| 84931 | July 27 | Birth | 1929 – Marc Wilkinson, French-Australian composer and conductor |
| 84932 | July 27 | Birth | 1930 – Joy Whitby, English director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 84933 | July 27 | Birth | 1930 – Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education |
| 84934 | July 27 | Birth | 1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia |
| 84935 | July 27 | Birth | 1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor and singer |
| 84936 | July 27 | Birth | 1932 – Forest Able, American basketball player |
| 84937 | July 27 | Birth | 1933 – Nick Reynolds, American singer and bongo player (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008) |
| 84938 | July 27 | Birth | 1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 1995) |
| 84939 | July 27 | Birth | 1935 – Hillar Kärner, Estonian chess player |
| 84940 | July 27 | Birth | 1935 – Billy McCullough, Irish footballer |
| 84941 | July 27 | Birth | 1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (d. 2008) |
| 84942 | July 27 | Birth | 1937 – Anna Dawson, English actress and singer |
| 84943 | July 27 | Birth | 1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 84944 | July 27 | Birth | 1937 – Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990) |
| 84945 | July 27 | Birth | 1938 – Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008) |
| 84946 | July 27 | Birth | 1939 – William Eggleston, American photographer and academic |
| 84947 | July 27 | Birth | 1939 – Michael Longley, Irish poet and academic |
| 84948 | July 27 | Birth | 1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) |
| 84949 | July 27 | Birth | 1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian opera singer |
| 84950 | July 27 | Birth | 1941 – Johannes Fritsch, German viola player and composer (d. 2010) |
| 84951 | July 27 | Birth | 1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter |
| 84952 | July 27 | Birth | 1942 – John Pleshette, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 84953 | July 27 | Birth | 1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player |
| 84954 | July 27 | Birth | 1943 – Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 84955 | July 27 | Birth | 1944 – Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (d. 2003) |
| 84956 | July 27 | Birth | 1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 84957 | July 27 | Birth | 1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist and journalist |
| 84958 | July 27 | Birth | 1944 – Barbara Thomson, English saxophonist and composer (Colosseum and New Jazz Orchestra) |
| 84959 | July 27 | Birth | 1946 – Peter Reading, English poet and author (d. 2011) |
| 84960 | July 27 | Birth | 1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor and director |