Hülya Koçyiğit

Turkish actor (born 1947).

Born December 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kuzguncuk.

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

French actor, film director and screenwriter.

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

Porfirio Lobo Sosa

37th president of honduras (2010–2014).

Born December 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Trujillo.

İlber Ortaylı

Turkish historian (1947–2026).

Born May 21st, 1947 in Bregenz.

Died March 13th, 2026 at 78 years old in Koç University Hospital (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). ^[ref]

Gerry Conway

English folk and rock drummer/percussionist (1947–2024).

Born September 11th, 1947 in King's Lynn.

Died March 29th, 2024 at 76 years old in King's Lynn (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Don Tapscott

Canadian businessman.

Born June 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Toronto.

France A. Córdova

American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947).

Born August 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Paris.

Keith Tippett

British jazz pianist and composer (1947–2020).

Born August 25th, 1947 in Bristol.

Died June 14th, 2020 at 72 years old ^[ref]

Gregory Chaitin

Argentinian mathematician and computer scientist.

Born November 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chicago.

Yukiya Amano

Director general/international atomic energy agency (1947-2019).

Born May 9th, 1947 in Yugawara.

Died July 18th, 2019 at 72 years old in Vienna. ^[ref]

Gardner Dozois

American science fiction editor (1947-2018).

Born July 23rd, 1947 in Salem.

Died May 27th, 2018 at 70 years old in Philadelphia (sepsis). ^[ref]

Steve Khan

American musician.

Born April 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Los Angeles.

Benoît Jacquot

French film director and screenwriter.

Born February 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Paris.

Rubén Olivares

Mexican boxer.

Born January 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Mexico City.

Roger Pratt

British cinematographer (1947–2024).

Born February 27th, 1947 in Leicester.

Died December 31st, 2024 at 77 years old ^[ref]

Alfredo Cristiani

President of el salvador.

Born November 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in San Salvador.

Loukas Papademos

Greek economist and prime minister.

Born October 11th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Athens.

Yusef Komunyakaa

American poet and academic (born 1947).

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

Israel Shamir

Russian and israeli journalist, known for denying the holocaust (born 1947).

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

Pham Tuan

Vietnamese astronaut, first asian in space.

Born February 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Quốc Tuấn.

Eric Flint

American author.

Born February 6th, 1947 in Burbank.

Died July 17th, 2022 at 75 years old in East Chicago. ^[ref]

Roger De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist.

Born August 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Eeklo.

Carlos Ezquerra

Spanish comics artist (1947–2018).

Born November 12th, 1947 in Ibdes.

Died October 1st, 2018 at 70 years old (cancer). ^[ref]

Frances Yip

Hong kong female singer.

Born October 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Hong Kong.

Hanns Zischler

German actor, writer and dramaturge (born 1947).

Born June 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Nuremberg.