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In the year 1947

1,691 Notable birthdays

Larry Kudlow

American economist.

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

Melanie

American musician (1947–2024).

Born February 3rd, 1947 in Queens.

Died January 23rd, 2024 at 76 years old in Nashville. [ref]

Stephanie Beacham

British actress.

Born February 28th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Barnet.

Cheryl Tiegs

American model.

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

Bill Richardson

Governor of new mexico from 2003 to 2011.

Born November 15th, 1947 in Pasadena.

Died September 1st, 2023 at 75 years old in Chatham. [ref]

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor.

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

Alan Dale

New zealand actor.

Born May 6th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Dunedin.

Lois Chiles

American actress and model (born 1947).

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

Gyanendra of Nepal

Former king of nepal.

Born July 7th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kathmandu.

Peter Strauss

American actor.

Born February 20th, 1947 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Muhyiddin Yassin

8th prime minister of malaysia.

Born May 15th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Muar.

Sylvester

American singer-songwriter.

Born September 6th, 1947 in Los Angeles.

Died December 16th, 1988 at 41 years old in San Francisco (death from AIDS-related complications).

Ali Abdullah Saleh

President of north yemen (1978–1990) and yemen (1990–2012).

Born March 21st, 1947 in Sanhan. [ref]

Died December 4th, 2017 at 70 years old in Sanaa (gunshot wound). [ref]

Youn Yuh-jung

South korean actress.

Born June 19th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Kaesong. [ref]

Meshach Taylor

American actor (1947–2014).

Born April 11th, 1947 in Boston.

Died June 28th, 2014 at 67 years old in Altadena (colorectal cancer).

Mohammad Najibullah

4th general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.

Born August 6th, 1947 in Gardēz. [ref]

Died September 27th, 1996 at 49 years old in Kabul (hanging). [ref]

Robert Black

Scottish serial killer (1947-2016).

Born April 21st, 1947 in Grangemouth.

Died January 12th, 2016 at 68 years old in Lisburn, Maghaberry. [ref]

Tom Scholz

American rock musician.

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

Thurman Munson

American baseball player.

Born June 7th, 1947 in Akron.

Died August 2nd, 1979 at 32 years old in Green (aircraft crash).

Larry Wilcox

American actor.

Born August 8th, 1947 (age 78 years) in San Diego.

Cozy Powell

Briitsh rock drummer (1947–1998).

Born December 29th, 1947 in Cirencester.

Died April 7th, 1998 at 50 years old in Frenchay Hospital (traffic collision).

Burton Cummings

Canadian musician.

Born December 31st, 1947 (age 78 years) in Winnipeg.

Stephen McHattie

Canadian actor.

Born February 3rd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Antigonish.

Paul Auster

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024).

Born February 3rd, 1947 in Newark.

Died April 30th, 2024 at 77 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]

Peter Riegert

American actor and director.

Born April 11th, 1947 (age 79 years) in New York City.

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