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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Jennifer Rhodes

American actress.

Born August 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Rosiclare.

Wiranto

Indonesian general and politician.

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

Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Brazilian philosopher and politician.

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

Erica Gavin

American actress.

Born July 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Los Angeles.

Sally Oldfield

Irish singer-songwriter.

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

Buronson

Japanese manga artist.

Born June 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Nagoya.

Kōzō Okamoto

Japanese terrorist.

Born December 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ashikita.

Hal Abelson

Computer scientist.

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

Jude Deveraux

American writer.

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

John R. Saul

Canadian writer, international pen president and public intellectual.

Born June 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ottawa.

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).

Leung Ting

Hong kong wing chun practitioner.

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

Bill Posey

U.s. representative from florida.

Born December 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Washington, D.C..

Kate Linder

American actress.

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

David A. Patterson

American computer scientist.

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

James T. Conway

U.s. marine corps general.

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

Donna de Varona

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

Born April 26th, 1947 (age 78 years) in San Diego.

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.

Tatiana Tarasova

Figure skater.

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

Rebiya Kadeer

Uyghur politician, activist and businesswoman.

Born January 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Altay City.

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]

Pat Proft

American screenwriter.

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

Gidon Kremer

Latvian violinist and conductor (born 1947).

Born February 27th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Riga.

Richard Palmer-James

English musician.

Born June 11th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bournemouth.

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