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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

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]

Twink Caplan

American actress.

Born December 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pittsburgh.

Mel Collins

British musician.

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

Patrick Moore

Canadian environmental consultant.

Born June 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Port Alice.

Mike Fratello

American basketball coach, sports broadcaster.

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

Philip Nitschke

Australian doctor.

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

Gene Robinson

Bishop of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire.

Born May 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Lexington.

Paul Brady

Irish musician.

Born May 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Strabane.

Julie Driscoll

English singer and actress.

Born June 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in London.

Steve Heighway

Irish association football player.

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

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.

Eddie Hodges

American actor.

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

Christine Gregoire

American politician.

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

Peter Senge

American systems scientist.

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

Bruce Hampton

American musician (1947–2017).

Born April 30th, 1947 in Knoxville.

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

Bruce Pandolfini

American chess author, teacher, and coach.

Born September 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Lakewood.

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]

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).

Alain Aspect

French physicist.

Born June 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Agen.

Stevie Wright

Australian singer (1947–2015).

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

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

Chetan Chauhan

Cricketer and politician from india (1947-2020).

Born July 21st, 1947 in Bareilly.

Died August 16th, 2020 at 73 years old in Medanta (COVID-19).

Frank Shorter

American long-distance runner.

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

Zeti Akhtar Aziz

Governor of bank of malaysia.

Born August 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Johor Bahru.

Michael Cochrane

English actor.

Born May 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Brighton.

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