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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Beatrix Campbell

English writer and activist.

Born February 3rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Carlisle.

George Sabra

President of the syrian national council.

Born July 11th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Qatana.

Bob Lutz

American tennis player.

Born August 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in San Clemente.

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

Iranian musician (1947–2014).

Born January 7th, 1947 in Gorgan.

Died May 2nd, 2014 at 67 years old in Tehran (cancer).

Coline Serreau

French actress, film director and writer.

Born October 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Paris.

Lev Rubinstein

Russian writer and philologist (1947–2024).

Born February 19th, 1947 in Moscow.

Died January 14th, 2024 at 76 years old in Moscow (struck by vehicle). [ref]

Linda Hogan

Chickasaw writer.

Born July 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Denver.

Michel Pastoureau

French historian.

Born June 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Gareth Edwards

Welsh rugby union player.

Born July 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen.

Jerónimo de Sousa

Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic.

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

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov

Russian ice hockey player (1947-2017).

Born June 30th, 1947 in Krasnogorsk.

Died February 28th, 2017 at 69 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]

Jan Niklas

German actor.

Born October 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Munich.

Abul Qasim Nomani

Indian muslim scholar.

Born January 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Varanasi.

Rae Armantrout

American poet (born 1947).

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

Alla Dudayeva

Russian artist.

Born August 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kolomensky District.

Alessandro Haber

Italian actor and film director.

Born January 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Bologna.

Chandra Muzaffar

Malaysian writer.

Born March 10th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Malaysia.

Joyce Aryee

Ghanaian politician.

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

Laurent Pokou

Ivorian footballer (1947-2016).

Born October 8th, 1947 in Treichville. [ref]

Died November 13th, 2016 at 69 years old in Cocody. [ref]

Quim Barreiros

Portuguese singer and accordionist.

Born June 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Vila Praia de Âncora.

Giuseppe Betori

Italian catholic cardinal.

Born February 25th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Foligno.

Onny Parun

Tennis player from new zealand.

Born April 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Wellington.

Mitsuo Tsukahara

Gymnast.

Born December 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kita.

Jaroslav Kubera

Czech politician (1947–2020).

Born February 16th, 1947 in Louny. [ref]

Died January 20th, 2020 at 72 years old in Ústí nad Labem (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Guy Evans

British drummer.

Born June 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Birmingham.

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