Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Entrepreneur
1
Felix Fox (1876-1947)
Pianist
2
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Religious Leader
3
Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)
4
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist
5
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Opera Singer
6
Josh Gibson (1911-1947)
Baseball Player
7
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947)
Politician
8
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Philosopher
9
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
10
Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
Children's Author
11
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947)
Political Wife
12
William C. Durant (1861-1947)
13
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)
14
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Novelist
15
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
16
Jimmy Doyle (1924-1947)
Boxer
17
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
18
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
Movie Actor
19
Petras Cvirka (1909-1947)
20
Manolete (1917-1947)
Bullfighter
21
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Civil Rights Leader
22
Ellen Wilkinson (1891-1947)
23
Johnny Evers (1881-1947)
24
Olive Borden (1906-1947)
Movie Actress
25
RB Bennett (1870-1947)
26
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
27
C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)
Poet
28
John F. Carlson (1875-1947)
Painter
29
GH Hardy (1877-1947)
Mathematician
30
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
31
Evelyn Francis McHale (1923-1947)
32
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (1888-1947)
Family Member
33
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
34
Jack Glasscock (1857-1947)
35
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
36
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
37
Theodore Romzha (1911-1947)
38
Bob Ewing (1873-1947)
39
Warwick Armstrong (1879-1947)
Cricketer
40
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947)
Composer
41
Bert Kalmar (1884-1947)
Songwriter
42
Eva Tanguay (1878-1947)
Stage Actress
43
Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)
Sculptor
44
Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
Director
45
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)
46
Balys Sruoga (1896-1947)
47
Andrew Volstead (1860-1947)
48
Celebrities Born in 1947
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