Historical figures in 1927
The atlas holds 55 people and 85 moments here, in 1927. The most recorded lives are Pablo Neruda, Calvin Coolidge and Mao Zedong. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.
Notable people
John F. Kennedy
in 1927
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Jorge Amado
in 1927
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
José Raúl Capablanca
in 1927
2 moments here
Cuban chess player and diplomat, world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. This chronology records documented physical presence at places of birth,…
Kim Il Sung
in 1927
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1927
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Leon Trotsky
in 1927
1 moment here
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet political leader, Marxist theorist, and organizer of the Red Army.…
Lu Xun
in 1927
3 moments here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1927
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Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Mao Zedong
in 1927
3 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1927
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Niels Bohr
in 1927
2 moments here
Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…
Pablo Neruda
in 1927
5 moments here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1927
1 moment here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Pearl S. Buck
in 1927
3 moments here
American writer, humanitarian, and activist whose life was divided between the United States and China before she became an internationally prominent…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 1927
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Prajadhipok
in 1927
1 moment here
Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Pridi Banomyong
in 1927
2 moments here
Thai lawyer, political leader, regent, prime minister, and founder of Thammasat University. A civilian leader of the 1932 Siamese Revolution, he…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1927
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ram Narayan
in 1927
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Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Ravi Shankar
in 1927
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Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Ronald Ross
in 1927
1 moment here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
in 1927
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Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in 1927
1 moment here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Soong Ching-ling
in 1927
2 moments here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Moments
- 1927 Returns to Istanbul after the national struggle Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1927 Arrival at Rangoon consular posting Pablo Neruda
- 1927 Transit through Colombo Pablo Neruda
- 1927 Transit through Madrid Pablo Neruda
- 1927 Transit through Singapore Pablo Neruda
- 1927 Death at the Tabata home Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1927 Addresses Nuremberg party rally Adolf Hitler
- 1927 Mount Rushmore dedication Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 Rapid City announcement Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 Army War College studies Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1927 Arrival in Moscow Soong Ching-ling
- 1927 Departure from Wuhan Soong Ching-ling
- 1927 Return to the White House Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 Holiday in Cornwall George Orwell
- 1927 Relocated to Riverdale John F. Kennedy
- 1927 World Championship title defense José Raúl Capablanca
- 1927 Autumn Harvest attack on Changsha Mao Zedong
- 1927 Retreat to Jinggang Mountains Mao Zedong
- 1927 Como Conference paper Niels Bohr
- 1927 Death in Leiden Willem Einthoven
- 1927 Attends fifth Solvay Conference Albert Einstein
- 1927 George Gordon Meade Memorial dedication Calvin Coolidge
- 1927 Fifth Solvay Conference Lawrence Bragg
- 1927 Arrival in Shanghai Lu Xun
- 1927 Early Shanghai residence at Jingyunli Lu Xun
- 1927 Fifth Solvay Conference Niels Bohr
- 1927 Commanded chasseurs at Trier Charles de Gaulle
- 1927 Visit to the Soviet Union Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1927 Moscow street demonstration Leon Trotsky
- 1927 Birth at Cambridge Hospital Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1927 Manusmriti-burning conference B. R. Ambedkar
- 1927 Madras Congress session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1927 Birth near Udaipur Ram Narayan
- 1927 Marriage to Chiang Kai-shek Soong Mei-ling
- 1927 Moved to Atami Yasunari Kawabata