Who Was Alive in 1927
140 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1927
John D. RockefellerAge 88
Thomas EdisonAge 80
Sigmund FreudAge 71
Nikola TeslaAge 71
George Bernard ShawAge 71
Emmeline PankhurstAge 69
Max PlanckAge 69
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 68
Rabindranath TagoreAge 66
David HilbertAge 65
Henry FordAge 64
Edvard MunchAge 64
Rudyard KiplingAge 62
H.G. WellsAge 61
Marie CurieAge 60
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 60
Maxim GorkyAge 59
Mahatma GandhiAge 58
Henri MatisseAge 58
Orville WrightAge 56
Ernest RutherfordAge 56
Roald AmundsenAge 55
Bertrand RussellAge 55
Guglielmo MarconiAge 53
Winston ChurchillAge 53
Carl JungAge 52
Albert SchweitzerAge 52
Thomas MannAge 52
Lise MeitnerAge 49
Joseph StalinAge 49
Albert EinsteinAge 48
Leon TrotskyAge 48
Helen KellerAge 47
Pablo PicassoAge 46
Alexander FlemingAge 46
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 46
Virginia WoolfAge 45
James JoyceAge 45
Igor StravinskyAge 45
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 45
Coco ChanelAge 44
Benito MussoliniAge 44
John Maynard KeynesAge 44
Eleanor RooseveltAge 43
Harry S. TrumanAge 43
Niels BohrAge 42
Diego RiveraAge 41
Erwin SchrödingerAge 40
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 40
Chiang Kai-shekAge 40
Le CorbusierAge 40
T. S. EliotAge 39
Charlie ChaplinAge 38
Jawaharlal NehruAge 38
Adolf HitlerAge 38
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 38
Ho Chi MinhAge 37
Agatha ChristieAge 37
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 37
Charles de GaulleAge 37
Haile SelassieAge 35
J.R.R. TolkienAge 35
Mao ZedongAge 34
Aldous HuxleyAge 33
Nikita KhrushchevAge 33
Babe RuthAge 32
Buster KeatonAge 32
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 31
Amelia EarhartAge 30
Golda MeirAge 29
C. S. LewisAge 29
Duke EllingtonAge 28
Ernest HemingwayAge 28
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 28
Alfred HitchcockAge 28
Humphrey BogartAge 28
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 27
Werner HeisenbergAge 26
Louis ArmstrongAge 26
Walt DisneyAge 26
Enrico FermiAge 26
HirohitoAge 26
Marlene DietrichAge 26
George OrwellAge 24
Bob HopeAge 24
Robert OppenheimerAge 23
Salvador DalíAge 23
Pablo NerudaAge 23
Jean-Paul SartreAge 22
Hannah ArendtAge 21
Frida KahloAge 20
Rachel CarsonAge 20
Simone de BeauvoirAge 19
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 19
Kwame NkrumahAge 18
Dorothy HodgkinAge 17
Mother TeresaAge 17
Akira KurosawaAge 17
Jacques CousteauAge 17
Ronald ReaganAge 16
Naguib MahfouzAge 16
Alan TuringAge 15
Jackson PollockAge 15
Rosa ParksAge 14
Jesse OwensAge 14
Richard NixonAge 14
Albert CamusAge 14
Gerald FordAge 14
Hedy LamarrAge 13
Orson WellesAge 12
Frank SinatraAge 12
Billie HolidayAge 12
Ingrid BergmanAge 12
Roald DahlAge 11
John F. KennedyAge 10
Ella FitzgeraldAge 10
Indira GandhiAge 10
Ingmar BergmanAge 9
Nelson MandelaAge 9
Richard FeynmanAge 9
Eva PerónAge 8
Edmund HillaryAge 8
Jackie RobinsonAge 8
Rosalind FranklinAge 7
Pope John Paul IIAge 7
Toshiro MifuneAge 7
Stan LeeAge 5
Marlon BrandoAge 3
James BaldwinAge 3
Jimmy CarterAge 3
George H. W. BushAge 3
Patrice LumumbaAge 2
Margaret ThatcherAge 2
B.B. KingAge 2
Malcolm XAge 2
Marilyn MonroeAge 1
Fidel CastroAge 1
Elizabeth IIAge 1
Gabriel García MárquezAge 0
Pope Benedict XVIAge 0
Born in 1927
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013
Also Born in 1927
Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016
German author and artist (1927–2015)
Bahamian-American actor, filmmaker, diplomat and author (1927–2022)
Italian actress (1927–2023)
English actor (1927–2017)
Hungarian footballer (1927–2006)
Prime Minister of Sweden (1969–76; 1982–86)
President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993
American singer and actress (1927–2008)
Indian classical sarangi player (1927–2024)
American political scientist (1927–2008)
Also Died in 1927
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
Swedish scientist (1859–1927)
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
English writer and humorist (1859–1927)
Dutch physiologist (1860–1927)
German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
Spanish artist (1887–1927)
American women's suffrage activist (1838–1927)
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
Chinese political thinker and reformer (1858–1927)
British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)
Russian painter and stage designer (1878–1927)
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- 1927 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Alan Turing — Wikipedia
- Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Albert Camus — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Billie Holiday — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Eva Perón — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Rosalind Franklin — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Patrice Lumumba — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Malcolm X — Wikipedia
- Marilyn Monroe — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia