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In the year 1947

1,691 Notable birthdays

Ray Wise

American actor.

Born August 20th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Akron.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

American businessman and investor.

Born February 14th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Philadelphia.

Richard Lawson

American actor.

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

Dwight Schultz

American actor (born 1947).

Born November 24th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Baltimore.

Mike DeWine

American politician in ohio (born 1947).

Born January 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Springfield.

Mario Draghi

Prime minister of italy since 2021.

Born September 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Rome. [ref]

Bernie Leadon

American musician.

Born July 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Minneapolis.

Kiki Dee

English pop singer.

Born March 6th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Bradford.

Joe Morton

American actor.

Born October 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in The Bronx.

Lidia Bastianich

American celebrity chef.

Born February 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Pula.

Nick Castle

American film director, actor and screenwriter.

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

Jim Steinman

American composer, lyricist and record producer (1947–2021).

Born November 1st, 1947 in New York City, Claremont.

Died April 19th, 2021 at 73 years old in Danbury (kidney failure). [ref]

David Essex

Actor, singer, song writer.

Born July 23rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Plaistow.

Denis Lawson

Scottish actor (born 1947).

Born September 27th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Crieff. [ref]

Steve Marriott

British guitarist and singer (1947–1991).

Born January 30th, 1947 in Manor Park.

Died April 21st, 1991 at 44 years old in Arkesden (smoke inhalation injury).

Camille Paglia

American feminist academic and critic (born 1947).

Born April 2nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Endicott.

Ry Cooder

American guitarist, singer and composer.

Born March 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Los Angeles.

Rakhee Gulzar

Indian actress.

Born August 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ranaghat.

Kim Campbell

19th prime minister of canada in 1993.

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

Jeffrey DeMunn

American actor.

Born April 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Buffalo.

Laurie Anderson

American interdisciplinary artist and musician.

Born June 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chicago. [ref]

John Mearsheimer

American political scientist.

Born December 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Brooklyn. [ref]

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Filipino politician, president of the philippines from 2001 to 2010.

Born April 5th, 1947 (age 79 years) in San Juan.

Ben Cross

British actor (1947-2020).

Born December 16th, 1947 in London. [ref]

Died August 18th, 2020 at 72 years old in Vienna (disease). [ref]

Wings Hauser

American actor.

Born December 12th, 1947 in Hollywood.

Died March 15th, 2025 at 77 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]

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