1927 in France
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Events from the year 1927 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 20 Mayâ21 May â First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh.
- 13 June â Léon Daudet, leader of French monarchists, is arrested after barricading himself into his house to avoid the police.[1]
- 18 October â The Schwartzbard trial, relating to the murder of Symon Petliura, begins.[2]
Sport
- 19 June â Tour de France begins.
- 17 July â Tour de France ends, won by Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg.
Births
January to March
- 1 January â Maurice Béjart, choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (died 2007)
- 7 February â Juliette Gréco, singer and actress (died 2020)[3]
- 20 February â Hubert de Givenchy, aristocrat and fashion designer (died 2018)
- 23 February â Régine Crespin, opera singer (died 2007)
- 7 March â Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor (died 2007)
- 19 March â Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (died 1991)
- 27 March â François Furet, historian (died 1997)
April to June
- 15 April â Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer (died 1983)
- 25 April â Albert Uderzo, comic book artist and scriptwriter (died 2020)
- 3 May â Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, athlete (died 2017)
- 4 May â Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (died 2006)
- 18 May â François Nourissier, journalist and writer (died 2011)
- 24 May â Claude Abbes, international soccer player (died 2008)
- 20 June â Bernard Cahier, Formula One photo-journalist (died 2008)
July to September
- 3 July â Pierre Cahuzac, soccer player (died 2003)
- 13 July â Simone Veil, lawyer and politician (died 2017)
- 16 July â Serge Baudo, French conductor
- 17 July â Jean Casadesus, classical pianist (died 1972)
- 19 July â Hervé Pinoteau, historian and royalist apologist (died 2020)
- 23 July â Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 27 July â Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director (died 2007)
- 14 August â Roger Carel, actor and voice talent (died 2020)
- 7 September â François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (died 1991)
- 13 September â Mathé Altéry, soprano and actress
- 13 September â Maurice Lafont, international soccer player (died 2005)
October to December
- 19 October â 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 â Gérard Calvet, Roman Catholic abbot (died 2008)
- 1 December â Micheline Bernardini, dancer and model
- 9 December â Pierre Henry, musique concrète composer (died 2017)[4]
- 25 December â Georges Besse, businessman (assassinated 1986)
- 30 December â Robert Hossein, actor (died 2020)
Full date unknown
- Claude Ponsard, economist (died 1990)
Deaths
- 12 March â Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (born 1846)
- 23 March â Paul César Helleu, artist (born 1859)
- 15 April â Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist (born 1868)[5]
- 18 June â Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (born 1842)
- 30 June â Ãdouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (born 1842)[6]
- 10 July â Louise Abbéma, painter and designer (born 1853)
- 4 August â Eugène Atget, photographer (born 1857)
- 30 November â Célanie Carissan, composer, writer and pianist (born 1843)[7]