1927
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (born 1894)
Ottavio Bottecchia was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (born 1894)
The 1920s
Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
1927
Jerome K
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of …
Jerome K
1927
Armand Guillaumin, French painter (born 1841)
Armand Guillaumin was a French Impressionist painter and lithographer.
Armand Guillaumin, French painter (born 1841)
1927
Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver
Smaragd Marie Charles Henry Jullien "Gérard" de Courcelles was a French racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the French Lorraine-Dietrich automobile company, along wit…
Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver
1927
Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his …
Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
1927
William Attewell, English cricketer (born 1861)
William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy a…
William Attewell, English cricketer (born 1861)
1927
Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (born 1846)
Magnus Gustaf "Gösta" Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions that today is called complex ana…
Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (born 1846)
1927
John Drew, Jr., American actor (born 1853)
John Drew Jr., commonly known as John Drew during his life, was an American stage actor noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. He was consi…
John Drew, Jr., American actor (born 1853)
1927
Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (born 1870)
Ahmed Kemaleddin, widely known as Mimar Kemaleddin was a Turkish architect, and one of the leading figures of the First National architectural movement, alongside Vedat Tek.
Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (born 1870)
1927
Ferdinand I, king of Romania (born 1865)
Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta A…
Ferdinand I, king of Romania (born 1865)
1927
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (born 1864)
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular …
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (born 1864)
1927
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (born 1892)
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and J…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (born 1892)
1927
Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1891)
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1891)
1927
Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)
Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik, was an Armenian military commander and statesman, widely regarded as the preeminent fedayi and a seminal fi…
Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)
1927
Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (born 1878)
Umegatani Tōtarō II was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. He was the sport's 20th yokozuna. Umegatani had a great rivalry with fellow yoko…
Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (born 1878)
1927
William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (born 1855)
William A. Libbey III was an American professor of physical geography at Princeton University. He was twice a member of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team, and rose to the rank of colonel…
William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (born 1855)
1927
Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (born 1847)
Sarah Frances Whiting was an American physicist and astronomer. In February 1896 Whiting founded both the physics and astronomy departments; and was the first professor of physics …
Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (born 1847)
1927
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1888)
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1888)
1927
Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
Angela Isadora Duncan was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United …
Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
1927
Michael Ancher, Danish painter (born 1849)
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerrak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community i…
Michael Ancher, Danish painter (born 1849)
1927
George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1864)
George Nichols, sometimes credited in films as George O. Nicholls, was an American actor and film director. He worked at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios.
George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1864)
1927
Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (born 1858)
Arthur Achleitner was a German writer. His works are noteworthy because he describes local customs and peculiarities of the people in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Medite…
Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (born 1858)
1927
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1…
Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
1927
Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.…
Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)