Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Entrepreneur
1
Jimmy Doyle (1924-1947)
Boxer
2
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
Movie Actor
3
Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)
4
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Religious Leader
5
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Novelist
6
Felix Fox (1876-1947)
Pianist
7
Josh Gibson (1911-1947)
Baseball Player
8
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Opera Singer
9
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947)
Politician
10
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
11
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist
12
John F. Carlson (1875-1947)
Painter
13
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
14
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
15
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Civil Rights Leader
16
Ellen Wilkinson (1891-1947)
17
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947)
Political Wife
18
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)
19
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
20
GH Hardy (1877-1947)
Mathematician
21
Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
Children's Author
22
C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)
Poet
23
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (1888-1947)
Family Member
24
Celebrities Born in 1947
Deaths by Year
Olive Borden (1906-1947)
Movie Actress
25
Warwick Armstrong (1879-1947)
Cricketer
26
Evelyn Francis McHale (1923-1947)
27
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
28
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
29
William Moulton Marston (1893-1947)
Psychologist
30
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Philosopher
31
RB Bennett (1870-1947)
32
Manolete (1917-1947)
Bullfighter
33
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
34
William C. Durant (1861-1947)
35
Johnny Evers (1881-1947)
36
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
37
Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
Director
38
Bob Ewing (1873-1947)
39
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
Composer
40
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947)
41
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Sculptor
42
Eva Tanguay (1878-1947)
Stage Actress
43
Petras Cvirka (1909-1947)
44
Jack Glasscock (1857-1947)
45
Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)
46
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)
47
Balys Sruoga (1896-1947)
48
