* 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

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 ).

Jane Elliot ( born January 17, 1947 ) is an American actress, known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine, a role she has played on General Hospital ( 1978 – 80, 1989 – 93, 1996, 2003 – present ) and The City ( 1996 – 97 ).

Together, they wrote the Spencer Tracy / Katharine Hepburn film comedies Adam's Rib ( 1949 ) and Pat and Mike ( 1952 ), as well as A Double Life ( 1947 ), starring Ronald Colman, all directed by George Cukor.

* Tracy Nelson ( singer ) ( born 1947 ), American singer

* Tony Tracy: " The Gateway to America ": Assimilation and Art in Carnegie Hall ( 1947 ) in Gary D. Rhodes, ' Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour on Poverty Row ', Lexington Books, 2008.

Hughes lent out the actress to RKO to star in many films, including Dick Tracy ( 1945 ), Out of the Past ( 1947 ), They Won't Believe Me ( 1947 ), and the comedy / suspense film The Big Steal ( 1949 ), alongside Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum.

She married a third time, to producer Herbert B. Swope, Jr., in 1947 and she had a daughter, Tracy Brooks Swope, who is also an actress.

Norma Leah McCorvey ( née Nelson ; September 22, 1947 ), better known by the legal pseudonym " Jane Roe ", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973.

Around 1947, Sonny Til sang regularly in amateur shows at the Avenue Cafe in Baltimore, where he met Nelson, Sharp and Gaither.

American Baritone Nelson Eddy recorded 35 Foster songs over three recording sessions in July, August and September 1947 on Columbia records, in 78 format, 2 songs per record.

Versions have been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Recorded in New York City on February 1, 1947 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2016B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5968 ), Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jan Garber, Fumio Nanri, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Jean Sablon, Keely Smith, Terumasa Hino, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Olavi Virta, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Earl Grant, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, George Benson, Mina, Ken Hirai, Los Hombres Calientes and many others.

In 1947, Noguchi began a collaboration with the Herman Miller company, when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture ever produced, including the iconic Noguchi table which remains in production today His work lives on around the world and at the Noguchi Museum in New York City.

Upon its formation in 1947, Imperial focused on the release of rhythm & blues / R & B, country, and Mexican music including recordings by such R & B artists as Fats Domino, Frankie Ford, and Ricky Nelson as well as those by yodeling country singer, Slim Whitman.

* Thomas Horatio Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson ( 1857 – 1947 )

* At the Risk of the Sun ( 1947 ) Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City

Nelson Orlando Oduber ( born February 7, 1947 ) was the Prime Minister of Aruba.

Thomas Nelson, 1947.

Paul's son Nelson Poynter became editor in 1939 and took majority control of the paper in 1947, and set about improving the paper's finances and prestige.

Using the money he earned as Director of Design for Herman Miller, in 1947 Nelson opened a design studio in New York City.

Zales Nelson Ecton ( April 1, 1898March 3, 1961 ) was a rare Republican United States senator from Montana, having served from 1947 to 1953.

The one screen cinema was built by Hyman Berlin and opened on February 10, 1947 as the Nelson Cinema.

* John Frederick Nelson ( born 1947 ), chairman of Lloyd's of London

The poets of ELAN are Augusto Sacoto Arias ( 1907 ), Atanasio Viteri ( 1908 ), Ignacio Lasso ( 1911 ), José A. Llerena ( 1912 ), Jorge I. Guerrero ( 1913 ), Humberto Vacas Gómez ( 1913 ), Alejandro Carrión ( 1915 ), Joaquín Gallegos Lara ( 1911 – 1947 ), Nela Martínez ( 1911 ), Enrique Gil Gilbert ( 1913 ), Pedro Jorge Vera ( 1915 ), Adalberto Ortiz ( 1914 ), Nelson Estupiñán Bass ( 1915 ).

Nelson Participated in the first Freedom Ride ( then referred to as the " Journey of Reconciliation ") in which people purposefully rode in the “ wrong ” seats ( blacks in the front, whites in the back ) in 1947.

Davis made his debut as a leader in the 1947 sessions featuring Parker, pianist John Lewis, bassist Nelson Boyd and drummer Max Roach.

Davis ' much earlier 1947 composition, " Half Nelson ", was named after bebop jazz bassist Nelson Boyd.

Sinatra recorded the song at least five times including with Axel Stordahl in his first solo session in 1942 and again with him in 1947, with Nelson Riddle in 1956 for A Swingin ' Affair !, with Don Costa in 1961 for Sinatra and Strings, and even a disco version with Joe Beck in 1977.

Larry Gene Nelson ( born September 10, 1947 ) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.