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In the year 1947

1,821 Notable birthdays

Kim Myong-suk

North korean volleyball player.

Born April 14th, 1947 (age 79 years).

Maria Consolata Collino

Italian fencer.

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

Alberto Alberani

Italian water polo player.

Born May 22nd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Florence.

Valery Likhachov

Russian cyclist.

Born December 5th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Yaña Çişmä.

Lyubov Mukhachyova

Cross-country skier.

Born July 23rd, 1947 (age 78 years) in Boksitogorsk, Staraya Russa.

Rudi Schumann

East german volleyball player.

Born February 15th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Großdeuben.

Jürgen Tschan

German cyclist.

Born February 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Mannheim.

Milun Marović

Basketball player (1947-2009).

Born September 15th, 1947 in Čačak.

Died October 19th, 2009 at 62 years old in Libya (traffic collision).

Tonka Petrova

Bulgarian athletics competitor.

Born February 1st, 1947 (age 79 years) in Momina tsarkva.

Tadahiko Ueda

Japanese association football player (1947-2015).

Born August 3rd, 1947 in Ukyō Ward.

Died April 15th, 2015 at 67 years old in Higashiōmi-shi (lung cancer). [ref]

Kim Yong-Ik

North korean judoka.

Born May 17th, 1947 (age 78 years).

Dietmar Schwarz

East german coxswain.

Born July 30th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Berlin.

Chris Thomas

British record producer.

Born January 13th, 1947 (age 79 years) in London.

Vitaly Borisovich Voloshinov

Soviet-russian physicist (1947-2019).

Born March 20th, 1947 in Moscow. [ref]

Died September 28th, 2019 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Dimo Kostov

Olympic wrestler.

Born March 17th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Rogozinovo.

Keiko Hama

Japanese volleyball player.

Born November 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Chiba Prefecture.

David Douglas

Australian rower.

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

Uli Schmied

East german rower.

Born February 23rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Meissen.

Janusz Kierzkowski

Polish racing cyclist.

Born February 26th, 1947 in Borek. [ref]

Died August 19th, 2011 at 64 years old in Wrocław.

Zalika Souley

Nigerien actress (1947–2021).

Born October 7th, 1947 in Niamey.

Died July 27th, 2021 at 73 years old in Niamey. [ref]

Domenico Mogavero

Catholic bishop.

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

Giuseppe Bognanni

Olympic wrestler.

Born July 18th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Riesi.

Anushavan Gassan-Dzhalalov

Soviet rower.

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

Ladislav Rygl

Czech nordic combined skier (1947–2024).

Born July 16th, 1947 in Polubný. [ref]

Died November 30th, 2024 at 77 years old [ref]

Ernst Gerlach

German handball player.

Born March 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Schönebeck. [ref]

Birthdays 1751 to 1775 of 1821

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