* 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

It has been said that twelve cases related in The Labours of Hercules ( 1947 ) must refer to a different retirement, but the fact that Poirot specifically says that he intends to grow marrows indicates that these stories also take place before Roger Ackroyd, and presumably Poirot closed his agency once he had completed them.

* 1947 – Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician

Many artists have illustrated the Arabian nights, including: Pierre-Clément Marillier for Le Cabinet des Fées ( 1785 – 1789 ) Gustave Doré, Léon Carré ( Granville, 1878-Alger, 1942 ), Roger Blachon, Françoise Boudignon, André Dahan, Amato Soro, Albert Robida, Alcide Théophile Robaudi and Marcelino Truong ; Vittorio Zecchin ( Murano, 1878 – Murano, 1947 ) and Emanuele Luzzati ; The German Morgan ; Mohammed Racim ( Algiers, 1896-Algiers 1975 ), Sani ol-Molk ( 1849 – 1856 ) and Emre Orhun.

In 1947 the Edstrom brothers ( Harold and Everett ), along with fellow musician Roger Busdicker, founded the Hal Leonard Corporation, currently the largest publisher of sheet music in the world.

The British Film Academy was founded in 1947 by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Laurence Olivier, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Roger Manvell and other leading figures in the British film industry.

* Roger Bolton ( 1947 – 2006 ), British trade unionist

* Roger Alton ( born 1947 ), British journalist and former editor of The Independent

* Roger De Vlaeminck, cyclist, world champion cyclo-cross in 1975, winner of 11 " Monument " classic cycle races ( b. 1947 )

In 1947, Cochrane became the third catcher enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame after Roger Bresnahan and Buck Ewing.

In the 1947 publication " Printed Circuit Techniques " by Cledo Brunetti and Roger W. Curtis ( National Bureau of Standards Circular 468 first issued 15 November 1947 ) the a brief discussion of creating circuits on what would have been flexible insulating materials ( e. g. paper ) indicated that the idea was in place and in the 1950s Sanders Associates ' inventors ( Nashua, NH ) Victor Dahlgren and company founder Royden Sanders made significant strides developing and patenting processes for printing and etching flat conductors on flexible base materials to replace wire harnesses.

* “ Printed Circuit Techniques ” by Cledo Brunetti and Roger w. Curtis ( National Bureau of Standards Circular 468 first issued 15 November 1947 )

Around 1947, Dorian was introduced to Roger Mehle by her sister Cissy.

Jessica Beth Savitch ( February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983 ) was an American television broadcaster and news reporter, host of PBS ' Frontline and New York weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News during the short-lived Roger Mudd / Tom Brokaw era.

Howdy Doody is an American children's television program ( with circus and Western frontier themes ) that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960.

In 1947, Roger Vandooren scored the fastest goal in final's history converting after 29 seconds for his club Lille in their 2 – 0 win over Strasbourg.

He played the title role in Bulldog Drummond ( 1942 – 43 ) and was heard in the daytime radio serial Perry Mason, 1948's Roger Kilgore, Public Defender, and as the title character in The Adventures of Charlie Chan ( 1947 – 1948 ), The Affairs of Peter Salem from 1949 to 1953, and Hannibal Cobb ( 1950 – 1951 ).

* 1947 Class 8B by Roger Ferdinand, directed by Ionel Ţăranu

Arthur and Sylvy Kornberg had three sons: Roger David Kornberg ( 1947 ), Thomas B. Kornberg ( 1948 ), and Kenneth Andrew Kornberg ( 1950 ).

* Roger Deniau ( 1947 – 1948 ).

In 1947, Mayor Roger Lapham proposed the closure of the two municipally owned lines.

In 1947 she married Roger Lord, an oboist, for whom she composed several works, including the highly-regarded Dances for solo oboe.

* Roger Léonard: May 27, 1947 – May 2, 1951

They had two children-a daughter, Hilary Ann Cockfield, born June 1944 ; and a son Roger Edmund Cockfield, born 21 November 1947.