor, 1896
- Lord Salisbury Politician, 1893
- Lyndon B. Johnson Politician, 1908
- Mack Brown Football Manager, 1951
- Man Ray Film Director, 1890