Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.
27 April 1896
Born on the same birth date (27 April 1896): Wallace Carothers • William Hudson (engineer)
Born on the same birth day (27 April): Ann Peebles • Chiang Ching-kuo • Draža Mihailović • Eric Schmidt • Frederick Jagiellon • Friedrich von Flotow • Philip Abelson • Ruth Glick • Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician) • Tommy Smith (saxophonist) • Vernon B. Romney • Wallace Carothers • William Arms Fisher
Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Hans List • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Señor Wences • Tristan Tzara • Wallace Carothers • William Hudson (engineer) • Wop May • Yip Harburg • Árpád Weisz