1927 in France
Events from the year 1927 in France.
Incumbents
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
- 7 February – Juliette Gréco, singer and actress
- 20 February – Hubert de Givenchy, aristocrat and fashion designer
- 23 February – Régine Crespin, opera singer
- 7 March – Philippe Clay, mime artist, singer and actor
- 19 March – Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist
- 27 March – François Furet, historian
April to June
- 15 April – Maurice Ronet, actor, director and writer
- 25 April – Albert Uderzo, comic book artist and scriptwriter
- 3 May – Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, athlete
- 4 May – Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer
- 18 May – François Nourissier, journalist and writer
- 24 May – Claude Abbes, international soccer player
- 20 June – Bernard Cahier, Formula One photo-journalist
July to September
- 3 July – Pierre Cahuzac, soccer player
- 13 July – Simone Veil, lawyer and politician
- 16 July – Serge Baudo, French conductor
- 17 July – Jean Casadesus, classical pianist
- 19 July – Hervé Pinoteau, historian and royalist apologist
- 23 July – Gérard Brach, film director and screenwriter
- 27 July – Pierre Granier-Deferre, film director
- 14 August – Roger Carel, actor and voice talent
- 7 September – François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist
- 13 September – Mathé Altéry, soprano and actress
- 13 September – Maurice Lafont, international soccer player
October to December
- 19 October – Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de Gaulle in 1962
- 24 October -
- *Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor
- *Jean-Claude Pascal, costume designer and singer
- 18 November – Gérard Calvet, Roman Catholic abbot
- 1 December – Micheline Bernardini, dancer and model
- 9 December – Pierre Henry, musique concrète composer
- 25 December – Georges Besse, businessman
- 30 December – Robert Hossein, actor
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 12 March – Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher
- 23 March – Paul César Helleu, artist
- 15 April – Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist
- 18 June – Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist
- 30 June – Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist
- 10 July – Louise Abbéma, painter and designer
- 4 August – Eugène Atget, photographer
- 30 November – Célanie Carissan, composer, writer and pianist