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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Josef Klose

Footballer.

Born October 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kędzierzyn-Koźle.

Maria Farantouri

Greek singer.

Born November 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Athens.

Flavio Bucci

Italian actor (1947-2020).

Born May 25th, 1947 in Turin.

Died February 18th, 2020 at 72 years old in Fiumicino (myocardial infarction).

James Morrow

American author.

Born March 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Philadelphia.

Mickey Finn

British percussionist (1947–2003).

Born June 3rd, 1947 in Thornton Heath.

Died January 13th, 2003 at 55 years old in Croydon.

Andrew Dalby

British academic.

Born June 13th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Liverpool.

John Aston, Jr.

English footballer (born 1947).

Born July 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Manchester. [ref]

Kim Yoon-ok

First lady of south korea.

Born March 26th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Jinju.

Gennady Troshev

Russian military leader (1947–2008).

Born March 14th, 1947 in Berlin.

Died September 14th, 2008 at 61 years old in Perm (aircraft crash). [ref]

Gabriela Brimmer

Mexican writer and activist (1947-2000).

Born September 12th, 1947 in Mexico City.

Died January 3rd, 2000 at 52 years old in Mexico City (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Geydar Dzhemal

Azerbaijani-russian philosopher, politician, and writer (1947-2016).

Born November 6th, 1947 in Moscow.

Died December 5th, 2016 at 69 years old in Almaty. [ref]

Marye Anne Fox

American academic administrator (1947-2021).

Born December 9th, 1947 in Canton.

Died May 9th, 2021 at 73 years old in Austin. [ref]

Kembo Uba Kembo

Congolese footballer (1947–2007).

Born December 27th, 1947 in Belgian Congo.

Died March 26th, 2007 at 59 years old in Kinshasa.

Wojciech Kurtyka

Polish mountaineer and rock climber, born 1947..

Born September 20th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Skrzynka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

George Alec Effinger

Novelist, short story writer (1947–2002).

Born January 10th, 1947 in Cleveland.

Died April 27th, 2002 at 55 years old in New Orleans.

Margareta Arvidsson

Swedish beauty pageant contestant.

Born October 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Gothenburg.

Aram I

Catholicoi of cilicia.

Born May 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Beirut.

Hugh N. Kennedy

British historian.

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

Salvatore Sciarrino

Italian composer.

Born April 4th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Palermo.

Mario Aurelio Poli

Catholic cardinal from argentine..

Born November 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Buenos Aires.

Lev Rokhlin

Soviet general (1947–1998).

Born June 6th, 1947 in Aral.

Died July 3rd, 1998 at 51 years old in Klokovo.

Sarolta Zalatnay

Hungarian singer.

Born December 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Budapest.

Vartan Malakian

American choreographer and painter.

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

Tristan Murail

French composer and music pedagogue.

Born March 11th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Le Havre. [ref]

Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns

British conservative party politician (born 1947).

Born July 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in London.

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