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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Jonathan A. Campbell

American herpetologist.

Born May 13th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Lexington.

Giorgio Cagnotto

Italian diver.

Born June 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Turin.

Henning Munk Jensen

Danish footballer (1947–2023).

Born January 12th, 1947 in Tønder.

Died November 17th, 2023 at 76 years old [ref]

Grigory Oster

Russian children's writer (born 1947).

Born November 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Odesa.

Liana Alexandra

Romanian composer (1947–2011).

Born May 27th, 1947 in Bucharest.

Died January 10th, 2011 at 63 years old in Bucharest. [ref]

Branko Buljević

Australian soccer player.

Born September 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Split.

Koriki Jojima

Japanese politician.

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

Ginny Duenkel

American swimmer.

Born March 7th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Orange.

David Jackson

English progressive rock saxophonist, flautist, and composer.

Born April 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Stamford.

Quique Costas

Spanish football player and manager (born 1947).

Born January 16th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Vigo.

Rizah Mešković

Bosnian footballer (born 1947).

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

Ben Sombogaart

Dutch film director (born 1947).

Born August 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Amsterdam. [ref]

Bob van Asperen

Dutch harpsichordist and early keyboard instrument performer.

Born October 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Amsterdam.

Nico Rijnders

Dutch footballer (1947–1976).

Born July 30th, 1947 in Breda.

Died March 16th, 1976 at 28 years old in Bruges (myocardial infarction).

Vasilis Papageorgopoulos

Greek sprinter and mayor of thessaloniki.

Born June 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Thessaloniki.

Aleksandr Boloshev

Basketball player (1947–2010).

Born March 12th, 1947 in Elektrogorsk.

Died July 16th, 2010 at 63 years old in Volgograd (stroke). [ref]

Hans-Johann Färber

West german rower.

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

Valeriy Marchenko

Soviet dissident (1947–1984).

Born September 16th, 1947 in Kyiv.

Died October 7th, 1984 at 37 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Tierno Monénembo

Guineane writer.

Born July 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Porédaka.

Bill van Dijk

Dutch actor.

Born December 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Rotterdam.

Francisco Álvarez-Cascos

Spanish engineer and politician.

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

Karen Jespersen

Danish politician.

Born January 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Copenhagen.

Michel Sogny

French pianist.

Born November 21st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Pau.

Marit Nybakk

Norwegian politician.

Born February 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Nord-Odal Municipality. [ref]

Arnaud Beauville

French mathematician.

Born May 10th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.

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