* 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 – Barbara Bach, American actress

* 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

* Doug Livermore, English footballer born 1947

** Doug Henning, magician, illusionist and escape artist ( born 1947 )

In 1947, he demonstrated the LARU to LCDR Francis " Doug " Fane, then a senior UDT commander.

* Doug Smith – Smoke Screen ( 1947 ), Noble Lassie ( 1959 ), Chota Hazri ( 1960 ), Irristable ( 1961 ), French Cream ( 1962 ), Royal Flirt ( 1966 )

* Doug McRitchie 1947 ( while playing )

Doug Martindale ( born May 25, 1947 ) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.

For the 1947 – 48 season, defenceman Doug Harvey joined the team.

The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell ( 1947 – 1993 ), vocalist Doug Gray ( b. 1948 ), keyboard player, saxaphone player, and flutist Jerry Eubanks ( b. 1950 ), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle ( 1946 – 2007 ), drummer Paul Riddle ( b. 1953 ), and bassist Tommy Caldwell ( 1949 – 1980 ).

Doug Carlston ( born 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts ) is the founder and current CEO of Tawala Systems based in San Rafael, California.

* Doug Yule ( born 1947 ), an American musician

He played five seasons in Chicago with Doug before a 1947 trade sent him to the Maple Leafs in one of the most significant transactions in NHL history to that point.

Grout described what he felt was his biggest setback in the 1947 – 48 season as Tallon was playing for Australia in the Test series against India ; initially hopeful for the Queensland keeper spot, he was overlooked in favour of future Australian hockey captain Doug Siggs.

Douglas James Henning ( May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000 ) was a famous Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician.

* 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian voice actor

* 1947 – Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

* 1947 – Marc Messier, Canadian actor

* 1881 – Albert Henderson, Canadian footballer ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat

* 1917 – Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

The Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 provided for a distinct Canadian Citizenship, automatically conferred upon most individuals born in Canada, with some exceptions, and defined the conditions under which one could become a naturalized citizen.

* 2003 – Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1947 )

* 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician

* 1947 – Mickey Redmond, Canadian hockey player

* 1947 – Rex Hagon, Canadian actor and host

* 1947 – Michel Lamarche, Canadian professional wrestler

In 1947, the King issued letters patent granting his Canadian governor general permission to exercise all those powers belonging to the monarch in respect of Canada and, at the Imperial Conference of 1949, the decision was reached to use the term member of the Commonwealth instead of Dominion to refer to the non-British member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1947 – Andrea Martin, Canadian actress

* 1947 – Linda Thorson, Canadian actress

* 1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Ian Millar, Canadian equestrian

* 1947 – Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician

* 1947 – Steve Mahoney, Canadian politician

* 1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter

* 1947 – Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician

* 1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist