This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1927, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.

• Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Laurence Nunns Guillemard (until 3 June); Sir Hugh Clifford (from 3 June)

• Perlis :
  • Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
• Johore :
  • Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
• Kedah :
  • Sultan of Kedah : Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
• Kelantan :
  • Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail
• Terengganu :
  • Sultan of Terengganu : Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
• Selangor :
  • British Residents of Selangor : Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor
  • Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
• Penang :
  • Residents-Councillor : William Peel
• Malacca :
  • Residents-Councillor : Ralph Scott
• Negri Sembilan :
  • British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
    • Ernest Charteris Holford Wolff
  • Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan : Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
• Pahang :
  • British Residents of Pahang : Henry Wagstaffe Thomson
  • Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
• Perak :
  • British Residents of Perak :
    • Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor (from 20 December)
  • Sultan of Perak : Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mutasim Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa I

• June – The Malaya cricket team records its only victory against a visiting Test side, in a game against Australia.^[1]

• 20 January – Richard Ho Ung Hun, civil servant (died 2008)
• 4 April – Othman Saat, Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the state of Johor (died 2007)^[2]
• 28 November – Abdul Halim of Kedah, constitutional monarch (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) of Malaysia from 1970 to 1975 and again from 2011 to 2016, and Sultan of Kedah from 1958 to 2017
• date unknown – Tan Jin Eong, badminton player (died 2014)

• 1927
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