Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov (Russian: Андрей Георгиевич Битов) born May 27, 1937) Russian novelist, poet
John Cheever (born May 27, 1912) U.S. novelist, short story writer – The Stories of John Cheever (1979)
Rachel Carson (born May 27, 1907) U.S. marine biologist and environmentalist – Silent Spring
Dashiell Hammett (born May 27, 1894) U.S. detective fiction novelist – The Maltese Falcon