1927 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1927 are 98 or 99 years old this year and turn 99 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1927 will belong to The Greatest Generation. 1927 is the Year of the Fire Rabbit 🐇 and belongs to The Greatest Generation.
- Age this year
- Turns 99
- Chinese zodiac
- 🐇 Fire Rabbit
- Generation
- 🎖️ Greatest Generation
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1927
- Saturday
- Chinese New Year
- February 2
How old is someone born in 1927?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1927 is 98 or 99 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1927
- 10 in 1937
- 18 in 1945
- 21 in 1948
- 30 in 1957
- 40 in 1967
- 50 in 1977
- 60 in 1987
- 70 in 1997
- 80 in 2007
- 90 in 2017
- 100 in 2027
1927 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Rabbit 🐇
1927 is a Fire Rabbit year (Yin). The 1927 Chinese zodiac year began on February 2, 1927 and ended on January 22, 1928. People born in January or early February 1927, before Chinese New Year on February 2, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Tiger.
The Rabbit is linked with gentleness, grace and good fortune. Rabbit-year people are traditionally described as kind, tactful and refined, preferring peace and comfort to confrontation.
People with the Fire element are traditionally described as passionate, dynamic and bold.
What generation is 1927?
People born in 1927 are part of The Greatest Generation, which covers birth years 1901–1927. 1927 is the last year of Greatest Generation, so people born in 1927 sometimes identify with the next generation too.
The Greatest Generation grew up during the Great Depression and came of age in the Second World War. The name was popularised by journalist Tom Brokaw's 1998 book of the same title.
Famous people born in 1927
- March 6, 1927Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
- April 16, 1927265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
- December 5, 1927Former King of Thailand (1927–2016)
- October 16, 1927German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
- February 20, 1927Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
- July 4, 1927Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)
- October 14, 1927English actor (1927–2017)
- April 1, 1927Hungarian association football player (1927–2006)
- January 30, 1927Swedish Prime Minister (1969–76, 1982–86)
- October 13, 19278th President of the Republic of Turkey (1927–1993)
- January 17, 1927American singer and actress (1927–2008)
- December 25, 1927Indian classical sarangi player (1927–2024)
- April 18, 1927American political scientist (1927–2008)
- March 1, 1927American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)
- June 24, 1927American scientist (1927–2014)
- July 29, 1927Dutch writer (1927–2010)
- August 18, 1927First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
- January 13, 1927South African-British biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 (1927–2019)
- December 20, 1927President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998
- April 20, 1927Swiss physicist (1927–2023)
- July 13, 1927French politician (1927–2017)
- May 9, 1927German biophysical chemist (1927-2019)
- September 4, 1927American computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)
- March 27, 1927Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)
- August 9, 1927American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)
- March 12, 1927Argentine politician
- September 16, 1927American actor (1927–2011)
- January 25, 1927Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994)
- March 21, 1927German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)
- July 6, 1927American actress (1927–2004)
- March 16, 1927Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967)
- October 18, 1927American actor, film director and producer (1927–1999)
- May 22, 1927Hungarian chemist (1927-2017)
- June 28, 1927American chemist (1927–2012)
- April 10, 1927American biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)
- April 14, 1927New Zealand chemist (1927–2007)
- April 27, 1927American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- June 23, 1927American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)
- April 18, 1927Polish politician and prime minister (1927-2013)
- October 8, 1927Argentine biochemist (1927–2002)
- January 1, 1927French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
- October 7, 1927Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist
- April 25, 1927French comic book artist (1927–2020)
- November 20, 1927Soviet and Russian actor, theatre and film director (1927-2007)
- May 25, 1927American novelist (1927–2001)
- April 17, 1927Prime Minister of India (1990-1991)
- October 23, 1927Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)
- November 8, 1927American country-pop singer (1927–2013)
- February 24, 1927French actress (1927-2017)
- August 24, 1927American economist (1927–2023)
- January 1, 1927American economist
- March 29, 1927English pharmacologist (1927-2004)
- November 18, 1927Soviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)
- February 2, 1927American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
- May 7, 1927German-born British-American author (1927-2013)
- August 25, 1927American tennis player (1927-2003)
- December 12, 1927American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1927–1990), co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel
- February 7, 1927French singer and actress (1927–2020)
- December 3, 1927American singer (1927–2012)
- February 10, 1927African-American soprano
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1927?
Someone born in 1927 turns 99 in 2026, 100 in 2027. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1927?
1927 is the Year of the Rabbit, with the Fire element (Fire Rabbit). The 1927 zodiac year runs from February 2, 1927 to January 22, 1928. People born in 1927 before February 2 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Tiger.
What generation is 1927?
People born in 1927 belong to The Greatest Generation (Greatest Generation), which includes birth years 1901 to 1927. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1927 a leap year?
No. 1927 is a common year with 365 days.