Wiranto

Indonesian general and politician.

Born April 4th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Yogyakarta. ^[ref]

Sally Oldfield

Irish singer-songwriter.

Born August 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Dublin. ^[ref]

Erica Gavin

American actress.

Born July 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Los Angeles.

Stephen Hadley

American attorney and senior government official (born 1947).

Born February 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Toledo.

Jean-Yves Le Drian

French politician (born 1947).

Born June 30th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Lorient. ^[ref]

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi.

French virologist and nobel laureate, co-discoverer of hiv.

Born July 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in 19th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Kate Linder

American actress.

Born November 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pasadena.

Deniz Gezmiş

Turkish political activist (1947-1972).

Born February 27th, 1947 in Ayaş.

Died May 6th, 1972 at 25 years old in Ankara (hanging to death).

Buronson

Japanese manga artist.

Born June 16th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Nagoya.

John R. Saul

Canadian writer, international pen president and public intellectual.

Born June 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Ottawa.

Jonathan Kaplan

American director (1947–2025).

Born November 25th, 1947 in Paris.

Died August 1st, 2025 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Pat Proft

American screenwriter.

Born April 3rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Columbia Heights.

Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Brazilian philosopher and politician.

Born March 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Richard Palmer-James

English musician.

Born June 11th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Bournemouth.

Hal Abelson

Computer scientist.

Born April 29th, 1947 (age 79 years).

David A. Patterson

American computer scientist.

Born November 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Evergreen Park.

Petra Kelly

German politician and activist (1947-1992).

Born November 29th, 1947 in Günzburg.

Died October 1st, 1992 at 44 years old in Bonn.

Robert Service

British historian.

Born October 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in United Kingdom.

Jude Deveraux

American writer.

Born September 20th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Fairdale.

James T. Conway

U.s. marine corps general.

Born December 26th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Walnut Ridge.

Leung Ting

Hong kong wing chun practitioner.

Born February 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Hong Kong.

Donna de Varona

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, television sportscaster.

Born April 26th, 1947 (age 79 years) in San Diego.

Tatiana Tarasova

Figure skater.

Born February 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Soviet Union.

Alain Bashung

French singer (1947–2009).

Born December 1st, 1947 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Died March 14th, 2009 at 61 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Holmes Osborne

American actor.

Born November 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kansas City.