* 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

There have been four presidents: Bob Jones, Sr. ( 1927 – 1947 ); Bob Jones, Jr. ( 1947 – 1971 ); Bob Jones III, ( 1971 – 2005 ); and Stephen Jones, ( 2005 to the present ).

* 1947 – Stephen Shore, American photographer

* New Plans For Panama, by Stephen L. Freeman 1947 article about possible post World War II plans for the Panama Canal including first mention of a sea level canal to replace the locks

* 1947 – Stephen King, American author

* April 13 – Stephen Stucker, American actor ( b. 1947 )

* 1996 – 2002: Sir Stephen Lander ( from 2000, Sir Stephen Lander ) ( b. 1947 )

An author of novels, short stories, and plays, Mitchell is best known for his 1947 novel, Who Has Seen The Wind, which has sold close to a million copies in North America, and the radio series and later a collection of short stories 1961, Jake and the Kid, which subsequently won the Stephen Leacock Award.

Stephen and Timothy Quay ( ; born June 17, 1947 ) are American identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers.

Stephen Edward Robinson ( born 1947 ) is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon scholar and apologist.

* Stephen King ( born 1947 ), American horror fiction and screenplay writer

Kristol was affiliated with the Congress for Cultural Freedom ; he wrote in Commentary magazine from 1947 to 1952, under the editor Elliot Cohen ( not to be confused with Elliot A. Cohen the writer of today's magazine ); co-founder ( with Stephen Spender ) of the British-based Encounter from 1953 to 1958 ; editor of The Reporter from 1959 to 1960 ; executive vice-president of the publishing house Basic Books from 1961 to 1969 ; Henry Luce Professor of Urban Values at New York University from 1969 to 1987 ; and co-founder and co-editor ( first with Daniel Bell and then Nathan Glazer ) of The Public Interest from 1965 to 2002.

Stephen Weaver Collins ( born October 1, 1947 ) is an American actor, writer, and musician.

Stephen James " Steve " Howe ( born 8 April 1947 in Holloway, North London, England ) is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes.

* Stephen R. Donaldson ( born 1947 ), American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist

It includes a detailed history of Stephen Epler, the inventor of the sport and follows the life of Willis " Bill " Welsh who led a team from little Claremont, South Dakota to a national record for consecutive wins between 1947 and 1953.

It was used in the title of a book by Stephen Potter, published in 1952 as a follow-up to The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship ( or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating ) ( 1947 ), which also contained the term, and Lifemanship titles in his series of tongue-in-cheek self-help books, and film and television derivatives, that teach various ploys to achieve this.

The term originates from Stephen Potter's humorous 1947 book, The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship ( or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating ).

Two more sons were born-James Stephen in 1946 and Edward John in 1947.

Stephen Ross " Steve " Gerber ( September 20, 1947 – February 10, 2008 ) was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck.

Don Stephen Senanayake ( Sinhala: ද ො න ් ස ් ට ී වන ් ස ේ න ා න ා යක ) ( October 20, 1884 – 22 March 1952 ) was an independence activist who served as the first Prime Minister of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) from 1947 to 1952.

Stephen McIntyre ( born c. 1947 ) is a Canadian mathematician, former minerals prospector, and semi-retired mining consultant who is best known as the founder and editor of Climate Audit, a blog devoted to the analysis and discussion of climate data.

Stephen Christmas ( 12 February 1947 – 20 December 1993 ) was the first patient described to have Christmas disease ( or Haemophilia B ) in 1952 by a group of British doctors.