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