| 48481 | April 27 | Birth | 1938 – Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986) |
| 48482 | April 27 | Birth | 1939 – Judy Carne, English actress (d. 2015) |
| 48483 | April 27 | Birth | 1939 – Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal |
| 48484 | April 27 | Birth | 1939 – Jerry Mercer, Canadian drummer (Mashmakhan and April Wine) |
| 48485 | April 27 | Birth | 1941 – Jennings Michael Burch, American author (d. 2013) |
| 48486 | April 27 | Birth | 1941 – Pat Choate, American economist and academic |
| 48487 | April 27 | Birth | 1941 – Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian |
| 48488 | April 27 | Birth | 1941 – Lee Roy Jordan, American football player |
| 48489 | April 27 | Birth | 1942 – Ruth Glick, American author |
| 48490 | April 27 | Birth | 1942 – Jim Keltner, American drummer (Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono Band, and Delaney & Bonnie and Friends) |
| 48491 | April 27 | Birth | 1943 – Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager |
| 48492 | April 27 | Birth | 1944 – Stoker Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, English academic and politician |
| 48493 | April 27 | Birth | 1944 – Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist |
| 48494 | April 27 | Birth | 1944 – Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer and actor (The Main Ingredient) |
| 48495 | April 27 | Birth | 1944 – Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Desert Rose Band and The Dillards) |
| 48496 | April 27 | Birth | 1945 – Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager |
| 48497 | April 27 | Birth | 1945 – Jack Deverell, English general |
| 48498 | April 27 | Birth | 1945 – Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author |
| 48499 | April 27 | Birth | 1945 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (d. 2005) |
| 48500 | April 27 | Birth | 1946 – Franz Roth, German footballer |
| 48501 | April 27 | Birth | 1946 – Nicholas Serota, English historian and curator |
| 48502 | April 27 | Birth | 1947 – G. K. Butterfield, American soldier, lawyer, and politician |
| 48503 | April 27 | Birth | 1947 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (d. 1975) |
| 48504 | April 27 | Birth | 1947 – Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 48505 | April 27 | Birth | 1947 – Ann Peebles, American singer-songwriter |
| 48506 | April 27 | Birth | 1948 – Frank Abagnale, American businessman |
| 48507 | April 27 | Birth | 1948 – Amrit Kumar Bohara, Nepalese politician |
| 48508 | April 27 | Birth | 1948 – Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager |
| 48509 | April 27 | Birth | 1948 – Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The B-52's and NiNa) |
| 48510 | April 27 | Birth | 1948 – Si Robertson, American soldier and hunter |