Events from the year 1927 in France.
Incumbents President: Gaston Doumergue President of the Council of Ministers: Raymond Poincaré
Events 20 May–21 May – First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh. 13 June – Léon Daudet, leader of French monarchists, is arrested after barricading himself into his house to avoid the police. 18 October – The Schwartzbard trial, relating to the murder of Symon Petliura, begins.
Sport 19 June – Tour de France begins. 17 July – Tour de France ends, won by Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg.
Births
January to March 1 January – Maurice Béjart, choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (died 2007) 7 February – Juliette Gréco, singer and actress (died 2020) 20 February – Hubert de Givenchy, aristocrat and fashion designer (died 2018) 23 February – Régine Crespin, opera singer (died 2007) 7 March – Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor (died 2007) 19 March – Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (died 1991) 27 March – François Furet, historian (died 1997)
April to June 15 April – Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer (died 1983) 25 April – Albert Uderzo, comic book artist and scriptwriter (died 2020) 3 May – Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, athlete (died 2017) 4 May – Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (died 2006) 18 May – François Nourissier, journalist and writer (died 2011) 24 May – Claude Abbes, international soccer player (died 2008) 20 June – Bernard Cahier, Formula One photo-journalist (died 2008)
July to September 3 July – Pierre Cahuzac, soccer player (died 2003) 13 July – Simone Veil, lawyer and politician (died 2017) 16 July – Serge Baudo, French conductor 17 July – Jean Casadesus, classical pianist (died 1972) 19 July – Hervé Pinoteau, historian and royalist apologist (died 2020) 23 July – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (died 2006) 27 July – Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director (died 2007) 14 August – Roger Carel, actor and voice talent (died 2020) 7 September – François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (died 1991) 13 September – Mathé Altéry, soprano and actress 13 September – Maurice Lafont, international soccer player (died 2005)
October to December 19 October – Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962 (died 1963) 24 October - Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor (died 2001) Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer (died 1992) 18 November – Gérard Calvet, Roman Catholic abbot (died 2008) 1 December – Micheline Bernardini, dancer and model 9 December – Pierre Henry, musique concrète composer (died 2017) 25 December – Georges Besse, businessman (assassinated 1986) 30 December – Robert Hossein, actor (died 2020)
Full date unknown Claude Ponsard, economist (died 1990)
Deaths 12 March – Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (born 1846) 23 March – Paul César Helleu, artist (born 1859) 15 April – Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist (born 1868) 18 June – Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (born 1842) 30 June – Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (born 1842) 10 July – Louise Abbéma, painter and designer (born 1853) 4 August – Eugène Atget, photographer (born 1857) 30 November – Célanie Carissan, composer, writer and pianist (born 1843)
See also List of French films of 1927
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