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On this day timelines October 27th

Births

1923 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (d. 1997)

• Paintings by Roy Lichtenstein

1939 – John Cleese, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

• Screenplays by John Cleese
• John Cleese filmography

1951 – K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)

• Judas Priest albums

1958 – Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter (Duran Duran and Arcadia)

• Duran Duran albums

1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth, At the Gates, Nemhain, The Haunted, Nifelheim, and Brujeria)

• Cradle of Filth albums

• Discography
• Film
• Filmography
• TV and Film
• music
• Art