Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Entrepreneur
1
Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)
2
Felix Fox (1876-1947)
Pianist
3
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist
4
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Religious Leader
5
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Opera Singer
6
Josh Gibson (1911-1947)
Baseball Player
7
Jimmy Doyle (1924-1947)
Boxer
8
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
Movie Actor
9
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
10
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Novelist
11
William C. Durant (1861-1947)
12
William Moulton Marston (1893-1947)
Psychologist
13
Evelyn Francis McHale (1923-1947)
14
Gavin Fitzjohn (1925-1947)
Saxophonist
15
RB Bennett (1870-1947)
Politician
16
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
17
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
18
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Civil Rights Leader
19
John F. Carlson (1875-1947)
Painter
20
Olive Borden (1906-1947)
Movie Actress
21
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947)
22
Balys Sruoga (1896-1947)
Poet
23
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Philosopher
24
Celebrities Born in 1947
Deaths by Year
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947)
Political Wife
25
Manolete (1917-1947)
Bullfighter
26
GH Hardy (1877-1947)
Mathematician
27
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
28
C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)
29
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)
30
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
31
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
32
Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
Children's Author
33
Ellen Wilkinson (1891-1947)
34
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947)
Composer
35
Johnny Evers (1881-1947)
36
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (1888-1947)
Family Member
37
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
38
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
39
Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
Director
40
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)
41
Andrew Volstead (1860-1947)
42
Theodore Romzha (1911-1947)
43
Warwick Armstrong (1879-1947)
Cricketer
44
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
45
Eva Tanguay (1878-1947)
Stage Actress
46
Petras Cvirka (1909-1947)
47
Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)
Sculptor
48
