- Dec 1 Grant Beglarian, Armenian-American composer (Of Fables, Foibles, and Fancies), educator (University of Southern California, 1969-86), and arts administrator, born in Tiflis, Georgia (d. 2002)
Andy Williams (1927-2012)
Dec 3 American pop singer ("Moon River"; "Days of Wine and Roses"; "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), born in Wall Lake, Iowa
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016)
Dec 5 King of Thailand (1946-2016), jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Dec 6 Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (d. 2000)
- Dec 6 Jacques Bondon, French composer, born in Boulbon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 2008)
- Dec 7 Helen Watts, British contralto, born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales (d. 2009)
- Dec 7 Vlastimir Peričić, Serbian composer, born in Vršac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2000)
- Dec 9 Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), born in Paris (d. 2017)
- Dec 14 Richard Cassilly, American tenor, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1998)
- Dec 23 (Cornelius) "Pinocchio" James, American jazz and R&B singer (Lionel Hampton Revue), born in Macon, Georgia
- Dec 23 Joseph Castaldo, American composer, born in New York City (d. 2000)
- Dec 24 Teresa Stich-Randall, American soprano (Vienna State Opera), born in New Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2007)
- Dec 28 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR (d. 2016)
About December 1927
How Old? 96 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
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