Salvatore Sciarrino

Italian composer.

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

Sarolta Zalatnay

Hungarian singer.

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

Tristan Murail

French composer and music pedagogue.

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

Hubert Védrine

French diplomat and politician.

Born July 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bellegarde-en-Marche.

Svetlana Bojković

Serbian actress.

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

Mala Sen

Indian author.

Born June 3rd, 1947 in Mussoorie. ^[ref]

Died May 21st, 2011 at 63 years old in Mumbai.

Michèle Torr

French singer.

Born April 7th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Pertuis.

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]

Tatyana Chernigovskaya

Soviet and russian psychologist.

Born February 7th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Lucius Shepard

Writer.

Born August 21st, 1947 in Lynchburg. ^[ref]

Died March 18th, 2014 at 66 years old in Portland (chronic condition). ^[ref]

Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns

British conservative party politician (born 1947).

Born July 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in London.

Björn Afzelius

Swedish singer, songwriter and guitar player. (1947–1999).

Born January 27th, 1947 in Huskvarna.

Died February 16th, 1999 at 52 years old in Gothenburg (lung cancer).

Ian Scheckter

South african racing driver.

Born August 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in East London.

Jozef De Kesel

Belgian cardinal.

Born June 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Ghent. ^[ref]

Aad de Mos

Dutch association football player and manager.

Born March 27th, 1947 (age 79 years) in The Hague.

Mary L. Cleave

American engineer and nasa astronaut (1947–2023).

Born February 5th, 1947 in Southampton.

Died November 27th, 2023 at 76 years old in Annapolis. ^[ref]

Ilanit

Israeli singer.

Born September 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Tel Aviv.

Alberto Franceschini

Italian terrorist.

Born October 26th, 1947 in Reggio Emilia.

Died April 11th, 2025 at 77 years old in Milan. ^[ref]

Jozias van Aartsen

Dutch politician (born 1947).

Born December 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in The Hague.

Gunter Demnig

German artist (born 1947).

Born October 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Berlin.

Goran Paskaljević

Serbian film director and screenwriter (1947-2020).

Born April 22nd, 1947 in Belgrade.

Died September 25th, 2020 at 73 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Yehonatan Geffen

Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, and playwright.

Born February 22nd, 1947 in Nahalal.

Died April 19th, 2023 at 76 years old in Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer.

Konstantin Wecker

German musician.

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

Alexander Yakushev

Soviet ice hockey player.

Born January 2nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Balashikha.

David Rigert

Soviet weightlifter.

Born March 12th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Nagornoe.