Ismail El Shafei

Tennis player.

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

Jinpachi Nezu

Japanese actor.

Born December 1st, 1947 in Tsuru.

Died December 29th, 2016 at 69 years old in Tokyo (cancer).

Olga Ostroumova

Soviet and russian actress.

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

Ian Ashley

British racing driver.

Born October 26th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Wuppertal.

Tsunekazu Takeda

Japanese olympic official.

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

Victor Erofeyev

Russian-soviet writer, critic, and journalist.

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

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]

Togiola Tulafono

American politician.

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

Yumiko Ōshima

Japanese manga artist.

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

R. Martin Klein

American voice actor.

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

Eugène Green

Film director and dramatist.

Born June 28th, 1947 (age 78 years) in New York City.

Giora Spiegel

Israeli footballer.

Born July 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Petah Tikva.

Saul A. Teukolsky

Astrophysicist.

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

Antonio de la Cruz

Spanish association football player and manager.

Born May 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in León.

Tulasi Munda

Activist and educator from odisha, india.

Born July 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kendujhar district.

Joost Swarte

Dutch graphic designer (born 1947).

Born December 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Heemstede.

Andrzej Olechowski

Polish politician.

Born September 9th, 1947 in Kraków.

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

Marinho Peres

Brazilian footballer (1947-2023).

Born March 19th, 1947 in Sorocaba.

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

Giuseppe Bertolucci

Italian film director (1947–2012).

Born February 24th, 1947 in Parma.

Died June 16th, 2012 at 65 years old in Diso.

Željko Franulović

Croatian tennis player.

Born June 13th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Split.

Adrian Peter Bird

Geneticist and professor at the university of edinburgh.

Born July 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Wolverhampton.

Thomas H. Cook

American writer.

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

Jean-Michel Larqué

French football player, manager and sports journalist (born 1947).

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

Andrew Parrott

British conductor.

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

Celso Bugallo Aguiar

Spanish actor.

Born March 12th, 1947 in Lagarei.

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