Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Entrepreneur
1
Felix Fox (1876-1947)
Pianist
2
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Opera Singer
3
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist
4
Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)
5
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Religious Leader
6
Jimmy Doyle (1924-1947)
Boxer
7
Evelyn Francis McHale (1923-1947)
8
Josh Gibson (1911-1947)
Baseball Player
9
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Novelist
10
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
11
RB Bennett (1870-1947)
Politician
12
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
Movie Actor
13
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)
14
Balys Sruoga (1896-1947)
Poet
15
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
16
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
17
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Civil Rights Leader
18
William C. Durant (1861-1947)
19
Olive Borden (1906-1947)
Movie Actress
20
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947)
21
Manolete (1917-1947)
Bullfighter
22
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
23
Ellen Wilkinson (1891-1947)
24
Celebrities Born in 1947
Deaths by Year
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947)
Political Wife
25
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Philosopher
26
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)
27
Gavin Fitzjohn (1925-1947)
Saxophonist
28
John F. Carlson (1875-1947)
Painter
29
Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
Children's Author
30
GH Hardy (1877-1947)
Mathematician
31
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
32
C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)
33
Theodore Romzha (1911-1947)
34
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
35
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947)
Composer
36
Johnny Evers (1881-1947)
37
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (1888-1947)
Family Member
38
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
39
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
40
Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
Director
41
Andrew Volstead (1860-1947)
42
Warwick Armstrong (1879-1947)
Cricketer
43
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
44
Eva Tanguay (1878-1947)
Stage Actress
45
Petras Cvirka (1909-1947)
46
Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)
Sculptor
47
Jack Glasscock (1857-1947)
48
