Famous birthdays for Jan. 27: Patton Oswalt, Rosamund Pike

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Patton Oswalt attends the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 9. The comedian turns 50 on January 27. File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI
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Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.

They include:

-- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756

-- Author Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in 1832

-- Labor organizer Samuel Gompers in 1850

-- Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic, in 1850

-- U.S. Adm. Hyman Rickover, "father of the nuclear Navy," in 1900

-- Art Rooney, founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1901

-- U.S. newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst Jr. in 1908

-- Musician Elmore James in 1918

-- Actor Donna Reed in 1921

-- Actor James Cromwell in 1940 (age 79)

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-- Actor John Witherspoon in 1942 (age 77)

-- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire in 1944 (age 75)

-- Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd in 1944 (age 75)

-- Ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1948 (age 70)

-- Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts in 1955 (age 64)

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-- Actor Mimi Rogers in 1956 (age 63)

-- News commentator Keith Olbermann in 1959 (age 60)

-- Former NFL player/television commentator Cris Collinsworth in 1959 (age 60)

-- Actor Bridget Fonda in 1964 (age 55)

-- Actor Alan Cumming in 1965 (age 54)

-- Comedian Patton Oswalt in 1969 (age 50)

-- Actor Rosamund Pike in 1979 (age 40)

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