* 1947 – Sam Anderson, American actor

* 1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish singer-songwriter and flautist ( Jethro Tull )

Before going into film-making, Anderson was a prominent film critic writing for the influential Sequence magazine ( 1947 – 52 ), which he co-founded with Gavin Lambert and Karel Reisz ; later writing for the British Film Institute's journal Sight and Sound and the left-wing political weekly the New Statesman.

* 1947 – Bob Anderson, English darts player

* John Robert Anderson ( psychologist ) ( born 1947 ), Canadian psychologist and computer scientist

It is also used by the writer Frank Brookhouser in his books Request for Sherwood Anderson ( 1947 ) and She Made the Big Town ( 1952 ).

Laura Phillips " Laurie " Anderson ( born June 5, 1947 ) is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles.

Joe Louis with Curt Anderson # Background | Jean Anderson, Chicago, Illinois | Chicago, 1947

Ward became business manager and producer, joining with Anderson to form " Television Arts Productions " in 1947.

He co-founded Sequence with Lindsay Anderson and Gavin Lambert in 1947.

* Terry A. Anderson, ( 1947 – ), former hostage, humanitarian, lived in Albion during the 1950s

* Bob Anderson ( born 1947 ), former world professional darts champion

Terry A. Anderson ( born October 27, 1947 ) is the best known, and longest held, hostage of a group of Americans believed to be captured by Shiite Hezbollah militants in an attempt to drive U. S. military forces from Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.

In particular, the discoveries of the positron in 1932, the Muon in 1936, both by Carl Anderson, ( awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 ) and the kaon in 1947 were made using cloud chambers as detectors.

* Robinson Jeffers adapted Medea into a hit Broadway play in 1947, in a famous production starring Judith Anderson

Over the years it has been presented by Joan Griffiths, Olive Shapley, Jean Metcalfe ( 1947, 1958 ), Marjorie Anderson ( until 1972 ), Judith Chalmers ( 1966 – 1970 ), Sue MacGregor ( 1972 – 1987 ), Jenni Murray ( 1987 – present ), and Martha Kearney ( 1998 – March 2007 ).

Lynn Rene Anderson ( born September 26, 1947 ) is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, "( I Never Promised You A ) Rose Garden ".

In 1947 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, where he was a Yarborough Anderson Scholar, and in the same year received his LL. M degree.

* James Anderson, Jr. ( 1947 – 1967 ), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient

The Caravans were founded in 1947 under the name Robert Anderson and his Gospel Caravan by Robert Anderson in Chicago, Illinois to serve as Anderson's backing vocalists.

* Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson-full text of 1947 biography of the Andersons by Arthur Posonby Moore-Anderson

* R. Bentley Anderson, Ph. D., author of Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism, 1947 – 1956, currently an associate professor of history at St. Louis University

On October 9, 1947, Derleth purchased all rights to Weird Tales.

His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Phillips Collection, the Brooklyn Museum, and Reynolda House Museum of American Art. In May 2007, the White House Historical Association ( via the White House Acquisition Trust ) purchased Lawrence's The Builders ( 1947 ) for $ 2. 5 million at auction.

The first set of these were three Latecoere 631's that Air France purchased and put into service in July 1947.

In 1947 the Norwegian people, by public subscription, purchased the Royal Yacht Norge for the King.

The Lakers ' franchise began in 1947 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen of Minnesota purchased the recently disbanded Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) for $ 15, 000 from Gems owner Maury Winston.

Berger and Chalfen purchased the NBL's Detroit Gems for $ 15, 000 in 1947, relocated them to Minnesota, and changed their name to the Lakers.

The Boston Braves purchased Wilhelm from Moorsville in 1947.

In 1929, Newton Steel opened a manufacturing plant on Lake Erie in Monroe, and this plant would later be purchased by Alcoa in 1942, Kelsey-Hayes in 1947, the Ford Motor Company in 1949 and subsequently under their Visteon division in 2000 and later as the Automotive Components Holdings in 2005.

Cunard purchased White Star's share in 1947 ; the name reverted to the Cunard Line in 1950.

In 1947 Cunard purchased White Star's interest, and the company dropped the White Star name and was renamed to Cunard Line.

In 1947 the Byron Hot Springs property was put up for sale and purchased by the Greek Orthodox Church for a sum of $ 105, 000.

In 1947, it was purchased by the state of California for $ 1 and incorporated into the state-historic park.

On June 14, 1947, the borough celebrated the opening of the North Catasauqua Park and Playground, built on of land purchased from Northampton County.

At some point between 1947 and 2151, the Ferengi purchased warp drive technology from the Breen.

* 1947 The first 3 motorcoaches are purchased.

On 4 February 1947, the Government purchased of land and began work on the " New Town ".

Department stores in Toledo ( Lasalle & Koch 1924 ), Atlanta ( Davison-Paxon-Stokes 1929 ), Newark ( L. Bamberger & Co .) 1929, San Francisco ( O ' Connor Moffat & Company 1945 ), and Kansas City ( John Taylor Dry Goods Co. 1947 ) were purchased during this time.

In 1947, Syd Nathan, the founder and owner of King Records, purchased a majority interest in DeLuxe.

Ropner of Thorpe Perrow, based at Stockton-on-Tees, had a Dorset freighter in 1947 purchased and renamed to Firby, but this second ship was scrapped in 1966 as obsolete.

In 1947, Lawson purchased the Oakville lakeshore estate, “ Ballymena ” that was previously owned by William Fletcher Eaton, to have a suitable residence close to Toronto and for use in his capacity as Lieutenant Governor.

On January 25, 1947 he was purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates only to be waived later.

In 1947 the University purchased Whiteknights Park, which was to become its principal campus.

The name was derived from the Lagonda marque that Aston Martin had purchased in 1947.

Jefferson Standard had purchased WBT from CBS in 1947.

In 1944, the studio was purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ) although it did not take possession until 1947.