Curated category
1927 births
- Allen NewellAllen Newell stood at Stanford University in 1949 holding a bachelor's degree in physics. He moved to Princeton University that same year to study…
- John Lynch (historian)John Lynch arrived in the world on the 11th of January 1927 within the industrial shadows of Boldon, County Durham. His family background was deeply rooted…
- Brigitte MassinBrigitte Massin entered the world on the 21st of July 1927 in France. Her early years unfolded before she ever published a single line of music criticism.
- Steve DitkoStephen John Ditko was born on the 2nd of November 1927 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His parents were second-generation Americans descended from Rusyn…
- John Boardman (art historian)John Boardman arrived in the world on the 20th of August 1927 within the town of Ilford, Essex. His early years unfolded at Chigwell School between 1938 and…
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- Eldar RyazanovEldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov entered the world on the 18th of November 1927 in Samara. His father, Aleksandr Semyonovich Ryazanov, worked as a diplomat…
- Stanley WolpertStanley Albert Wolpert was born on the 23rd of December 1927, in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up with Russian Jewish parents who shaped his early years before…
- Earl StromEarl Strom, known as Yogi, stood at the center of a basketball court in 1965 with his hand wrapped in a cast. He had broken that hand punching a fan during…
- Vladimir MotylVladimir Yakovlevich Motyl was born in Lepiel, Belarus on the 26th of June 1927. His father was a Polish émigré who faced arrest in 1930 and died at Solovki…
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 4th of September 1927. His father came from Cromane, a small fishing village in County Kerry, Ireland.
- Correlli BarnettCorrelli Douglas Barnett was born on the 28th of June 1927 in Norbury, County Borough of Croydon. He grew up as the son of Douglas and Kathleen Barnett.
- Daniel Patrick MoynihanDaniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 16th of March 1927. He moved to New York City at age six with his Irish Catholic family.
- Charles RosenCharles Rosen was born in New York City on the 5th of May 1927. His father Irwin Rosen worked as an architect while his mother Anita Rosen acted and played…