1927 in France

See also: 1926 in France, other events of 1927, 1928 in France.

Events from the year 1927 in France.

Contents

1 Events
2 Sport
3 Births
4 Deaths
- 4.1 Full date unknown
5 References

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.
18 October - Schwartzbard trial 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 (d.2007).
7 February - Juliette Gréco, singer and actress.
20 February - Hubert de Givenchy, aristocrat and fashion designer.
23 February - Régine Crespin, opera singer (d.2007).
7 March - Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor (d.2007).
19 March - Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (d.1991).
27 March - François Furet, historian (d.1997).

April to June

15 April - Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer (d.1983).
25 April - Albert Uderzo, comic book artist and scriptwriter.
4 May - Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (d.2006).
18 May - François Nourissier, journalist and writer (d. 2011)
24 May - Claude Abbes, international soccer player (d.2008).

July to September

3 July - Pierre Cahuzac, soccer player (d.2003).
17 July - Jean Casadesus, classical pianist (d.1972).
23 July - Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter (d.2006).
27 July - Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director (d.2007).
7 September - François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (d.1991).
13 September - Maurice Lafont, international soccer player (d.2005).

October to December

19 October - Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962 (d.1963).
24 October - Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor (d.2001).
24 October - Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer (d.1992).
18 November - Gérard Calvet, Roman Catholic abbot (d.2008).
9 December - Pierre Henry, composer.
25 December - Georges Besse, businessman, assassinated (d.1986).

Full date unknown

Bernard Cahier, Formula One photo-journalist (d.2008).
Claude Ponsard, economist (d.1990).

Deaths

12 March - Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (b.1846).
23 March - Paul César Helleu, artist (b.1859).
15 April - Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist (b.1868).
30 June - Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (b.1842).

Full date unknown

Louise Abbéma, painter and designer (b.1853).
Eugène Atget, photographer (b.1857).
Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (b.1842).

References