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