* 1947 – Frank P. Tomasulo, American film professor and critic

* 1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, literary critic, and art historian

* 1947 – Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer

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.

* 2008 – George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician ( b. 1947 )

* 1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic ( d. 1947 )

As a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry, his writings — such as Dialectic of Enlightenment ( 1947 ), Minima Moralia ( 1951 ) and Negative Dialectics ( 1966 )— strongly influenced the European New Left.

While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957.

On 6 June 1947, parliamentary leader Nikola Petkov, a critic of communist rule, was arrested in the Parliament building, subjected to a show trial, found guilty of espionage, sentenced to death, and hanged on 23 September 1947.

Beecham's second recording of the work, in 1947, " led the way towards more truly Handelian rhythms and speeds ", according to the critic Alan Blyth.

Ochoa was the nephew of Alvaro de Albornoz ( President of the Second Spanish Republic in exile, 1947 – 1951 ), and a cousin of the poet and literary poet and critic Aurora de Albornoz.

* Yūko Tsushima ( born 1947 ), pen name of " Tsushima Satoko ", a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic

* David Shapiro ( born 1947 ), poet and literary critic.

The winning lyricist was confirmed on 24 September 1974 to be Mary Bloom, a South African-born company director, music critic and poet from Gwelo, who had moved to Rhodesia in 1947.

Howard Rheingold ( born July 7, 1947 ) is a critic, writer, and teacher ; his specialties are on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities ( a term he is credited with inventing ).

After graduating in 1947 Cooke joined the BBC ; apart from an interlude ( 1959 – 65 ) working as a freelance writer and critic, he worked for the Corporation for the remainder of his life.

* Northern Irish writer and literary critic, Forrest Reid, died in Warrenpoint in 1947.

* Robert M. Parker, Jr. ( born 1947 ), American wine critic

Christopher Charles Norris ( born 6 November 1947 ) is a British philosopher and literary critic.

* Howard Rheingold ( born 1947 ), critic, writer, and teacher

From 1940 to 1947, he provided illustrations for the Surrealist magazine View, edited by Ford and writer and film critic Parker Tyler.

Herbert Mitchell Muschamp ( November 28, 1947 – October 2, 2007 ) was an American architecture critic.

A prolific critic of the Thai status quo, Sulak, in addition to praising the achievements of the Free Thai in saving Thailand ’ s sovereignty, has criticised Seni and his Democrat Party for alleged complicity in the military ’ s return to power in 1947.

By the time his second book appeared, The Fall of Magicians ( New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947 ), Kees had already been painting for more than a year and had befriended a number of Abstract Expressionism artists, including Willem De Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Hans Hofmann, as well as the critic Clement Greenberg — whose column Kees took over at The Nation from 1948 to 1950.

Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947 ) is a French mathematician, currently Professor at the Collège de France, IHÉS, The Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University.

* 1947 – Alain Bashung, French singer ( d. 2009 )

Alain Lipietz ( born September 19, 1947, Charenton-le-Pont as Alain Guy Lipiec ) is a French engineer, economist and politician, a Member of the European Parliament, and a member of the French Green Party.

* Alain Aspect ( born 1947 ), physicist

* Alain Lefebvre ( born 1947 ), French Journalist

He is best known for his bestselling book Film as a Subversive Art ( 1974 ) and as the founder of the New York City avantgarde ciné-club Cinema 16 ( 1947 – 1963 ), where he was the first programmer to present films by Roman Polanski, John Cassavetes, Nagisa Oshima, Jacques Rivette and Alain Resnais as well as early and important screenings by American avant-gardists of the time like Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren, James Broughton, Kenneth Anger, Sidney Peterson, Bruce Conner, Carmen D ' Avino and many others.

He was motivated to make the trips by an interest in how the human body and mind respond to survival at sea, a theme which the Kon-Tiki ( 1947 ) and Alain Bombard ( 1952 ) explored in earlier ocean voyages.

Alain Bashung ( born Alain Baschung ) ( 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009 ) was a French singer, songwriter and actor.

* Van Gogh ( 1947 film ), a 1947 film by Alain Resnais

* Van Gogh ( 1948 film ), a 1948 film by Alain Resnais, a remake of the 1947 film

* 1947 – Sondra Locke, American actress

* Charles Holland Locke ( June 3, 1947 – September 16, 1962 )

In 1947, too, Locke released " Hear My Song, Violetta ", which became forever associated with him.

Corwin was married in 1947 to actress Katherine Locke.

* 1947: Disposal of Distillery of John Locke and Co. Ltd., Kilbeggan

Sondra Locke ( born May 28, 1944 or 1947 ) is an American actress, singer and film director.

Three of these events were decided by one stroke, and the only time the margin was two shots was when Bobby Locke defeated Ed " Porky " Oliver in 1947.

Palmer's rounds of 66 – 65 – 66 – 66 bettered the old mark set by Bobby Locke in 1947 by five shots.