What were famous people doing at age 27?

126 events at age 27, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Ernest Hemingway: Published The Sun Also Rises (1926)
• Adam Peaty: Defended Olympic gold in Tokyo (2021)
• Alan Turing: Broke Enigma code (1939)
• Andre De Grasse: Won Olympic 200m gold (2021)
• Anna Karenina: Met Count Vronsky
• Henri Poincare: Discovered automorphic functions (1881)
• Elon Musk: Sold Zip2 for $307 million (1998)
• Ichiro Suzuki: Joined Mariners, won AL MVP and Rookie of Year (2001)
• Ichiro Suzuki: Signed with Seattle Mariners (2000)
• Ilya Sutskever: Co-created AlexNet, revolutionizing deep learning (2012)
• William Wallace: Led Scots to victory at Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297)
• Walt Disney: Created Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie (1928)
• Yoko Ono: Pioneered conceptual and performance art (1960)
• Gamora: Fought in Battle of Xandar
• Quicksilver (X-Men): Sacrificed to save others
• Guglielmo Marconi: First transatlantic radio transmission (1901)
• Katie Ledecky: Won 10th Olympic medal (2024)
• Conor McGregor: Became UFC Featherweight Champion (2015)
• Sam Walton: Opened first Walmart (1962)
• Sara Blakely: Founded Spanx (1998)
• Salvador Dali: Painted The Persistence of Memory (1931)
• Jay Gatsby: Met Daisy Buchanan
• Simone Biles: Won Olympic gold in Paris comeback (2024)
• Sherlock Holmes: Met Dr. Watson
• Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes): Met Dr. Watson
• Jean Valjean: Imprisoned for stealing bread
• John Calvin: Published "Institutes of the Christian Religion" (1536)
• Shanks: Lost arm saving young Luffy (2006)
• Julius Yego: Won Olympic silver in javelin (2016)
• Jesse Owens II: Defended title 17 times (1941)
• John Lennon: Released Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
• Stephen King: Published Carrie (1974)
• Steve Wozniak: Created Apple II (1977)
• Steve Rogers: Crashed into the Arctic Ocean to stop HYDRA's attack, frozen for 70 years (1945)
• Stephen King: Published Carrie, first major success (1974)
• Stephen Curry: Won first NBA Championship (2015)
• Spike Spiegel: Final confrontation with Vicious
• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop): Became bounty hunter
• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop): Final confrontation
• Daniel Ståhl: Won World Championship discus (2019)
• Diego Maradona: Led Napoli to Serie A title (1987)
• David Beckham: Moved to Real Madrid (2002)
• Napoleon Bonaparte: Led Italian Campaign, defeated Austrian forces (1796)
• Howl: Known as a powerful wizard with a moving castle
• Howl: Regained his heart through Sophie's love
• Padme Amidala: Gave birth to Luke and Leia
• Harriet Tubman: Escaped from slavery (1849)
• Vincent van Gogh: Decided to become an artist (1880)
• Forrest Gump: Received Medal of Honor for service in Vietnam War (1971)
• Brian Chesky: Co-founded Airbnb (2008)
• Bryson DeChambeau: Won US Open with revolutionary distance-based approach (2020)
• The Flash: Became the fastest man alive
• Brooks Koepka: Won first major at US Open (2017)
• Freddie Mercury: Queen released debut album (1973)
• Frederick Douglass: Published autobiography "Narrative of the Life" (1845)
• Paul Dirac: Predicted existence of antimatter (1929)
• Malcolm X: Became Nation of Islam minister
• Marcell Jacobs: Won Olympic 100m gold (2021)
• Marcell Jacobs: Won 4x100m relay gold (2021)
• Giannis Antetokounmpo: Won NBA Championship and Finals MVP (2021)
• Yuri Gagarin: First human in space aboard Vostok 1 (1961)
• Johannes Vetter: Threw 97.76m javelin (2020)
• Johan Cruyff: Led Netherlands to World Cup final (1974)
• Yor Forger: Married Loid as part of cover story
• Yor Forger: Became a legendary assassin known as Thorn Princess
• Larry Bird: Won first of three consecutive MVP awards (1984)
• Lionel Messi: Reached World Cup final with Argentina (2014)
• Luka Modric: Joined Real Madrid (2012)
• Lev Yashin: Won Olympic gold with USSR (1956)
• LeBron James: Won first NBA Championship (2012)
• LeBron James: Won first NBA Championship with Heat (2012)
• Roger Federer: Reached 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1 (2008)
• Roberto Baggio: Led Italy to World Cup final with crucial goals (1994)
• Kazuo Inamori: Founded Kyocera (1959)
• Yuzuru Hanyu: Landed first quad axel in competition (2022)
• Shoin Yoshida: Taught at Shoka Sonjuku, training future leaders (1857)
• Kondo Isami: Succeeded as fourth head of the Tennen Rishin-ryu (1861)
• Koyoharu Gotouge: Started serializing Demon Slayer (2016)
• Koyoharu Gotouge: Started Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in Weekly Shonen Jump (2016)
• Sakamoto Ryoma: Left Tosa domain (dappan) (1863)
• Nanami Kento: Became 1st grade sorcerer
• Nanami Kento: Fought Mahito in Shibuya
• Yukichi Fukuzawa II: Traveled to Paris as member of delegation (1867)
• Sei Shonagon: Became lady-in-waiting to Empress Teishi (993)
• Kazuo Nishi: Developed MSX computer standard (1983)
• Aka Akasaka: Started Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2015)
• Tadashi Kawai: Won second Olympic gold (2021)
• Motoko Kusanagi: Merged with Puppet Master
• Motoko Kusanagi: Transcended humanity
• Shohei Ohtani: Named AL MVP as two-way player (2021)
• Shohei Ohtani: Won AL MVP as two-way player (2021)
• Shohei Ohtani: Won AL MVP as two-way player (2021)
• Shohei Ohtani: Won AL MVP with historic two-way performance (2021)
• Kenji Miyazawa Poet: Published first poetry collection Yagi no Uta (1934)
• Keigo Higashino: Won Edogawa Ranpo Prize for debut novel (1985)
• Kohei Uchimura: Won second consecutive Olympic all-around gold at Rio (2016)
• Kohei Uchimura: Won second consecutive Olympic all-around gold at Rio (2016)
• Pony Ma: Co-founded Tencent (1998)
• Toru Takemitsu: Composed "Requiem for Strings" (1957)
• Keisuke Honda: Joined AC Milan (2014)
• Hideo Nomo: Won NL Rookie of Year with Dodgers (1995)
• Yu Suzuki: Created Hang-On (1985)
• H.P. Lovecraft: First published work in Weird Tales (1917)
• Ernest Shackleton: Joined Discovery Expedition to Antarctica (1901)
• William the Conqueror: Became Duke of Normandy (1035)
• Gordon Ramsay: Opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (1993)
• Coco Chanel: Opened first boutique (1910)
• Shericka Jackson: Won Olympic 100m bronze (2021)
• Jim Thorpe: Played professional baseball (1915)
• Spike Spiegel: Joined Bebop crew
• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop): Met Faye Valentine
• Nebula: Joined the Guardians
• Howl: Made a contract with the fire demon Calcifer
• Barack Obama: Harvard Law Review editor-in-chief (1988)
• Francois Pinault: Started timber trading business (1963)
• Rosalind Franklin: Published X-ray diffraction research (1947)
• Robert Hooke: Appointed Curator of Experiments (1662)
• Robin Williams: Starred in Mork & Mindy (1978)
• Kobo Abe: Published The Crime of S. Karma (1951)
• Takasugi Shinsaku: The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance he helped broker was concluded (1866)
• Takasugi Shinsaku: Died of tuberculosis in Shimonoseki (1867)
• Ichigo Kurosaki: Restored Soul Reaper powers
• Gintoki Sakata: Founded Yorozuya
• Gintoki Sakata (Gintama): Started Yorozuya
• Nanami Kento: Returned to jujutsu sorcerer after leaving
• Yasunari Kawabata: Published Izu Dancer (1926)

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