David Byrne

Irish lawyer and attorney general.

Born April 6th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Kildare.

Pete Raymond

American rower.

Born January 21st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Princeton.

Givi Onashvili

Georgian judoka.

Born July 27th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Patardzeuli.

Arto Koivisto

Finnish cross-country skier.

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

Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud

French writer.

Born September 25th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Paris.

David Albin Zywiec Sidor

American bishop (1947-2020).

Born July 15th, 1947 in East Chicago.

Died January 5th, 2020 at 72 years old in Managua (brain cancer).

Bohumila Řimnáčová

Czech gymnast.

Born September 9th, 1947 in Prague.

Died September 9th, 2025 at 78 years old ^[ref]

Helmut Losch

German weightlifter (1947–2005).

Born October 12th, 1947 in Barth.

Died January 10th, 2005 at 57 years old in Stralsund.

Yulia Ryabchinskaya

Ukrainian soviet canoe racer (1947–1973).

Born January 21st, 1947 in Pishchanka.

Died January 13th, 1973 at 25 years old in Poti (drowning).

Rose Gana Fomban Leke

Cameroonian malariologist and scientist.

Born February 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Kumbo. ^[ref]

Pierre-Marie Carré

French archbishop of the catholic church.

Born April 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Serques.

Hermann Simon

German businessman.

Born February 10th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Hasborn.

Rajko Aleksić

Serbian footballer.

Born February 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Nova Crnja.

Sandra Chick

Field hockey player.

Born June 2nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Burnham Market.

André Dierickx

Belgian cyclist.

Born October 29th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Oudenaarde.

Tsvetan Veselinov

Bulgarian footballer (1947-2018).

Born April 27th, 1947 in Sofia.

Died February 25th, 2018 at 70 years old ^[ref]

Reima Virtanen

Boxer.

Born November 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kemi.

Rosa Conde

Government spokesperson and lecturer.

Born September 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Ronda.

Ignacio Salcedo

Spanish footballer (born 1947).

Born May 22nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Madrid.

Heinz Richter

East german racing cyclist.

Born July 24th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Schlegel.

Rita Kühne

East german sprinter.

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

Stefan Angelov

Bulgarian wrestler (1947-2019).

Born January 7th, 1947 in Byala voda.

Died December 21st, 2019 at 72 years old ^[ref]

Işılay Saygın

Turkish statesperson (1947–2019).

Born April 4th, 1947 in Buca district.

Died July 27th, 2019 at 72 years old in İzmir. ^[ref]

Nikolay Maksyuta

Russian politician (1947–2020).

Born May 26th, 1947 in Zakharivka. ^[ref]

Died November 1st, 2020 at 73 years old in Moscow Oblast, Moscow (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Lyudmila Aksyonova

Soviet sprinter.

Born April 23rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Sevastopol.