Mark Frechette

American actor (1947-1975).

Born December 4th, 1947 in Boston. ^[ref]

Died September 27th, 1975 at 27 years old in Norfolk. ^[ref]

John Varley

American science fiction author.

Born August 9th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Austin.

Ben Shneiderman

American computer scientist.

Born August 21st, 1947 (age 77 years) in New York City.

Ann Beattie

Short story writer, novelist, professor.

Born September 8th, 1947 (age 77 years) in Washington, D.C..

Linda Gail Lewis

American musician.

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

Ljupko Petrović

Serbian footballer.

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

Keri Hulme

New zealand writer.

Born March 9th, 1947 in Christchurch.

Died December 27th, 2021 at 74 years old in Waimate. ^[ref]

Terje Rypdal

Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer.

Born August 23rd, 1947 (age 77 years) in Oslo.

Ray Phiri

South african jazz musician.

Born March 23rd, 1947 in Mbombela.

Died July 12th, 2017 at 70 years old in Mbombela (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Pham Tuan

Vietnamese astronaut, first asian in space.

Born February 14th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Quốc Tuấn.