* 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

* 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer ( b. 1947 )

** Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer ( b. 1947 )

Giorgio Cavazzano ( born October 19, 1947, Venice ) is an Italian comic strip artist.

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Luigi Longo ( 1946 – 1947 ), Palmiro Togliatti ( 1947 – 1964 ), Pietro Ingrao ( 1964 – 1972 ), Alessandro Natta ( 1972 – 1979 ), Fernando Di Giulio ( 1979 – 1981 ), Giorgio Napolitano ( 1981 – 1986 ), Renato Zangheri ( 1986 – 1990 ), Giulio Quercini ( 1990 – 1992 )

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Randolfo Pacciardi ( 1946 – 1947 ), Cipriano Facchinetti ( 1947 ), Cino Macrelli ( 1947 – 1948 ), unknown ( 1948 – 1953 ), Cino Macrelli ( 1953 – 1962 ), Oronzo Reale ( 1962 – 1963 ), Ugo La Malfa ( 1963 – 1973 ), Oronzo Reale ( 1973 – 1974 ), Oddo Biasini ( 1974 – 1979 ), Oscar Mammì ( 1979 – 1981 ), Adolfo Battaglia ( 1981 – 1987 ), Antonio Del Pennino ( 1987 – 1993 ), Giuseppe Galasso ( 1993 ), Alfredo Bianchini ( 1993 – 1994 ), Luciana Sbarbati ( 1994 – 2001 ), Giorgio La Malfa ( 2001 – 2006 ), Francesco Nucara ( 2006 – present )

Giorgio Francia ( born November 8, 1947 in Bologna ) is a former racing driver from Italy.

* Introduzione alla psicologia, with Giorgio Zunini ( 1947 )

* Secretary: Pietro Nenni ( 1931 – 1945 ), Sandro Pertini ( 1945 – 1946 ), Ivan Matteo Lombardo ( 1946 – 1947 ), Lelio Basso ( 1947 – 1948 ), Alberto Jacometti ( 1948 – 1949 ), Pietro Nenni ( 1949 – 1963 ), Francesco De Martino ( 1963 – 1968 ), Mauro Ferri ( 1968 – 1969 ), Francesco De Martino ( 1969 – 1970 ), Giacomo Mancini ( 1970 – 1972 ), Francesco De Martino ( 1972 – 1976 ), Bettino Craxi ( 1976 – 1993 ), Giorgio Benvenuto ( 1993 ), Ottaviano Del Turco ( 1993 – 1994 )

Giorgio Chinaglia (; January 24, 1947 – April 1, 2012 ) was a football striker from Italy.

The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.

* 1947 – Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer

The colony of Italian Eritrea was established in 1890 ( and lasted officially until 1947 ).

The Italian Eritreans strongly rejected the Ethiopian annexation of Eritrea after the war: the Party of Shara Italy was established in Asmara in July 1947 and the majority of the members were former Italian soldiers with many Eritrean Ascari ( the organization was even backed up by the government of Italy ).

The “ perennialist ” or “ traditionalist ” school is represented by authors like the French René Guénon ( 1886 – 1951 ), the Indian Ananda Coomaraswamy ( 1877 – 1947 ), the Swiss Frithjof Schuon ( 1907 – 1998 ), the Italian Julius Evola ( 1898 – 1974 ), the Iranian Seyyed Hossein Nasr ( born in 1933 ), both scholars and esotericists.

* 1947 – Maurizio De Angelis, Italian musician

: See also Italo-Turkish War and Italian Colony ( 1911 – 1947 )

* 1995 – Mia Martini, Italian singer-songwriter and actress ( b. 1947 )

Like most of the other former European Axis powers the Italian peace treaty was signed at the 1947 Paris Peace Conference.

* 1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team

* July 25 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer ( d. 1947 )

* September 15 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian Car Designer, Founder of Bugatti Automobiles ( d. 1947 )

On that occasion the party won 48. 5 % of the vote, but, despite its absolute majority in the Italian Parliament, De Gasperi continued to govern at the head of a centrist coalition that included the Italian Workers ' Socialist Party ( PSLI-a 1947 break-away from the PSI ), the Liberals and the Republicans.

An Italian friar, Gabriele Maria Berardi, claimed to have performed an exorcism on Dalí while he was in France in 1947.

In Italy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party broke away from the Italian Socialist Party in 1947, when this latter joined the Soviet-funded Italian Communist Party to prepare the decisive general election of 1948.

Stefano Benni ( born August 12, 1947 in Bologna ) is an Italian satirical writer, poet and journalist.

Victor Emanuel III ( Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 ) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy ( 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 ).

He never set foot in his native land again ; the 1947 constitution of the Italian Republic not only forbade the restoration of the monarchy, but until 2002 barred all male heirs to the defunct Italian throne from ever returning to Italian soil.