* 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 – Rex Allen, Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Besides Dick Tracy, Capp parodied many other comic strips in Li ' l Abner — including Steve Canyon, Superman ( at least twice ; first as " Jack Jawbreaker " in 1947, and again in 1966 as " Chickensouperman "), Mary Worth, Peanuts, Rex Morgan, M. D., Little Annie Rooney and Little Orphan Annie ( in which Punjab became " Punjbag ," an oleaginous slob ).

Despite this reputation, during his career, he oversaw more performances honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor than any other director: James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), Ronald Colman in A Double Life ( 1947 ), and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

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

* 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet ( T. Rex and John's Children ) ( d. 1977 )

Doc Pomus singing at the Pied Piper with Uffe Bode, Sol Yaged, John Levy and Rex William Stuart ( 1947 )

* Nero Wolfe served Tokaji Essencia to his assembled guests in Rex Stout's 1947 mystery story, " Man Alive ," as the story moves toward the identification of the murderer.

Hodges ' only appearance in the 1947 World Series against the New York Yankees was as a pinch-hitter for pitcher Rex Barney in Game 7 ; he struck out.

Rex Murphy ( born March 1947 ) is a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters.

In 1947, he co-starred with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Ultimately, the book became a 1947 Oscar-nominated film of the same name starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O ' Hara.

Ivo Adam Rex Mosley ( born 14 April 1951 ), married 10 September 1977 Xanthe Jennifer Grenville Oppenheimer, daughter of Sir Michael Bernard Grenville Oppenheimer, 3rd Baronet, and wife ( married 12 July 1947 ) Laetitia Helen Lucas-Tooth ( born 30 December 1926 ), Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Arts and Doctor of Divinity, in 2003 living at L ' Aiguillon, Rue des Cotils, Grouville, Jersey, daughter of Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro-Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet, and Laetitia Florence Findlay, and had four children:

These include Ben Hecht's Specter of the Rose ( 1946 ); the Preston Sturges comedies The Sin of Harold Diddlebock with Harold Lloyd ( 1947 ) and Unfaithfully Yours with Rex Harrison ( 1948 ); and Trouble Makers with The Bowery Boys ( 1948 ).

Among the movies Cromwell directed are Little Lord Fauntleroy ( 1936 ) starring Freddie Bartholomew and Dolores Costello ; The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ) starring Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll, with Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr .; Algiers ( 1938 ) starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr ; Abe Lincoln in Illinois ( 1940 ) starring Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, and Ruth Gordon ; Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake ( 1942 ) starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney ; Since You Went Away ( 1944 ) starring Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Robert Walker, and Monty Woolley, with Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead, Alla Nazimova, Lionel Barrymore and Keenan Wynn ; Anna and the King of Siam ( 1946 ) starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, and Gale Sondergaard ; Dead Reckoning ( 1947 ) starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott ; the women's prison drama Caged ( 1950 ) and the noir crime / drama The Racket ( 1951 ) starring Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, and Robert Ryan, which Cromwell had appeared in onstage in New York and on tour.

* " Rex Valiant, Atomic Avenger " ( Merry-Go-Round # 4, Martin and Reid, 1947 )

From 1937 to 1947 under the reign of George VI, it read either " Dei Gra Rex Et Ind Imp " as before or was abbreviated " D. G. Rex Et Ind Imp ".

From 1947 to 1952, still under George VI, after the confederation of India, they read " Dei Gratia Rex ".

Rex Allen, Jr. ( born August 23, 1947 ) is an American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six ; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy and the narrator of many Walt Disney films.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( 1947 ) is a romantic fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.