Renata Sorrah

Brazilian actress.

Born February 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Martin Chalfie

American biochemist, cell biologist, and university teacher (born 1947).

Born January 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Chicago. ^[ref]

Carlos Lopes

Olympic runner.

Born February 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Vildemoinhos.

Kenpachirō Satsuma

Japanese actor (1947–2023).

Born May 27th, 1947 in Izumi. ^[ref]

Died December 16th, 2023 at 76 years old (interstitial lung disease). ^[ref]

H. Robert Horvitz

American biologist.

Born May 8th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Chicago.

Gene Green

American politician.

Born October 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Houston.

Bernard Comrie

British linguist.

Born May 23rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Sunderland.

Regina Duarte

Brazilian actress.

Born February 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Franca. ^[ref]

John Radford

English football player (born 1947).

Born February 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Hemsworth.

Abul Kalam Abdul Momen

Former bangladeshi minister of foreign affairs.

Born August 23rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Sylhet.

Louis Michel

Belgian politician.

Born September 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Tienen.

Egberto Gismonti

Brazilian musician and composer.

Born December 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Carmo.

Margaret Rhea Seddon

Surgeon and former nasa astronaut.

Born November 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Murfreesboro. ^[ref]

Hansa Yogendra

Indian yoga guru, author, researcher and television personality (born 1947).

Born October 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Indore.

Va'aletoa Sualauvi II

O le ao o le malo of samoa since 2017.

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

Co Adriaanse

Dutch association football player and manager.

Born July 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Amsterdam.

Claude Montana

French fashion designer (1947–2024).

Born June 29th, 1947 in Paris, 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Died February 23rd, 2024 at 76 years old in Hôpital Bretonneau. ^[ref]

Michael Dibdin

British writer (1947–2007).

Born March 21st, 1947 in Wolverhampton.

Died March 30th, 2007 at 60 years old in Seattle.

Christian Jacq

French author and egyptologist.

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

Kate Clinton

American comedian.

Born November 9th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Buffalo.

Humayun Azad

Bangladeshi author, poet, scholar and linguist. (1947–2004).

Born April 28th, 1947 in Munshiganj District. ^[ref]

Died August 12th, 2004 at 57 years old in Munich.

Will Alsop

British architect (1947-2018).

Born December 12th, 1947 in Northampton.

Died May 12th, 2018 at 70 years old in London.

Noël Carroll

American philosopher.

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

Michael S. Hart

American author, founder of project gutenberg (1947–2011).

Born March 8th, 1947 in Tacoma.

Died September 6th, 2011 at 64 years old in Urbana (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga

American samoan politician and governor.

Born August 12th, 1947 in Taʻū.

Died March 6th, 2026 at 78 years old in Honolulu. ^[ref]