Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 1927 – 1928 period.

Percy Bysshe Shelley composed a " Hymn of Apollo " ( 1820 ), and the god's instruction of the Muses formed the subject of Igor Stravinsky's Apollon musagète ( 1927 – 1928 ).

* Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured ( 1927 – 1933 )

* Atlas ( 1927 – 1962 ), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive

Leipzig, 1927 – 1928

* 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger ( d. 1996 )

* 1927 – April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.

* 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.

* 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

* 1927 – Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, " Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?

* 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author

* 1927 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist

* 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor ( d. 1978 )

* 2004 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter ( b. 1927 )

* 2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece ( b. 1927 )

* 1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China.

* 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist ( d. 1927 )

* 1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor ( d. 2007 )

* 2012 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist ( b. 1927 )

* 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.

* 1927 – Edwin Edwards, American politician

* 1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player ( d. 2003 )

* 1927 – Carl Switzer, American actor ( d. 1959 )

* 1927 – The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens.

* 1927 – Joe Turkel, American actor

Uncle Joe Cannon, The Story of a Pioneer American ( 1927 )

* His autobiography, Uncle Joe Cannon, ( 1927 )

* 1927 – Joe Start, American baseball player ( b. 1842 )

* 1842 – Joe Start, American baseball player ( d. 1927 )

* 1927 – Mighty Joe Young, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1992 )

* October 14 – Joe Start, baseball player ( d. 1927 )

* Joe Orlando ( 1927 — 1998 ), Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist

Lang's compositions, based on the Red Hot Jazz database, included " Wild Cat " with Joe Venuti, " Perfect " with Frank Signorelli, " April Kisses " ( 1927 ), " Sunshine ", " Melody Man's Dream ", " Goin ' Places ", " Black and Blue Bottom ", " Bull Frog Moan ", " Rainbow Dreams ", " Feelin ' My Way ", " Eddie's Twister ", " Really Blue ", " Penn Beach Blues ", " Wild Dog ", " Pretty Trix ", " A Mug of Ale ", " Apple Blossoms ", " Beating the Dog ", " To To Blues ", " Running Ragged ", " Kicking the Cat ", " Cheese and Crackers ", " Doin ' Things ", " Blue Guitars ", " Guitar Blues " with Lonnie Johnson, " Hot Fingers ", " Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues ", " A Handful of Riffs ", " Blue Room ", " Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp ", " Two-Tone Stomp ".

*" Wild Cat ", with Joe Venuti, January 24, 1927, New York, Okeh 40762-A

*" Sunshine ", with Joe Venuti, January 24, 1927, New York, Okeh 40762-B

*" Doin ' Things ", with Joe Venuti, May 4, 1927

*" Goin ' Places ", with Joe Venuti, May 4, 1927

*" Beating the dog ", with Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, recorded on June 28, 1927, New York, Okeh

*" Four String Joe *, Joe Venuti's Blue Four, November 15, 1927

The late Congressman Joe Moakley ( 1927 – 2001 ) was also a close childhood neighbor.

Joe Stephens, generally known as '" Ragbaby " or " Rag Baby Stephens ", ( March 3, 1887-c. 1927 ) was an early New Orleans dixieland and jazz drummer.

The first championship was held in 1927 and Joe Davis helped to organise the event.

In 1927 he wrote a script based on his father's life and entitled Beefsteak Joe which he shared with fellow German-American, Emil Jannings.

The act consisted of brothers Joe ( 3 May 1921 – 22 December 2007 ), Gene ( born 13 February 1923 – 4 April 1997 ), Vic ( 20 May 1925 – 23 January 1978 ) and Ed ( born 9 July 1927 ).

Spencer thus became the only player to win the World Championship at his first attempt since Joe Davis won the inaugural championship in 1927.

Dennis reached the finale of the World Championship in 1927, 1929, 1930 and 1931 but was beaten every time by Joe Davis.

Joseph Wilbur " Billy Joe " Adcock ( October 30, 1927 – May 3, 1999 ) was an American first baseman and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the powerful Milwaukee Braves teams of the 1950s, whose career included numerous home run feats.