Shwe Mann

Joint chief of staff of the burmese armed forces.

Born July 11th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Kanyutkwin.

Rudolf Scharping

German politician.

Born December 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Niederelbert.

Jorge Donn

Argentine ballet dancer (1947–1992).

Born February 25th, 1947. ^[ref]

Died November 30th, 1992 at 45 years old in Lausanne (death from AIDS-related complications).

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist.

Born December 4th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Denver.

James Morrow

American author.

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

Maria Farantouri

Greek singer.

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

Howard Georgi

American physicist.

Born January 6th, 1947 (age 79 years) in San Bernardino.

Salim Joubran

Arab-israeli judge.

Born August 4th, 1947 in German Colony.

Died March 15th, 2024 at 76 years old in Jerusalem. ^[ref]

Peter M. Christian

President of the federated states of micronesia.

Born October 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pohnpei.

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]

Josef Klose

Footballer.

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

Flavio Bucci

Italian actor (1947-2020).

Born May 25th, 1947 in Turin.

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

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.

Kembo Uba Kembo

Congolese footballer (1947–2007).

Born December 27th, 1947 in Belgian Congo.

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

Lev Rokhlin

Soviet general (1947–1998).

Born June 6th, 1947 in Aral.

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

Andrew Dalby

British academic.

Born June 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Liverpool.

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]

Riyad Mansour

Palestinian diplomat (born 1947).

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

William Hartston

British chess player and author.

Born August 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in London.

Hugh N. Kennedy

British historian.

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

Margareta Arvidsson

Swedish beauty pageant contestant.

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

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Japanese racing driver.

Born July 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Shizuoka.

Wojciech Kurtyka

Polish mountaineer and rock climber, born 1947..

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

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]