Famous birthdays for April 27: Lizzo, Dutch King Willem-Alexander

Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.

-- English historian Edward Gibbon in 1737

-- Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in 1759

-- Samuel F.B. Morse, American artist/inventor of magnetic telegraphy, in 1791

-- Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon in 1896

-- Cartoonist Walter Lantz in 1899

-- English poet C. Day-Lewis in 1904

-- Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1927

-- Radio/TV host Casey Kasem in 1932

-- Actor Sandy Dennis in 1937

-- Rock musician Ace Frehley in 1951 (age 72)

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member George Gervin in 1952 (age 71)

-- Pop singer Sheena Easton in 1959 (age 64)

-- Dutch King Willem-Alexander in 1967 (age 56)

-- Political journalist Dana Milbank in 1968 (age 55)

-- Actor Jenna Coleman in 1986 (age 37)

-- Actor William Moseley in 1987 (age 36)

-- Singer Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, in 1988 (age 35)

-- Actor Darren Barnet in 1991 (age 32)