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• Beene Stuut († 2010)
• Antonia Baauw, Ravenswaaij, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Dina Hendrika van de Kolk, Elspeet († 2000)
• Cornelis Zuidweg, 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Antonius Swinkels, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1994)
• Corrie Maria Stoelinga, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Arend Jan Douwes Brouwer, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Goossens, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Arlene van Beek († 2016)
• Antonius Franciscus Doorhof († 1984)

• Anna Johanna Catharina Delgrosso (68), Groningen
• Anje Mihl (66), Groningen
• Anna Johanna Catharina del Grosso (68), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida van Es (49), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Wilhelmina de Koff (82), Doorn
• Anna Johanna Catharina Gerardusd del Grosso (68), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes GOOSSENS (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bridget Hayes (73), Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
• Alida van Es (49), Bloemendaal
• Berend Jan Vunderink (87), Diepenveen

• 1925 » Frantz Fanon, French–Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher († 1961)
• 1925 » Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission
• 1927 » Barbara Bergmann, American economist and academic († 2015)
• 1927 » Heather Chasen, English actress († 2020)
• 1927 » Ian P. Howard, English-Canadian psychologist and academic († 2013)
• 1927 » Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer († 2019)
• 1928 » Belaid Abdessalam, Prime Minister of Algeria
• 1928 » Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2013)
• 1929 » Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia († 2013)
• 1929 » Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars († 2017)

• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1932 » René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
• January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

The temperature on July 20, 1927 was between 6.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.