* 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

* The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank in 1947.

In 1947, he translated from the original Arabic, Maze of Justice: Diary of a Country Prosecutor, a 1937 novel by Tawfiq al-Hakim.

The Marchbanks books include The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks ( published in 1947 ), The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks ( published in 1949 ), and Samuel Marchbanks ' Almanack ( published in 1967 ).

The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, published by Clarke, Irwin in 1947, is the first of the Samuel Marchbanks books by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies.

The other two books in this series are The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks ( 1947 ) and Samuel Marchbanks ' Almanack ( 1967 ).

The other two books in this series are The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks ( 1947 ) and The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks ( 1949 ).

The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks is drawn from The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks ( 1947 ) and The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks ( 1949 ) as well as selections from Samuel Marchbanks ' Almanack, published in 1967.

His subsequent films, The Diary of a Chambermaid ( 1946 ), The Beginning or the End ( 1947 ), and The Unsuspected ( 1947 ) were successful, but Hatfield's career began to lose momentum very quickly.

Dagboekbrieven 14 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944 ( The Annex: Diary Notes from 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944 ) by Contact Publishing in Amsterdam in 1947, it received widespread critical and popular attention on the appearance of its English language translation Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Doubleday & Company ( United States ) and Valentine Mitchell ( United Kingdom ) in 1952.

In 1947 he published part of his diary, consisting of observations taken during interviews, interrogations, “ eavesdropping ” and conversations with German prisoners, under the title Nuremberg Diary.

After the publication of Anne Frank's diary, under the title Het Achterhuis ( The Backhouse ; often translated as The Secret Annex ) in 1947, Jan and Miep found themselves the subjects of media attention, particularly after the diary was translated into English as The Diary of a Young Girl and adapted for the stage and screen.

* 1947 – Paul Young, English singer and musician ( Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics ) ( d. 2000 )

By March 1947, the NCS had 112 members, including Bud Fisher ( Mutt and Jeff ), Don Flowers ( Glamor Girls ), Bob Kane ( Batman ), Fred Lasswell ( Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ), George Lichty ( Grin and Bear It ), Zack Mosley ( The Adventures of Smilin ' Jack ), Alex Raymond ( Rip Kirby ), Cliff Sterrett ( Polly and Her Pals ) and Chic Young ( Blondie ), plus editorial cartoonists Reg Manning and Fred O. Seibel and sports cartoonist Willard Mullin.

* 1947 – George Young, Australian musician ( Easybeats )

In 1922, she married Edward Hilton Young, later Lord Kennet ( she becoming Lady Kennet ), and remained a doughty defender of Scott's reputation until her death, aged 69, in 1947.

After WWII, public authorities made loans available to students whose families were unable to provide financial assistance ; the State Educational Loan Fund for Young Students was established in 1947.

Callaghan was soon appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport in 1947 where, advised by the young chief constable of Hertfordshire Sir Arthur Young, his term saw important improvements in road safety, notably the introduction of zebra crossings, and an extension in the use of cat's eyes.

The Bishop's Wife ( 1947 ) is a Samuel Goldwyn romantic comedy feature film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven in a story about an angel who helps a bishop with his problems.

Other Curtiz efforts included Four Daughters ( 1938 ), Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ), Life With Father ( 1947 ), Young Man with a Horn and The Breaking Point ( 1950 ).

The next year, he moved to New York City to join the advertising agency of Young and Rubicam as director of research ( later as vice president from 1937 to 1947 ).

Her husbands were John Young ( 1942 – 43 ), George Jenkins ( 1946 ), Robert Grayson ( 1947 ), Walter Buchanan ( 1950 ), saxophonist Eddie Chamblee ( 1957 ), Rafael Campos ( 1961 ), and pro football player Dick " Night Train " Lane ( 1963 ).

Escape Me Never was remade by Warner Brothers in 1947, starring Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker and Gig Young.

In 1947 Avnery started his own small group, Eretz Yisrael Hatze ' ira (" Young Land of Israel "), which published the journal Ma ' avak (" Struggle ").

In 1947 Harryhausen was hired as an assistant animator on what turned out to be his first major film, Mighty Joe Young ( 1949 ).

1947 saw Lord Kitchener and Killer forming the renegade calypso tent Young Brigade.

After WWII, public authorities made loans available to students whose families were unable to provide financial assistance ; the State Educational Loan Fund for Young Students was established in 1947.

After WWII, public authorities made loans available to students whose families were unable to provide financial assistance ; the State Educational Loan Fund for Young Students was established in 1947.

Young worked at The New Republic until his retirement in 1947.

Robert Marion " Young Bob " La Follette, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – February 24, 1953 ) was an American senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., the brother of Philip La Follette, and Fola La Follette, whose husband was the playwright George Middleton.

He began his acting career doing boy voices for BBC Radio in 1947 and began taking bit-parts in British films from the late 1950s, and his first acting role was in Whom the Gods Love, Die Young playing a doomed royal.

* Thomas Ganley Young ( born 1947 ), mayor of Syracuse, New York, 1986 – 1993

* Tommy Young ( born 1947 ), wrestler

* Bob Young ( mayor ) ( born 1947 ), former mayor of Augusta, Georgia, former senior executive in cabinet of President George W. Bush, former television news anchor

* R. V. Young ( born 1947 ), professor in the English Department of North Carolina State University

* Ziggy Elman ( recorded 1947, released by MGM Records as catalog number 10332, with the flip side " The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful ")