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• Cornelis S. Rood, Heerhugowaard († 2004)
• Andre Willaert, Oostnieuwkerke († 1994)
• Antje Blokland, Hardinxveld († 2020)
• Aaltje Hazeleger, Ede († 2014)
• Antoon Frederik Cats († 2012)
• Anthon Pieter Lambrechsen, Beek en Donk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Hermanus Johannes Windmöller, Rha, Steenderen († 2013)
• Antonia van Rootselaar, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Ada Young, SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Bernice Louise Theyken, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Adriana Johanna van Keulen (21), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonius Franciscus van Eersel (55), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aplonia Cornelia Reijgersberg (57), Naaldwijk (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Baars (68), Westzaan
• Antje de Ruiter (76), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Snoeijs (65), Princenhage
• Antonius Oomens (85), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Paulina Burgemeestre (44), Soerabaja
• Aafje Hus (63), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Verdyck (63), Brecht

• 1923 » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist († 1986)
• 1923 » Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman († 2017)
• 1923 » Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator († 2017)
• 1923 » Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor († 2012)
• 1923 » Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist
• 1924 » Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company († 2012)
• 1924 » Kim Song-ae, Korean politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Pete Dye, American golfer and architect († 2020)
• 1927 » Andy Stanfield, American sprinter († 1985)
• 1929 » Matt Murphy, American guitarist († 2018)

• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)

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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on December 29, 1927 was between -5.4 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.