* 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 – 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

* 1947 – Mickey Finn, English singer and musician ( T. Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat ) ( d. 2003 )

Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947 – 1948, under Finn Ronne.

Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition ( RARE ), 1947 – 48, led by Finn Ronne, and named by him for John Hauberg, of Rock Island, Illinois, a contributor to the expedition.

), ( John Gould ( 1804 – 1881 ), Albert C. L. G. Günther ( 1830 – 1914 ), Frank Finn ( 1868 – 1932 ), Charles McFarlane Inglis ( 1870 – 1954 ), Stanley Wells Kemp ( 1882 – 1945 ), James Wood-Mason ( 1846 – 1893 ), Reginald Innes Pocock ( 1863 – 1947 ), Richard Bowdler Sharpe ( 1847 – 1909 ), Malcolm A. Smith ( 1875 – 1958 ) and Nathaniel Wallich ( 1786 – 1854 ).

Finn Bjørn Kalvik ( born 30 April 1947 ) is a Norwegian singer and composer.

* 1947 – Terje Rypdal, Norwegian guitarist and composer ( The Vanguards )

* 2010 – Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter ( Knutsen & Ludvigsen ) ( b. 1947 )

* 1862 – Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian rifle shooter ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Norway

* 1947 – Bjørn Floberg, Norwegian actor

* 1947 – Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor

In 1947 Tarjei Vesaas published a poetry collection Leiken og lynet that led to major debate about the shape and rhythm for Norwegian poetry.

In 1947 the Norwegian people, by public subscription, purchased the Royal Yacht Norge for the King.

Kjell Magne Bondevik (; born 3 September 1947 ) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician ( Christian Democratic Party ).

Norwegian scientist / adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, convinced that early contact between the peoples of South America and Polynesia was possible, built the raft Kon Tiki from balsa logs, and upon it he and his crew sailed the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Polynesian Tuamotu Archipelago in 1947.

The Kon-Tiki Museum is named after the raft on which Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in 1947.

Terje Rød-Larsen ( born 22 November 1947 ) is a Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist.

Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands.

Many of the concerts were great personal and artistic successes for the Norwegian composer, and especially so the 1947 concert in Paris.

In March 1947, the Norwegian Supreme Court rejected Skancke's appeals and confirmed the sentence.

Other Norwegian composers that have written theatrical music for Peer Gynt include Harald Sæverud ( 1947 ), Arne Nordheim ( 1969 ), Ketil Hvoslef ( 1993 ) and Jon Mostad ( 1993-4 ).

* Unni Anisdahl ( born 1947 ), Norwegian former handball player

Herman Kristoffersen ( born 1947 ) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

They played in Norwegian Premier League between 1938-1970 ( Norwegian League didn't play between 1940 – 1947 ), 1972-1975 ( 4 seasons ), 1978-1980 ( 3 seasons ), 1996-1997 ( 2 seasons ).

1947, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1974: Won the Norwegian Cup.

The Norwegian annual catch rose from 279 tons in 1926 to 3, 884 tons in 1933, and peaked at around 6, 000 tons in 1947, with the resumption of fishing after World War II.

On 1 July 1947, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication created the Aviation Directorate ( Luftfartsdirektoratet ) to take over the responsibility for the civilian airports in Norway.

The stadium was the venue for three Norwegian Cup finals, in 1922, 1930 and 1947, as well as the national athletics championships in 1920.