Kazuko Shirakawa

Japanese actress (born 1947).

Born September 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Sasebo.

Birthe Neumann

Danish actress.

Born April 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Copenhagen.

Roberto Formigoni

8th president of lombardy.

Born March 30th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Lecco.

Richie Beirach

American jazz pianist and composer (1947–2026).

Born May 23rd, 1947 in Brooklyn.

Died January 26th, 2026 at 78 years old in Worms. ^[ref]

Konstantin Lopushansky

Film director.

Born June 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Dnipro.

Charles Mungoshi

Zimbabwean writer.

Born December 2nd, 1947 in Southern Rhodesia.

Died February 16th, 2019 at 71 years old in Chitungwiza (cerebrovascular disease). ^[ref]

Yonfan

Hong kong film director.

Born October 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Hunan.

João Braz de Aviz

Catholic cardinal.

Born April 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Mafra.

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Danish film director, musician, and song writer.

Born March 2nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Copenhagen.

Rabbie Namaliu

Prime minister of papua new guinea from 1988 to 1992.

Born April 3rd, 1947 in East New Britain Province.

Died March 31st, 2023 at 75 years old in Rabaul.

Cheng Nan-jung

Taiwanese publisher and activist (1947–1989).

Born September 12th, 1947 in Taipei.

Died April 7th, 1989 at 41 years old in Taipei (self-immolation).

John Campbell Brown

British astronomer (1947-2019).

Born February 4th, 1947 in Dumbarton.

Died November 16th, 2019 at 72 years old in Isle of Skye. ^[ref]

Nenad Bjeković

Yugoslav football manager and player.

Born November 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Lazarevo.

José Luis Cuerda

Spanish film director (1947–2020).

Born February 18th, 1947 in Albacete.

Died February 4th, 2020 at 72 years old in Madrid (arterial embolism). ^[ref]

Carlo Nordio

Italian magistrate and prosecutor (born 1947).

Born February 6th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Treviso.

Willie Wise

American basketball player.

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

Predrag Ejdus

Serbian actor, professor of acting (1947–2018).

Born July 24th, 1947 in Belgrade.

Died September 28th, 2018 at 71 years old in Belgrade (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Ephraïm Inoni

Prime minister of cameroon.

Born August 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Cameroon.

Dan Meridor

Israeli politician.

Born April 23rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Jerusalem. ^[ref]

Marina Neyolova

Soviet and russian actress.

Born January 8th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Kazuko Sugiyama

Japanese actress and voice actress.

Born September 16th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Nagoya.

Diether Krebs

German actor (1947–2000).

Born August 11th, 1947 in Essen.

Died January 4th, 2000 at 52 years old in Hamburg (lung cancer).

Robert Dornhelm

Austrian filmmaker.

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

Ole Paus

Norwegian recording artist; musician, songwriter (1947–2023).

Born February 9th, 1947 in Oslo. ^[ref]

Died December 12th, 2023 at 76 years old in Drammen (stroke). ^[ref]

Patrick Chesnais

French actor.

Born March 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in La Garenne-Colombes.