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1947: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Pig 🐖 · Born in 1947 turn 79 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.23

Median home

$6,600

Minimum wage

$0.40/hr

US population

2.47B

US president

Harry S. Truman

Top song

"Near You" — Francis Craig

Top film

The Egg and I

Best Picture

Gentleman's Agreement

In the news: India gains independence; the Dead Sea Scrolls found

What happened in 1947

1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.

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Born in 1947

269 people in our data · most viewed first

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

b. 1947 · July 30

Austrian and American actor and Governor of California

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

b. 1947 · October 26

American politician and diplomat

Larry David

Larry David

b. 1947 · July 2

American comedian, writer and actor

Brian May

Brian May

b. 1947 · July 19

English musician

Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Banks

b. 1947 · January 31

American actor

Don Henley

Don Henley

b. 1947 · July 22

American musician

James Woods

James Woods

b. 1947 · April 18

American actor

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

b. 1947 · June 1

Welsh actor

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana

b. 1947 · July 20

American guitarist

Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle

b. 1947 · February 4

Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

Cindy Williams

Cindy Williams

1947–2023 · August 22

American actress

Barbara Bach

Barbara Bach

b. 1947 · August 27

American actress

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson

b. 1947 · October 5

English singer

Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

b. 1947 · July 22

American actor

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

b. 1947 · April 2

American singer, songwriter, and musician

Alan Sugar

Alan Sugar

b. 1947 · March 24

British business and TV personality

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke

1947–2016 · March 1

Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host

David Letterman

David Letterman

b. 1947 · April 12

American comedian and television host

Geoffrey Hinton

Geoffrey Hinton

b. 1947 · December 6

British-Canadian computer scientist

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

b. 1947 · June 23

Australian actor

Anne Archer

Anne Archer

b. 1947 · August 24

American actress

Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin

b. 1947 · January 15

American and Canadian actress

Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley

b. 1947 · July 3

American actress, singer

Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur

1947–2025 · July 16

American political activist

Died in 1947

  • Al Capone1899–1947 · American gangster and businessman
  • Aleister Crowley1875–1947 · English occultist
  • Bugsy Siegel1906–1947 · American mobster
  • Christian X1870–1947 · King of Denmark and Iceland
  • Alfred North Whitehead1861–1947 · English mathematician and philosopher
  • Aung San1915–1947 · Burmese independence activist
  • Harry Carey (actor)1878–1947 · American actor
  • Anton Denikin1872–1947 · Russian military and political leader
  • Ernst Lubitsch1892–1947 · German and American film director
  • Baroness Orczy1865–1947 · Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright
  • Ian Hamilton (British Army officer)1853–1947 · British Army general
  • Irving Fisher1867–1947 · American economist
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