* 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

He made his first RCA Victor recordings in Chicago in 1947.

* 1947 – Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist ( d. 2006 )

* Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect ( 1861 – 1947 )

Years later, Arturo Toscanini recorded the music for RCA Victor with the NBC Symphony Orchestra which complements the 1947 Toscanini performance of the complete opera.

Work on the Victor began in November 1947 and the Vulcan in January 1948.

* January 1 – Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist ( d. 1947 )

* November 11 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ( d. 1947 )

Victor Lustig ( January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947 ) was a con artist who undertook scams in various countries and became best known as " The man who sold the Eiffel Tower.

* " Germany Revisited ", London Victor Gollancz LTD, 1947

* Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ( 1869 – 1947 )

Victor Emanuel III ( Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 ) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy ( 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 ).

# Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, 1869 – 1947

* Victor Horta ( 1861 – 1947 ), a Belgian architect who worked in the Art Nouveau style

* An unnamed child ( miscarried December 1946 ; he or she was a twin of Victor Cavendish, born in 1947 )

* Lord Victor Cavendish ( born and died 22 May 1947 )

In 1947, RCA Victor released the original cast album of Brigadoon.

* Edward Victor Grace Day ( 1896 – 1958 ), Malaya Civil Service, Resident Commissioner of Malacca from ( 1946 – 1947 ), and British Adviser, Kedah ( 1947 – 1951 ).

Stephens is the subject of a biography Maya Explorer by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, first published in 1947.

After World War II, he recorded for Brunswick in 1944, Victor in 1946, and Apollo in 1947.

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.

* An unnamed child ( miscarried December 1946, he or she was a twin of Victor Cavendish, born in 1947 )

* Lord Victor Cavendish ( born and died 22 May 1947 )

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.