* 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 Carrier, American Zydeco musician ( d. 2010 )

They began with serious, tight, economical drama films such as Seven Days to Noon ( 1950 ) and Graham Greene's Brighton Rock ( 1947 ), both with Roy producing and John directing.

One of the first relevant successful covers was Wynonie Harris's transformation of Roy Brown's 1947 original jump blues hit " Good Rocking Tonight " into a more showy rocker and the Louis Prima rocker " Oh Babe " in 1950, as well as Amos Milburn's cover of what may have been the first white rock and roll record, Hardrock Gunter's " Birmingham Bounce " in 1949.

Also in 1948, Wynonie Harris ' remake of Roy Brown's 1947 recording " Good Rockin ' Tonight " hit the charts in the # 2 spot, following band leader Sonny Thompson's " Long Gone " at # 1.

She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including The Hucksters ( 1947 ), Show Boat ( 1951 ), The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( 1952 ), The Barefoot Contessa ( 1954 ), Bhowani Junction ( 1956 ), On the Beach ( 1959 ), Seven Days in May ( 1964 ), The Night of the Iguana ( 1964 ), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972 ), Earthquake ( 1974 ), and The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ).

In August 1947, she married Marcel Carbotte, a Saint Boniface doctor, and the couple set off for Europe where Carbotte studied gynecology and Roy spent her time writing.

Hubbardston is home to the invention of the first backhoe swing frame developed in July 1947 by Vaino J. Holopainen ( pronounced “ Waino ”) and Roy E. Handy, Jr., ( thus the company name “ Wain-Roy ”) and assigned to Wain-Roy Corporation of Hubbardston, MA.

* Roy Vickers: The Department of Dead Ends — 1947

Musicians including Thelonious Monk and Roy Eldridge in New York City in 1947

Further work was carried out by Roy Gilyard Beer between 1947 – 54 for the Ministry of Works, which exposed more of the site and cleared away material from the 19th century.

In the Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars poll Autry was listed every year from 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1954 ( he was serving in the US Army Air Corps 1943 – 45 ), holding first place 1937 to 1942, and second place ( after Roy Rogers ) 1947 to 1954.

# Cardinal Archbishop Maurice Roy ( 1947 – 1981 )

Roy Sansom had died during Odette's imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947.

After his 1946 military discharge he returned to Brooklyn and saw play as a catcher in 1947, joining the team's already solid nucleus of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Carl Furillo ; but the emergence of Roy Campanella made it evident that Hodges had little future behind the plate, and he was shifted by manager Leo Durocher to first base, where his play came to be regarded as exemplary.

Huffington was born on September 3, 1947 to Celeste Phyllis and Roy Michael Huffington, the founder of the natural gas exploration company, Roy M. Huffington, Inc. ( HUFFCO ).

General Roy Stanley Geiger ( January 25, 1885 – January 23, 1947 ) was a United States Marine Corps General who, during World War II, became the first Marine to lead an army.

* Roy Park ( sportsman ) ( 1892 – 1947 ), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer

In 1947 she married Roy Rogers.

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He recorded with Roy Brown in 1947.

Sam Roy " Sammy " Hagar ( born October 13, 1947 ), also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and musician.

Greene and Terence Rattigan wrote the screenplay for a 1947 film adaptation, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, with assistant director Gerald Mitchell.

He was succeeded as Director of the AMN by other three US Army senior officers, Brigadier-General Fred T. Cruse ( 1942 – 1943 ), Brigadier-General Lee Roy Bartlet ( 1943 – 1946 ) and Brigadier-General John F. Greco ( 1947 ) until GN Infantry Colonel Anastasio Somoza Debayle was appointed its first Nicaraguan-born Director in 1948.