Born in 1927
People born in 1927 turn 99 in 2026. A dollar in 1927 buys what $19.41 buys in September 2026, and about 2.01 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1927
1927
What things cost in 1927
| U.S. average | 1927 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $19.41 | CPI-U |
1927 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1927 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1927
- United States
- Calvin Coolidge (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); Stanley Baldwin (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Alexei Rykov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Wellington Koo (Acting President); Zhang Zuolin (Generalissimo of the Military Government); Wellington Koo (Acting Premier)
- French Third Republic
- Gaston Doumergue (President); Raymond Poincaré (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Paul von Hindenburg (President); Wilhelm Marx (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Hirohito (Emperor); Wakatsuki Reijirō, then Tanaka Giichi (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1927 →
Famous people born in 1927
- 16 April - Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022) source
- February 8 – George Taliaferro, American football player (died 2018) source
- 8 February - Sir Stanley Baker, actor (died 1976) source
- March 31 – César Chávez, American labor activist, United Farm Workers founder (died 1993) source
- December 29 – Andy Stanfield, American athlete (died 1985) source
- April 27 – Coretta Scott King, African-American civil rights leader, wife of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (died 2006) source
- September 29 – Pete McCloskey, politician (died 2024) source
- December 5 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX of Thailand (died 2016) source
- March 9 – Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (died 1982) source
- January 4 – Barbara Rush, American actress (died 2024) source
- October 22 – Oscar Furlong, Argentine basketball player, and tennis player and coach (died 2018) source
- March 13 – Robert Denning, American interior designer (died 2005) source
- March 8 – Dick Hyman, American composer, pianist source
- January 5 – Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author (died 2001) source
- January 8 – Virginia Norwood, American physicist (died 2023) source
What happened in 1927
- 9 January – Voters in El Salvador elected National Democratic Party candidate Pío Romero Bosque as President of El Salvador with 192,860 votes and a 100% margin. He was the only candidate. source
- January 1 – Cristero War: Rebellion begins with a manifesto issued by René Capistrán Garza. source
- January 10 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. source
- January 1 – The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when its royal charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. source
- January 7 – The Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team play their first ever road game in Hinckley, Illinois. source
- January 9 – The Laurier Palace Theatre fire at a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. source
- 3 January – The opening of Central Bookstore in Taichū Prefecture. source
- 1 January – the currency was changed: the marks were replaced by the krones. source