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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Luigi Maifredi

Italian footballer and manager.

Born April 20th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Lograto.

Tiit Vähi

Estonian politician and entrepreneur (born 1947).

Born January 10th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Valga.

Paula Koivuniemi

Finnish singer.

Born June 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Seinäjoki.

Ben Cramer

Dutch singer and actor (born 1947).

Born February 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Amsterdam. [ref]

Aleksandr Viktorenko

Russian cosmonaut (1947–2023).

Born March 29th, 1947 in Olginka.

Died August 10th, 2023 at 76 years old [ref]

Wilton Daniel Gregory

American prelate of the roman catholic church (born 1947).

Born December 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chicago.

Amos Kollek

Israeli film director.

Born September 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Jerusalem.

Larry Cannon

American basketball player (1947–2024).

Born April 12th, 1947 in Philadelphia.

Died May 29th, 2024 at 77 years old in Fort Myers. [ref]

Philippe Vorbe

Haitian footballer.

Born September 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Port-au-Prince.

Valery Afanassiev

Russian pianist.

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

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and professor of structural biology.

Born May 9th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pretoria.

Irenaeus

Serbian orthodox bishop.

Born February 11th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Stanišić.

Oliver Friggieri

20th century maltese philosopher and writer (1947–2020).

Born March 27th, 1947 in Floriana.

Died November 21st, 2020 at 73 years old [ref]

Carla Cassola

Italian actress (1947–2022).

Born December 15th, 1947 in Taormina.

Died July 24th, 2022 at 74 years old in Rome. [ref]

Dominique Baudis

French political figure and journalist (1947-2014).

Born April 14th, 1947 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 10th, 2014 at 66 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]

Mike Burton

American swimmer.

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

Sherali Joʻrayev

Uzbek singer, songwriter, poet and actor.

Born April 12th, 1947 in Asaka, Andijan District.

Died September 4th, 2023 at 76 years old in Tashkent.

Finn Kalvik

Norwegian musician.

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

Heidi Holland

South african journalist and author.

Born October 6th, 1947 in Johannesburg, Soweto.

Died August 11th, 2012 at 64 years old in Johannesburg, Melville (hanging to death). [ref]

Tomris İncer

Turkish actor (1947–2015).

Born May 29th, 1947 in Bulgaria. [ref]

Died October 5th, 2015 at 68 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]

Daniel R. Jenky

Catholic bishop.

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

Ada Kok

Dutch swimmer (born 1947).

Born June 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Amsterdam. [ref]

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

Azerbaijani composer.

Born May 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Baku. [ref]

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager.

Born July 19th, 1947 in Dresden.

Died April 1st, 2026 at 78 years old [ref]

Mamadu Ture Kuruma

Guinea-bissauan military vice chief of staff and coup leader.

Born April 26th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Guinea-Bissau.

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