John Ha Tiong Hock

Catholic archbishop.

Born March 4th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Kuching.

Tanvir Dar

Pakistani field hockey player (1947–1998).

Born June 4th, 1947 in Amritsar.

Died February 11th, 1998 at 50 years old in Lahore.

Jean Marie Chérestal

Haitian prime minister.

Born June 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Port-Salut.

Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp

German footballer (born 1947).

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

Mats Odell

Swedish politician.

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

Jørgen Kosmo

Norwegian politician (1947-2017).

Born December 5th, 1947 in Valnesfjord.

Died July 24th, 2017 at 69 years old (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Jaak Jõerüüt

Estonian writer, politician and diplomat (born 1947).

Born December 9th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Tallinn.

Ursula Krechel

German writer.

Born December 4th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Trier.

Levon Ishtoyan

Soviet footballer.

Born September 3rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Gyumri.

Nicanor de Carvalho

Brazilian association football player and manager.

Born February 9th, 1947 in Leme.

Died November 28th, 2018 at 71 years old (myocardial infarction).

Rolando Garbey

Cuban former boxer (1947–2023).

Born November 19th, 1947 in Santiago de Cuba.

Died December 16th, 2023 at 76 years old in Havana (peritonitis). ^[ref]

Nicole Duclos

French sprinter.

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

Ivan Zafirov

Bulgarian footballer.

Born December 30th, 1947 in Sofia.

Died October 15th, 2025 at 77 years old ^[ref]

Toshio Hirano

Japanese immunologist.

Born April 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Osaka.

Shaul Yahalom

Israeli politician.

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

Aljoša Žorga

Olympic medalist in basketball.

Born February 25th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Ljubljana.

John Baptist Odama

Roman-catholic priest, now archbishop of gulu, uganda.

Born June 29th, 1947 (age 78 years).

Ervin Hall

American hurdler.

Born July 2nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Philadelphia.

Erling Lae

Norwegian politician.

Born March 16th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Oslo.

Sergio Badilla Castillo

Chilean poet.

Born November 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Valparaíso.

Nobuhiko Hasegawa

Table tennis player (1947-2005).

Born March 5th, 1947 in Seto.

Died November 7th, 2005 at 58 years old in Kiryū.

Victor Zilberman

Romanian boxer.

Born September 20th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Bucharest.

Filip Bajon

Polish film director.

Born August 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Poznań.

Allan Michaelsen

Danish football player and coach (1947-2016).

Born November 2nd, 1947 in Copenhagen.

Died March 2nd, 2016 at 68 years old in Denmark.

Jan Arlazorov

Russian actor and stand-up comic (1947-2009).

Born August 26th, 1947 in Moscow.

Died March 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Charité (cancer).