* 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 – Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League.

In 1947, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra .< ref >

Larry David Norman ( April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008 ) was an American Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer, who was one of the pioneers of Christian rock music.

After a public memorial service held March 1, 2008, at The Church on the Hill, Turner, Oregon, Norman was buried in Salem's City View Cemetery, and his tombstone reads: " Larry Norman Evangelist Without Portfolio 1947 – 2008 Bloodstained Israelite ".

* Larry James ( 1947 – 2008 ), gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

* Larry David, ( born 1947 ), television actor, producer and writer ; attended summer camp in 1960.

* Larry Birleffi-the " Voice of the University of Wyoming Cowboys " from 1947 – 1986

* Larry David ( born 1947 ), actor / producer of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Larry Millett ( b. 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is an American journalist and author.

From 1941 to 1947, the USO presented more than 400, 000 performances, featuring entertainers such as Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, Eubie Blake, Ann Sheridan, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, Larry Adler, Ossy Renardy, Zero Mostel, James Cagney, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Doraine and Ellis, Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, The Rockettes, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Curly Joe DeRita, The Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Brown, Joe E. Lewis, Ray Bolger, Lucille Ball, Glenn Miller, Martha Raye, Mickey Rooney, Betty Hutton, Dinah Shore, and most famously, Bob Hope.

In an article in the July 1952 issue of SPORT, Speaker recounted how Bill Veeck hired him to be a coaching consultant to Larry Doby, who in 1947 had become the American League's first black player and just the second player to cross the baseball color barrier in Major League Baseball.

Freedom at Midnight ( 1975 ) is a non-fiction work by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre that chronicled the events surrounding the first Independence Day celebrations in 1947.

Columbia featured her in the Technicolor films: Tonight and Every Night ( 1945 ), with Lee Bowman ; and Down to Earth ( 1947 ), with Larry Parks.

* Larry James ( 1947 – 2008 ), gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics, who was athletic director at the college for 28 years.

In the 1947 film, Rita Hayworth played Terpsichore, opposite male lead Larry Parks who played a producer of stage plays.

The Indians, who in 1947 had signed Larry Doby, thus becoming the first American League team to sign a black player, would by 1951 have Latino players such as Minnie Miñoso and Jesse Flores on the roster, in addition to Garcia and Ávila, and Lopez as manager.

Additionally, numerous former players with the Negro Leagues played in the Senior Intercounty Baseball League after the Negro Leagues gradually folded after Jackie Robinson broke the " colour barrier " in 1947, including pitcher Ted Alexander of the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays ( 1950-51 London Majors ); Wilmer Fields ( Brantford Red Sox ); Jimmy Wilkes ( retired jersey # 5 for the Brantford Red Sox, later became a City league umpire after a decade with Brantford ); Gentry ( Geep ) Jessup ( Galt Terriers ); Larry Cunningham ( Galt Terriers, Hamilton Cardinals ); Ed Steele ( Galt ) and Shanty Clifford ( Galt and Brantford ); Luther Clifford ; Max Manning ; Lester Lockett ; Bob Thurman and Stanley Glenn ( St. Thomas Elgins ); all made numerous appearances at Labatt Park in the 1950s.

During spring training 1947, Durocher became involved in an unseemly feud with the new Yankee owner, Larry MacPhail.

Laurence John " Larry " Carr ( July 28, 1929-May 12, 2011 ) moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1947 after graduating from high school in San Bernardino, California.

As owner and team president of the Indians in 1947, Veeck signed Larry Doby and thus successfully integrated the American League.

The color line in American baseball excluded players of black African descent from Major League Baseball and affiliated minor leagues, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season and in 1947, both Robinson in the National League and Larry Doby with the American League's Cleveland Indians appeared in games for the first time in MLB history.

In October 1947, just after the 1947 World Series championship, Weiss was promoted to general manager of the Yankees, after the team's newly reconstituted ownership tandem of Dan Topping and Del Webb bought out original partner Larry MacPhail, who had also been general manager.

Larry Pina ( born November 12, 1947 ) is an author of five do-it-yourself repair manuals for Apple Macintosh computers and peripherals.