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