* 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor

* 1947 – Mike Worboys, British mathematician

* 1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director / Producer

* 1947 – Alex Briley, American singer ( Village People )

* 1947 – Tom Clancy, American author

* 1947 – Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist

* 1947 – Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photographer

* 1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor

* 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host

* 1947 – Wayne Northrop, American actor

* 1947 – In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.

* 1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor

* 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer and composer

* 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer

* 1947 – Manousos Manousakis, Greek director and producer

* 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician

* 1947 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Harry Reems, American actor

* 1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer

* 1874 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager

* 1947 – Barbara Mason, American singer-songwriter

* 1947 – Barbara Park, American author

He married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947.

* 1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

They had two children, Barbara ( Conway ) ( born 1938 ) and Arvo ( born 1947 ).

In 1947, at the age of 39, Davis gave birth to a daughter, Barbara Davis Sherry ( known as B. D.

* One Two Three ... Infinity ( 1947, revised 1961 ), Viking Press ( copyright renewed by Barbara Gamow, 1974 ), Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-25664-2, illustrated by the author.

* Barbara Colley, romance and mystery novelist from New Orleans, was born in Ringgold in 1947.

Paley married divorcée, socialite and fashion icon Barbara " Babe " Cushing Mortimer ( 1915 – 1978 ) on July 28, 1947.

In 1947, the Santa Barbara Flying Club was formed to promote general aviation in the region.

Joan La Barbara ( born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA ) is an American vocalist and composer associated with contemporary musicPool, Jeannie G. ( Jan., 1979 ).

* Barbara Jo Walker ( Gamma Zeta )-Miss America, 1947

* Barbara Walker Hummel – Miss America 1947

Other memorable roles included Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith in the Preston Sturges film The Lady Eve ( 1941 ) with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, a small part as Charles Kimble in the second of the seven Bing Crosby-Bob Hope " Road " films, Road to Zanzibar ( 1941 ), and from 1940 to 1947 in eleven Lone Wolf films as Jamison the butler.

Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street ( 1933 ), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil ( 1934 ), Ginger Rogers in In Person ( 1935 ), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames ( 1936 ), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary ( 1936 ), Myrna Loy in Stamboul Quest ( 1934 ) and The Rains Came ( 1939 ), Merle Oberon in ' Til We Meet Again ( 1940 ), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three ( 1941 ), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan ( 1945 ), Barbara Stanwyck in The Purchase Price ( 1932 ), Baby Face ( 1933 ), The Gay Sisters ( 1942 ) and My Reputation ( 1946 ), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever ( 1946 ), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase ( 1946 ), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back ( 1946 ) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl ( 1947 ).

They had two children ; a son Brian ( born 1947 ) and a daughter Barbara ( born 1950 ).

Goddard moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1947.

After her retirement from the recital stage in 1951, Lehmann taught master classes at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, which she helped found in 1947.

He was a research student at Cambridge University from 1947 – 49, and while at Cambridge he met his future wife, Barbara Seavey, an American physics student.

She then returned to the West End ( briefly returning to the Old Vic to play Emilia in their 1938 Othello ), notably playing Edith Gunter in Dodie Smith's Autumn Crocus ( Lyric, 1931 ), the Countess of Rousillon in All's Well That Ends Well ( Arts, 1932 ), Lady Strawholme in Ivor Novello's Fresh Fields ( Criterion, 1933 ), Liz Frobisher in John Van Druten's The Distaff Side ( Apollo, 1933 ), Barbara Dawe in Clemence Dane's Moonlight is Silver ( Queen's, 1934 ), Theodora in Elmer Rice's Not for Children ( Fortune, 1935 ), Masha in Chekhov's The Seagull ( New Theatre, 1936 ), the Mother in an English-language version of Garcia Lorca's Bodas de sangre entitled Marriage of Blood ( Savoy, 1939 ), Léonie in Jean Cocteau's Les Parents terribles ( Gate, 1940 ), Mrs Cheveley in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband ( Westminster, 1943 ), and Cornelia in John Webster's The White Devil ( Duchess, 1947 ).

* Barbara Bach ( 1947 -) Actress, born in Rosedale.

Barbara Lee ( May 16, 1947 – May 15, 1992 ) was a member of girl group the Chiffons.

He was married to Edith Citrynell since November 10, 1940, with two daughters, Barbara ( 1947 ) and Carol ( 1950 ).

Robert Kenneth " Bobby " Beausoleil ( born November 6, 1947, in Santa Barbara, California ) is a convicted American murderer and associate of the Charles Manson " Family " who is serving a life sentence.