John Sumner (director)

John Hackman Sumner, was an English-born director and producer and theatre impresario, who was the founder and artistic director of Melbourne Theatre Company in Australia, gathering a group of later internationally famous stars including Ray Lawler, Zoe Caldwell, Barry Humphries and Fred Parslow. ^{John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)}

27 May 1924

Born on the same birth date (27 May 1924): Jaime Lusinchi

Born on the same birth day (27 May): Alex Archer (musician) • Allan Carr • Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics • Georges Rouault • Harry Hibbs (footballer) • Harun Erdenay • Henry Kissinger • Jaime Lusinchi • Johan Elmander • Johannes Türn • John Barth • Juan Vicente Pérez • Karl Bühler • Louis Durey • Michael Hussey • Sumner Redstone • Yenew Alamirew • Yorgos Lanthimos

Born in the same month (May 1924): Barbara Bachmann • Dawda Jawara • Edward du Cann • István Nyers • Jack Whitaker • Jaime Lusinchi • Karlheinz Deschner • Ken Tyrrell • Lars Bo • Maria Koepcke • Nestor Basterretxea • Patricia Kennedy Lawford • Paul Hébert • Peggy Cass • Pepper Paire • Philip Pearlstein • Sandy Wilson • Terry Southern • Yehuda Amichai • Zelmar Michelini