Famous birthdays for April 27: Jenna Coleman, Kate Pierson
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Famous birthdays for April 27: Jenna Coleman, Kate Pierson

UPI Staff | April 27, 2026

Actor Jenna Coleman turns 40 and musician Kate Pierson turns 78, among the famous birthdays for April 27.

Jenna Coleman attends the Fashion Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London on November 29, 2021. The actor turns 40 on April 27. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI UPI Darren Barnet attends the People's Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on February 18, 2024. The actor turns 35 on April 27. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy arrives for the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 23, 2023. The musician turns 42 on April 27. File Photo by James Atoa/UPI UPI

April 27 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.

They include:

-- Philosopher/writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1759

-- Inventor Samuel F.B. Morse in 1791

-- Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, in 1822

-- Inventor Wallace Carothers in 1896

-- Cartoonist Walter Lantz in 1899

-- Writer C. Day-Lewis in 1904

-- Actor Jack Klugman in 1922

-- Civil rights leader Coretta Scott King in 1927

-- Actor Anouk Aimée in 1932

-- Radio/TV personality Casey Kasem in 1932

-- Actor Sandy Dennis in 1937

-- Writer August Wilson in 1945

-- Musician Kate Pierson (B-52s) in 1948 (age 78)

-- Musician Ace Frehley (Kiss) in 1951

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member George Gervin in 1952 (age 74)

-- Musician Sheena Easton in 1959 (age 67)

-- Musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) in 1965 (age 61)

-- Dutch King Willem-Alexander in 1967 (age 59)

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-- Political journalist Dana Milbank in 1968 (age 58)

-- Actor David Lascher in 1972 (age 54)

-- Actor Sally Hawkins in 1976 (age 50)

-- Musician Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket) in 1978 (age 48)

-- Musician Jim James (My Morning Jacket) in 1978 (age 48)

-- Musician Travis Meeks (Days of the New) in 1979 (age 47)

-- Musician John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) in 1982 (age 44)

-- Actor Ari Graynor in 1983 (age 43)

-- Musician Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) in 1984 (age 42)

-- Actor Jenna Coleman in 1986 (age 40)

-- Actor William Moseley in 1987 (age 39)

-- Musician Lizzo in 1988 (age 38)

-- Actor Darren Barnet in 1991 (age 35)

-- Actor Froy Gutierrez in 1998 (age 28)

-- College football player Arch Manning in 2004 (age 22)

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