Anwar Ibrahim

Former 7th deputy prime minister of malaysia.

Born August 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Baghdad, Kuala Lumpur. ^[ref]

Arlo Guthrie

American folk singer.

Born July 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Coney Island.

Dilma Rousseff

36th president of brazil (2011-2016), 3rd president of the new development bank (brics), since 2023.

Born December 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Belo Horizonte.

Timothy B. Schmit

American musician.

Born October 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Oakland.

Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Religious leader of the sikh organization damdami taksal (1947–1984).

Born February 12th, 1947 in Moga district.

Died June 6th, 1984 at 37 years old in Amritsar.

Glynn Turman

American actor.

Born January 31st, 1947 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Octavia E. Butler

American science fiction writer (1947-2006).

Born June 22nd, 1947 in Pasadena. ^[ref]

Died February 24th, 2006 at 58 years old in Lake Forest Park (stroke).

Norma McCorvey

Plaintiff in roe v. wade (1947–2017).

Born September 22nd, 1947 in Simmesport.

Died February 18th, 2017 at 69 years old in Katy (heart failure).

Tim Buckley

American musician (1947–1975).

Born April 12th, 1947 in Washington, D.C..

Died June 29th, 1975 at 28 years old in Santa Monica (alcohol intoxication, heroin overdose).

Paula Deen

American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress, and television personality.

Born January 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Albany.

Geoffrey Hinton

British-canadian computer scientist and psychologist.

Born December 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Wimbledon.

Francesca Hilton

American actress (1947–2015).

Born March 10th, 1947 in New York City.

Died January 5th, 2015 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).

James Dyson

British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the dyson company.

Born May 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Cromer.

Kim Darby

American actress.

Born July 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Los Angeles.

Sif Eddine

Spanish businessman, president of real madrid.

Born March 8th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Madrid.

Benjamin Orr

American bassist and singer (1947–2000).

Born September 8th, 1947 in Lakewood.

Died October 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in Atlanta (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Simi Garewal

Indian actress.

Born October 17th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Delhi.

Greg Lake

English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer (1947–2016).

Born November 10th, 1947 in Poole.

Died December 7th, 2016 at 69 years old in London (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Ian Anderson

Scottish musician, leader of jethro tull.

Born August 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Dunfermline.

Betty Buckley

American actress and singer.

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

Herb Baumeister

American serial killer (1947-1996).

Born April 7th, 1947 in Indianapolis.

Died July 3rd, 1996 at 49 years old in Ontario (gunshot wound).

Michael Gross

American actor.

Born June 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chicago.

Takeshi Kitano

Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer.

Born January 18th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Adachi-ku.

Hugh Keays-Byrne

British-australian actor (1947–2020).

Born May 18th, 1947 in Srinagar.

Died December 2nd, 2020 at 73 years old in Gosford. ^[ref]

César Gaviria

President of colombia.

Born March 31st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Pereira.