Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Entrepreneur
1
Felix Fox (1876-1947)
Pianist
2
Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)
3
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist
4
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
Politician
5
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
Religious Leader
6
Jimmy Doyle (1924-1947)
Boxer
7
Josh Gibson (1911-1947)
Baseball Player
8
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Civil Rights Leader
9
William C. Durant (1861-1947)
10
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Opera Singer
11
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
12
Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947)
13
Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)
14
Evelyn Francis McHale (1923-1947)
15
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
Movie Actor
16
Olive Borden (1906-1947)
Movie Actress
17
John F. Carlson (1875-1947)
Painter
18
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Novelist
19
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)
20
GH Hardy (1877-1947)
Mathematician
21
Gavin Fitzjohn (1925-1947)
Saxophonist
22
William Moulton Marston (1893-1947)
Psychologist
23
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
24
Celebrities Born in 1947
Deaths by Year
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
Philosopher
25
RB Bennett (1870-1947)
26
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947)
Political Wife
27
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
28
C Louis Leipoldt (1880-1947)
Poet
29
Manolete (1917-1947)
Bullfighter
30
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
31
Ellen Wilkinson (1891-1947)
32
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (1888-1947)
Family Member
33
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947)
34
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
35
Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)
Director
36
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)
37
Balys Sruoga (1896-1947)
38
Andrew Volstead (1860-1947)
39
Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
Children's Author
40
Warwick Armstrong (1879-1947)
Cricketer
41
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947)
Composer
42
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
43
Johnny Evers (1881-1947)
44
Eva Tanguay (1878-1947)
Stage Actress
45
Petras Cvirka (1909-1947)
46
Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)
Sculptor
47
Jack Glasscock (1857-1947)
48
