* 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

* Hillary Rodham Clinton, ( born 1947 ), 67th United States Secretary of State, former United States Senator, former First Lady of the United States

* Hillary Clinton ( born 1947 ), American politician

The Rodhams had three children: Hillary ( born 1947 ), Hugh ( born 1950 ), and Tony ( born 1954 ).

Rodham tried politics once, running for Chicago alderman as an independent in 1947 ; he lost badly to the Richard J. Daley political machine with which he was hoping to ingratiate himself.

* George S. Clinton ( born 1947 ), American musician

* 1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer, songwriter, and musician

In 1909 a Carnegie library was built in Clinton ; it was expanded in 1947 and in 1953.

Alexis Margaret Herman ( born July 16, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama ) was the 23rd U. S. Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton.

Wallace H. White, Jr., class of 1899, served as Senate Minority Leader from 1944 – 1947 and Senate Majority Leader from 1947 – 1949 ; George J. Mitchell, class of 1954, served as Senate Majority Leader from 1989-1995 before assuming a prominent role in the Northern Ireland peace process ; and William Cohen, class of 1962, spent twenty-five years in the House and Senate before being appointed Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Administration.

Kate Clinton ( born November 9, 1947 ) is an American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay / lesbian point of view.

Laura D ' Andrea Tyson ( born June 28, 1947 ) is an American economist and former Chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration.

Federico Fabian Peña ( born March 15, 1947 ) is a former United States Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 1997 and United States Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of Bill Clinton.

Upon his retirement from political office, Walsh resided in Clinton, Massachusetts until his death following a cerebral hemorrhage in Boston on June 11, 1947.

George S. Clinton ( born June 17, 1947 ) is an American composer, songwriter, arranger, and session musician.

In 1947, Jack and Gladys Cutberth revived the organization in Clinton, Oklahoma to promote " the shortest, fastest year-round best across the scenic West " with " 800 miles of 4-lane highway ".

In 1947 and 1948 the necessity of massive coordinated efforts to achieve economic recovery led to the formation of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation to supervise and coordinate the uses of American aid under the Marshall Plan.

* 1947 – Barbara Mason, American singer-songwriter

* 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player

* 1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile.

* 1947 – Lawrence Wright, American author

* 1947 – Dennis Zine, American politician

* 1947 – Larry Wilcox, American actor

* 1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player

* 1947 – Bruce Nash, American television producer

* 1947 – Danielle Steel, American novelist

* 1876 – Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician

* 1947 – Sam Rosen, American sportscaster

* 1947 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach ( d. 2007 )

* 1947 – Gerard Schwarz, American conductor