1927
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 - 1927 - 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Births:
- January 30 - Olof Palme, Swedish prime minister
- August 23 - Dick Bruna, illustrator
- October 16 - Günter Grass, German novelist
- October 18 - George C. Scott, film and stage actor
- Bob Fosse, choreographer and director
Deaths:
- June 9 - Victoria Woodhull, feminist, suffragist
- June 14 - Jerome K. Jerome, writer
- Carlotta former Hapsburg Emperess of Mexico
Events:
- May 20 - Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda)
- Physics - Arthur Holly Compton, - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- Chemistry - Heinrich Otto Wieland
- Medicine - Julius Wagner-Jauregg
- Literature - Henri Bergson
- Peace - Ferdinand Buisson Ludwig Quidde
Sports:
- February 11 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran.
- February 11 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles.