* 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

* 1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws.

* 1947 – Jim Messina, American musician ( Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina )

* 1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player

Malcolm Willits and Jim Bradley started The Comic Collector's News, the first comics fanzine, in October, 1947.

* 1947 – Jim Steinman, American songwriter

* 1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter

* 1947 – Jim Richards, New Zealand race car driver

* June 3 – Jim Tully, vagabond, pugalist, noted American writer ( d. 1947 heart disease )

* Jim Durham ( born 1947 ), American sportscaster

* Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and 1955 to 1959, was born in Coffee County.

Jim and Marian Jordan as caricatured by Sam Berman for 1947 NBC promotional book.

James Ronald (" Jim ") Ryun ( born April 29, 1947 ) is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas.

He was further frustrated by his studio contract, which dictated that he did not have a choice in directing films like My Brother Talks to Horses ( 1947 ) and Little Mr. Jim ( 1947 ) despite his lack of interest in their subject matter.

The museum's Native Sons Gallery honors U. S. congressman William Flynt Nichols, U. S. Army Lieutenant General James W. Crysel, whose 33-year military career included receiving the Distinguished Service Medal, and singer and actor Jim Nabors, a 1947 graduate of Sylacauga High School.

* Jim Clark ( 1970s outfielder ) ( born 1947 ), American baseball outfielder

James Richard " Jim " Steinman ( born November 1, 1947 ) is an American composer, lyricist, and Grammy Award-winning record producer responsible for several hit songs.

In 1947, Randolph, along with colleague Grant Reynolds, renewed efforts to end discrimination in the armed services, forming the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service, later renamed the League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience.

In 1947, A. Philip Randolph, along with colleague Grant Reynolds, renewed efforts to end discrimination in the armed services, forming the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training, later renamed the League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation.

* Jim the Penman ( film ), a 1947 British film, starring Campbell Singer

The organization, founded in 1947 by late West Virginia historian and publisher Jim Comstock, voted to move its offices to the A – B campus in 1976 where it has met annually ever since.

* Jim Bennett ( historian ) ( born 1947 ), British museum curator and historian of science

* Jim Lorentz ( born 1947 ), retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, St

James William " Jim " Plunkett ( born December 5, 1947 ) is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders.