Birthdays on 27 July

Lorik Agim Cana is a former professional footballer from Albania and the most capped player (93 times) of his national team. Lorik has played for various teams such as FC Nantes, Lazio, Galatasaray, Paris Saint-Germain and Sunderland.

His Achievements:

• Played a crucial role in winning the Coupe de France season 2003-04 as part of the Paris-Saint Germain club
• Entitled as the "Albanian Fan's Footballer of the Year" in 2009
• Honoured as the "Albanian Footballer of the Year" for three consecutive years (2004,2005, and 2006)
• Won the Coppa Italia season 2012-13 as part of the Serie A club S.S. Lazio
• Lorik was a part of the UEFA Euro 2016, the first major international competition for Albania.

Seema Punia Antil popularly known as 'Millennium Child’, is an Indian discus thrower who was born on 27^th July 1983 in Haryana. She initiated her athletic career as a hurdler and long jumper but later decided to go with discus throw.  

Her Achievements:-

• Seema won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2002.
• She bagged a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 after which she was honoured with the "Bhim Award" by Haryana Government. She repeated this feat in 2014.
• Seema won a bronze medal in Commonwealth Games, 2010.
• At the London Olympics in 2012, she secured the 13th place.
• She earned a gold medal at the Asian Games, 2014.
• Spotted 20th position in the discus throw event of Rio Olympics 2016.

Paul Michael Levesque, born on 27^th July 1969, is a prominent occasional professional wrestler who is the founder of WWE NXT. He is well known by his ring name "Triple H" (Hunter Hearst Helmsley). Besides being an adapt wrestler, he is also a Hollywood actor.

A brief look at his achievements:-

• In his prolific wrestling career, Triple H has boisterously participated in total 25 championships and won WWE/F championships with five World Heavyweight Championships.
• He is the second Grand Slam Champion as well as the seventh Triple Crown Champion.
• He was crowned as the ‘King of the Ring’ in 1997.
• The International Wrestling magazine "Pro Wrestling Illustrated" tabbed him as the ‘Wrestler of the Decade’ for 2000 - 2009 and twice ranked him (2000 and 2009) at No.1 position in their PWI 500 list of most influencing wrestlers.
• In 2012, his 'Hell in a Cell’ match against the Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVIII was entitled as the "Match of the Year."
• His name was conscripted in the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 for his astounding on-ring performances.

Born on 27^th July 1955, Allan Robert Border is an Australian former cricketer who captained the national squad in several international events.

 His Achievements:-

• Allan has a credit of 27 Test centuries.
• He was one of the inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
• Allan has played 156 Test matches and holds a record for playing the most number of consecutive Test matches.
• He has captained 93 Test matches.
• He had a record for most Test catches by a non-wicket-keeper until Mark Taylor surpassed it.
• He is the only player who has scored 150 in each Test innings, a record which he still holds as of March 2017.