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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Malam Bacai Sanhá

President of guinea-bissau (1947-2012).

Born May 5th, 1947 in Empada.

Died January 9th, 2012 at 64 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (diabetes). [ref]

Giulio Tremonti

Italian politician..

Born August 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Sondrio.

Novruz Mammadov

Azerbaijani politician and translator, former prime minister of azerbaijan.

Born March 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Şıxmahmud.

Gennady Seleznyov

Russian politician (1947-2015).

Born November 6th, 1947 in Serov.

Died July 19th, 2015 at 67 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).

Alberto Franceschini

Italian terrorist.

Born October 26th, 1947 in Reggio Emilia.

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

John Lipsky

Economist.

Born May 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Cedar Rapids.

Giuseppe Savoldi

Italian footballer.

Born January 21st, 1947 in Gorlago.

Died March 26th, 2026 at 79 years old in Bergamo. [ref]

John Johnson

American basketball player (1947–2016).

Born October 18th, 1947 in Carthage.

Died January 7th, 2016 at 68 years old in San Jose.

Jozef De Kesel

Belgian cardinal.

Born June 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ghent. [ref]

Joseph Daul

French mep.

Born April 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Strasbourg.

Thanos Mikroutsikos

Greek composer and politician (1947–2019).

Born April 13th, 1947 in Patras.

Died December 28th, 2019 at 72 years old in Athens (lung cancer). [ref]

Riyad Mansour

Palestinian diplomat (born 1947).

Born May 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ramallah.

Ajit Pal Singh

Captain of 1975 hockey world cup champion indian team.

Born April 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Sansarpur.

Emiliano Mondonico

Italian football player and coach (1947-2018).

Born March 9th, 1947 in Rivolta d'Adda.

Died March 29th, 2018 at 71 years old in Milan (stomach cancer). [ref]

Alcione

Brazilian recording artist and singer (born 1947).

Born November 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in São Luís, Maranhão.

Viktor Klima

Austrian politician and businessman (born 1947).

Born June 4th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Schwechat.

Marouf al-Bakhit

Jordanian politician.

Born March 18th, 1947 in Mahis. [ref]

Died October 7th, 2023 at 76 years old in Jordan. [ref]

Krešimir Zubak

Bosnian croat politician.

Born January 25th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Doboj.

Svetlana Toma

Soviet and russian actress.

Born May 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chișinău. [ref]

Selina Hossain

Bengali writer.

Born June 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Rajshahi.

Ian O'Brien

Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.

Born March 3rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Wellington.

Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre

Congolese politician.

Born March 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Katanga Province.

James Morris

American opera singer (born 1947).

Born January 10th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Baltimore.

Leonid Khabarov

Russian military personnel.

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

Zakhar Bron

Russian musician.

Born December 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Oral.

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