Authors born in 1927
- Watts Humphrey Engineer, 1927
- Wilbur L. Creech Officer, 1927
- William Daniels Actor, 1927
- William E. Simon Businessman, 1927
- William G. McGowan Entrepreneur, 1927
- William J. Perry Mathematician, 1927
- William Kurelek Artist, 1927
- William Labov Linguist, 1927
- William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby Officer, 1927
- William McElcheran Designer, 1927
- William V. Shannon Journalist, 1927
- Wolf Kahn Painter, 1927
- Zbigniew Jaworowski Physician, 1927
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder Writer, 1927