Barry Guy

British composer and jazz musician (born 1947).

Born April 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in London.

Yumiko Ōshima

Japanese manga artist.

Born August 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ōtawara-shi.

Brian Jones

British balloonist.

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

Olga Ostroumova

Soviet and russian actress.

Born September 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Buguruslan.

Yannis Dragasakis

Greek politician.

Born January 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Anatoli.

Vítor Damas

Portuguese footballer (1947-2003).

Born October 8th, 1947 in Lisbon.

Died September 13th, 2003 at 55 years old in Lisbon (cancer).

Victor Erofeyev

Russian-soviet writer, critic, and journalist.

Born September 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Moscow.

Mario Borghezio

Italian politician.

Born December 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Turin.

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

Bishop of the roman catholic diocese of san marcos.

Born July 16th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Guatemala City.

Gunnar Staalesen

Norwegian writer.

Born October 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bergen.

Theodoros Katsanevas

Greek academic and politician.

Born March 13th, 1947 in Athens. ^[ref]

Died May 8th, 2021 at 74 years old in Athens (COVID-19).

Halldór Ásgrímsson

Icelandic politician (1947-2015).

Born September 8th, 1947 in Vopnafjörður.

Died May 18th, 2015 at 67 years old in Reykjavík (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Tsunekazu Takeda

Japanese olympic official.

Born November 1st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Tokyo.

Ismail El Shafei

Tennis player.

Born November 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Cairo.

Andrzej Olechowski

Polish politician.

Born September 9th, 1947 in Kraków.

Died April 25th, 2026 at 78 years old ^[ref]

R. Martin Klein

American voice actor.

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

Froduald Karamira

Rwandan politician executed (1947-1998).

Born August 14th, 1947 in Gitarama Province.

Died April 24th, 1998 at 50 years old in Nyamirambo (execution by shooting).

Andrew Parrott

British conductor.

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

Togiola Tulafono

American politician.

Born February 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in American Samoa.

Giora Spiegel

Israeli footballer.

Born July 27th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Petah Tikva.

Marinho Peres

Brazilian footballer (1947-2023).

Born March 19th, 1947 in Sorocaba.

Died September 18th, 2023 at 76 years old in Sorocaba. ^[ref]

Antonio de la Cruz

Spanish association football player and manager.

Born May 7th, 1947 (age 79 years) in León.

Saul A. Teukolsky

Astrophysicist.

Born August 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Johannesburg.

Blagoje Paunović

Serbian football player/manager (1947-2014).

Born June 4th, 1947 in Medveđa.

Died December 9th, 2014 at 67 years old in Belgrade. ^[ref]

Celso Bugallo Aguiar

Spanish actor.

Born March 12th, 1947 in Lagarei.

Died December 20th, 2025 at 78 years old in Pontevedra. ^[ref]