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