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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Boris Gulko

Soviet-american chess player.

Born February 9th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Erfurt.

Mari Trini

Spanish singer-songwriter.

Born July 12th, 1947 in Caravaca de la Cruz.

Died April 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Murcia (lung cancer). [ref]

Rémi Brague

French philosopher.

Born September 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Paris.

Klaus Dibiasi

Italian diver.

Born October 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Hall in Tirol.

Érik Orsenna

French writer and politician.

Born March 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Paris.

Leonard Mann

Italian actor.

Born March 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Albion.

Mack Calvin

American basketball player and coach.

Born July 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Fort Worth.

Ivo Banac

Croatian historian and politician (1947-2020).

Born March 1st, 1947 in Dubrovnik. [ref]

Died June 30th, 2020 at 73 years old in Zagreb. [ref]

Thomas Olmsted

Roman catholic prelate; 4th bishop of the diocese of phoenix, arizona.

Born January 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Oketo.

Astrid Proll

Early member of the baader-meinhof gang.

Born May 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kassel.

Mick Bates

English footballer (1947–2021).

Born September 19th, 1947 in Armthorpe.

Died July 12th, 2021 at 73 years old in Leeds. [ref]

Alan Pascoe

British hurdler.

Born October 1st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Portsmouth.

Butch Morris

American cornetist (1947–2013).

Born February 10th, 1947 in Long Beach. [ref]

Died January 29th, 2013 at 65 years old in Brooklyn (lung cancer).

Firmine Richard

French actress.

Born September 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pointe-à-Pitre.

Kerry Reid

Australian tennis player.

Born August 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Mosman.

Paulo de Carvalho

Portuguese singer.

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

Lembit Ulfsak

Estonian actor (1947–2017).

Born July 4th, 1947 in Koeru.

Died March 22nd, 2017 at 69 years old in Tallinn (cancer). [ref]

Danilo Popivoda

Yugoslav footballer (1947-2021).

Born May 1st, 1947 in Lovćenac.

Died September 9th, 2021 at 74 years old in Bijela. [ref]

Nicole Calfan

French actress.

Born March 4th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Joan La Barbara

American singer and composer (born 1947).

Born June 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Philadelphia.

Chaim Katz

Israeli politician.

Born December 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Germany. [ref]

Jenny Gröllmann

German actress (1947–2006).

Born February 5th, 1947 in Hamburg.

Died August 9th, 2006 at 59 years old in Berlin (breast cancer).

Marcello Semeraro

Italian catholic cardinal and archbishop.

Born December 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Monteroni di Lecce.

Henryk Iwaniec

Polish mathematician.

Born October 9th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Elbląg. [ref]

Tatyana Vasileva

Russian actress.

Born February 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Saint Petersburg.

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