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In the year 1947

1,691 Notable birthdays

Darrell Waltrip

American racing driver.

Born February 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Owensboro.

Tommy James

American singer, songwriter.

Born April 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Dayton.

Kathrine Switzer

American marathon runner, author, and television commentator.

Born January 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Amberg.

Dasari Narayana Rao

Indian director, actor, politician.

Born May 4th, 1947 in Palakollu. [ref]

Died May 30th, 2017 at 70 years old in Hyderabad (disease).

Mary Simon

Canadian politician and diplomat.

Born August 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kangiqsualujjuaq. [ref]

Dick Advocaat

Dutch association football player and manager (born 1947).

Born September 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in The Hague.

Jon Corzine

American politician in new jersey (born 1947).

Born January 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Taylorville.

Vidya Sinha

Indian actress (1947-2019).

Born November 15th, 1947 in Mumbai.

Died August 15th, 2019 at 71 years old in Mumbai (cardiovascular disease). [ref]

P. J. O'Rourke

American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022).

Born November 14th, 1947 in Toledo. [ref]

Died February 15th, 2022 at 74 years old in Sharon. [ref]

Camille Keaton

American actress.

Born July 20th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pine Bluff.

Gunnar Hansen

Icelandic-born american actor (1947–2015).

Born March 4th, 1947 in Reykjavík.

Died November 7th, 2015 at 68 years old in Northeast Harbor (pancreatic cancer).

Dana Rohrabacher

American politician.

Born June 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Coronado.

Tracey Walter

American actor.

Born November 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Jersey City.

Paco de Lucía

Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014).

Born December 21st, 1947 in Algeciras.

Died February 26th, 2014 at 66 years old in Playa del Carmen, Cancun (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Mariska Veres

Dutch singer of shocking blue (1947-2006).

Born October 1st, 1947 in The Hague.

Died December 2nd, 2006 at 59 years old in The Hague (gallbladder cancer). [ref]

Shelley Hack

American actress.

Born July 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in White Plains.

Marion Ramsey

American actress (1947-2021).

Born May 10th, 1947 in Philadelphia.

Died January 7th, 2021 at 73 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Graham Bonnet

British vocalist and songwriter.

Born December 23rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Skegness.

Emlyn Hughes

English footballer.

Born August 28th, 1947 in Barrow-in-Furness.

Died November 9th, 2004 at 57 years old in Sheffield (brain cancer). [ref]

Deborah Lipstadtqp

American diplomat and holocaust historian (born 1947).

Born March 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Carlton Fisk

American baseball player.

Born December 26th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bellows Falls.

Dorothy Lyman

American actress and director.

Born April 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Minneapolis.

Jameson Parker

American actor.

Born November 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Baltimore.

Fred DeLuca

American businessman (1947–2015).

Born October 3rd, 1947 in Brooklyn.

Died September 14th, 2015 at 67 years old in Lauderdale Lakes (leukemia). [ref]

Buck Dharma

American musician.

Born November 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Long Island.

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