Partha Chatterjee

Indian academic.

Born November 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kolkata.

Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein

Liechtensteiner princier (1947).

Born October 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Zurich.

Gerd Binnig

German physicist.

Born July 20th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Frankfurt. ^[ref]

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd prime minister of norway.

Born September 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Molde Municipality. ^[ref]

Yuri Ushakov

Russian diplomat.

Born March 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Moscow.

Darrell Sweet

British musician (1947–1999).

Born May 16th, 1947 in Bournemouth.

Died April 30th, 1999 at 51 years old in New Albany (myocardial infarction).

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan naturalized french writer.

Born December 1st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Fez. ^[ref]

Ben Masters

American actor (1947–2023).

Born May 6th, 1947 in Corvallis.

Died January 11th, 2023 at 75 years old in Palm Springs (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Alain Connes

French mathematician.

Born April 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Draguignan.

Kodela Siva Prasad Rao

Indian politician.

Born May 2nd, 1947.

Died September 16th, 2019 at 72 years old (hanging to death).

Carla Del Ponte

International jurist.

Born February 9th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Lugano.

Tim Hunter

American television and film director.

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

Josephine Siao

Hong kong actress.

Born March 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Shanghai.

Helena Vondráčková

Czech recording artist; actress and singer.

Born June 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Prague.

Próspero Nograles

Speaker of the house of representatives of the philippines from 2008 to 2010.

Born October 30th, 1947 in Davao City.

Died May 4th, 2019 at 71 years old in Davao City (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Bob Houghton

English footballer and manager (born 1947).

Born October 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in England.

Henri Michel

French football player and manager (1947-2018).

Born October 28th, 1947 in Aix-en-Provence. ^[ref]

Died April 24th, 2018 at 70 years old in Gardanne (cancer). ^[ref]

Roger D. Kornberg

American biochemist.

Born April 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in St. Louis.

Mark Frechette

American actor (1947-1975).

Born December 4th, 1947 in Boston.

Died September 27th, 1975 at 27 years old in Norfolk.

Francine Prose

American writer (born 1947).

Born April 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Brooklyn.

Seda Aznavour

French singer.

Born May 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Paris.

John Boswell

American historian.

Born March 20th, 1947 in Boston.

Died December 24th, 1994 at 47 years old in New Haven (death from AIDS-related complications).

Aziz Duwaik

Speaker of the palestinian legislative council.

Born January 12th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Cairo.

Philémon Yang

Cameroonian politician, former prime minister of cameroon.

Born June 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in British Cameroons.

Somchai Wongsawat

Prime minister of thailand form september to december 2008.

Born August 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Suan Khan.