Martyn Poliakoff

British chemist.

Born December 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in London.

John Kitzhaber

35th and 37th governor of oregon.

Born March 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Colfax.

Gene Robinson

Bishop of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire.

Born May 29th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Lexington.

Anne Wiazemsky

French actress and novelist (1947–2017).

Born May 14th, 1947 in Charlottenburg.

Died October 5th, 2017 at 70 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Mel Collins

British musician.

Born September 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Banstead.

Steve Heighway

Irish association football player.

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

Philip Nitschke

Australian doctor.

Born August 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in South Australia.

Steven E. de Souza

American screenwriter and film director.

Born November 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Philadelphia.

Jill Larson

American actress.

Born October 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Minneapolis.

Paul Brady

Irish musician.

Born May 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Strabane.

Stevie Wright

Australian singer (1947–2015).

Born December 20th, 1947 in Leeds. ^[ref]

Died December 27th, 2015 at 68 years old in Moruya (pneumonia).

Julie Driscoll

English singer and actress.

Born June 8th, 1947 (age 79 years) in London.

Patrick Moore

Canadian environmental consultant.

Born June 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Port Alice.

Mike Fratello

American basketball coach, sports broadcaster.

Born February 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Hackensack.

Eric Bell

Northern irish guitarist.

Born September 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Belfast.

Eddie Hodges

American actor.

Born March 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Hattiesburg.

Michael Cochrane

English actor.

Born May 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Brighton.

Christine Gregoire

American politician.

Born March 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Adrian.

Alain Aspect

French physicist.

Born June 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Agen.

Frank Shorter

American long-distance runner.

Born October 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Munich.

Bruce Hampton

American musician (1947–2017).

Born April 30th, 1947 in Knoxville.

Died May 1st, 2017 at 70 years old in Atlanta (myocardial infarction).

Hitoshi Igarashi

Japanese writer (1947-1991).

Born June 10th, 1947 in Niigata.

Died July 11th, 1991 at 44 years old in University of Tsukuba (stabbing).

Oliver Dragojević

Croatian pop musician (1947–2018).

Born December 7th, 1947 in Split.

Died July 29th, 2018 at 70 years old in Split (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Catholic cardinal from germany.

Born December 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Mainz.

Peter Senge

American systems scientist.

Born February 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Stanford. ^[ref]