Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1947
January
February
- February 3 - The lowest temperature in North America (-63 degrees Celsiusis) is recorded in Snag, Yukon Territory.
- February 3 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press gallery.
- February 5 - Boleslaw Bierut becomes president of Poland.
- February 8 - A dance hall fire in Berlin kills over 80.
- February 10 - Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland: Italy cedes most of Istria to Yugoslavia.
- February 12 - A meteor creates a crater in Sikhote-Alin, Soviet Union.
- February 17 - Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
- February 20 - An explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Co in Los Angeles, California leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a 22-foot crater.
- February 21 - In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
- February 23 - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
- February 25 - The state of Prussia ceases to exist.
- February 25 - The worst-ever train crash in Japan kills 184.
- February 28 - The U.S. gives France a military base in Casablanca.
- February 28 - In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with large loss of civilian lives.
March
April
- April 1 - Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball professional, signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- April 1 - King George II of Greece is succeeded by his brother King Paul I.
- April 9 - Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas killing 181 and injuring 970.
- April 15 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
- April 16 - Texas City Disaster: An Ammonium nitrate cargo of the SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas, kiling 552, injuring 3,000, causing 200 lost, and destroying 20 city blocks.
- April 18 - The British Royal Navy detonates 6,800 tonnes of explosives in a concerted attempt to destroy the small island of Heligoland, Germany, creating the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history.
May
June
July
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), created July 1947
- July 7 - A downed UFO is allegedly found in the Roswell UFO incident, written about by Stanton T. Friedman.
- July 10 - Princess Elizabeth announces her engagement to Philip Mountbatten.
- July 11 - The Exodus (ship) leaves France for Palestine, with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
- July 17 - The Indian passenger ship Ramdas is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai, India; 625 are killed.
- July 18 - Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, the Exodus (ship) is captured by British troops and refused entry to Palestine in the port of Haifa.
- July 18 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law, which places the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the United States Vice President.
- July 26 - Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into law, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
- July 27 - Take It or Leave It airs its final episode on CBS Radio.
- July 29 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
August
Flag of the newly independent Pakistan
Flag of the newly independent India
- August 4 - Betty Moore from Horsham, Sussex, sails in her first Cowes Week (59 years later she is awarded the Skandia Cowes Week Ladies Day Trophy, after campaigning her Solent Sunbeam, WHY, in all 60 consecutive regattas).
- August 5 - The Netherlands stops political actions in Indonesia.
- August 7 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
- August 7 - The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
- August 14 - After 90 years of British colonial rule, Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 compared to India on the 15th. Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes the first Governor General of Pakistan.
- August 15 - India gains independence from British rule. Pakistan splits from India. Rajendra Prasad is the first President of India. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India.
- August 15 - The Khan of Kalat (princely state), Baluchistan joins Muslim Pakistan.
- August 16 - In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over.
- August 23 - Prime Minister of Greece Dimitrios Maximos resigns.
- August 24 - The first Edinburgh International Festival begins, with a post-war mission to 'provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’.
- August 27 - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
- August 30 - A fire at a movie theater in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France kills 87.
- August 31 - Communists take power in Hungary.
September
October
November
The Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on their wedding day
- November 20 - Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
- November 20 - Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France; he is succeeded by Robert Schuman, who calls 80,000 reservists to quell the rioting miners.
- November 21 - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in Havana, Cuba. The conference ends in 1948, when members finish the Havana Charter.
- November 24 - Red Scare: The United States House of Representatives votes 346-17 to approve citations of contempt of U.S. Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10, after the 10 refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry (the 10 are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios the next day).
- November 25 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- November 27 - In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
- November 29 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews, resulting in the creation of the State of Israel.
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January–February
- January 2 - Ai, American poet
- January 2 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
- January 3 - Patricia Anthony, American author
- January 6 - Sandy Denny, British singer (d. 1978)
- January 7 - Shobha De, Indian writer
- January 8 - David Bowie, English rock musician (Space Oddity)
- January 8 - Jenny Boyd, British model
- January 8 - Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councilor
- January 9 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
- January 11 - Tom Netherton, American singer
- January 11 - Mart Smeets, Dutch sports journalist
- January 14 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
- January 16 - Laura Schlessinger, American psychologist and radio talk show host
- January 18 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director and actor
- January 23 - Thomas R. Carper, U.S. Senator from Delaware
- January 24 - Warren Zevon, American rock musician (Werewolves of London) (d. 2003)
- January 24 - Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
- January 26 - Richard Portnow, American actor
- January 29 - Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- January 30 - Les Barker, English poet
- January 30 - Steve Marriott, British rock musician (The Small Faces, Humble Pie) (d. 1991)
- January 31 - Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
- February 1 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
- February 2 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress (Charlie's Angels)
- February 3 - Melanie, American rock singer (Brand New Key)
- February 3 - Paul Auster, American novelist
- February 4 - Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States
- February 5 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and broadcaster
- February 7 - Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (Mickey Mouse)
- February 10 - Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
- February 10 - Nicholas Owen, English newsreader (ITN)
- February 12 - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d. 1984)
- February 13 - Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball coach
- February 15 - John Coolidge Adams, American composer
- February 18 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
- February 18 - Dennis DeYoung, American rock musician (Styx)
- February 20 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
- February 20 - Peter Strauss, American actor
- February 21 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. 2006)
- February 24 - Edward James Olmos, American actor (Stand and Deliver)
- February 25 - Doug Yule, American rock singer and musician (The Velvet Underground)
- February 26 - Sandie Shaw, British singer
- February 27 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
March–April
- March 4 - David Franzoni, American screenwriter
- March 4 - Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
- March 4 - Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
- March 4 - Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
- March 6 - Kiki Dee, English rock singer (I've Got The Music In Me)
- March 6 - Dick Fosbury, American athlete
- March 6 - Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
- March 6 - Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian and director (All In The Family)
- March 7 - Matthew Fisher, British singer, songwriter, and producer
- March 7 - Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
- March 7 - Richard Lawson, American actor
- March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
- March 10 - Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada
- March 10 - Tom Scholz, American musician, songwriter, and inventor
- March 11 - David Ferguson (impresario), American music producer and activist
- March 12 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
- March 12 - Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts
- March 13 - Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist
- March 14 - Pam Ayres, British poet
- March 15 - Ry Cooder, American guitarist
- March 16 - Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
- March 17 - Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born composer and producer
- March 19 - Glenn Close, American actress (Fatal Attraction)
- March 20 - John Boswell, American historian (d. 1994)
- March 24 - Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer
- March 25 - Elton John, English rock singer, pianist, and songwriter (Rocket Man)
- March 27 - Walt Mossberg, American newspaper columnist
- April 1 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
- April 2 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
- April 2 - Camille Paglia, American literary critic
- April 4 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine preacher
- April 5 - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, incumbent Philippine president and daughter of former president Diosdado Macapagal
- April 6 - John Ratzenberger, American actor (Cheers)
- April 8 - Tom DeLay, American politician
- April 11 - Deem Bristow, American video game actor (d. 2005)
- April 12 - Tom Clancy, American author
- April 12 - David Letterman, American talk show host
- April 15 - Lois Chiles, American actress
- April 15 - Mike Chapman, Australian-born record producer and songwriter
- April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, African-American basketball player
- April 16 - Gerry Rafferty, Scottish rock singer (Baker Street)
- April 18 - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
- April 18 - James Woods, American actor
- April 19 - Murray Perahia, American pianist
- April 20 - Hector, Finnish rock musician
- April 21 - Iggy Pop, American rock musician (The Stooges)
- April 21 - John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)
- April 25 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer and coach
- April 28 - Ken St. Andre, American game designer and author
- April 29 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
- April 29 - Tommy James, American rock singer and producer (Mony Mony)
- April 30 - Leslie Grantham, British actor
May–June
- May 4 - Theda Skocpol, American sociologist
- May 6 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
- May 8 - H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- May 11- Walter Selke, German physicist
- May 12 - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian public intellectual, philosopher and historian
- May 13 - Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist
- May 19 - Paul Brady, Northern Irish singer/songwriter
- May 23 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
- May 24 - Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
- May 26 - Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricket captain
- May 27 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach
- May 27 - Peter DeFazio, American politician
- May 29 - Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (d. 2007)
- June 1 - Ronnie Wood, English rock musician (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)
- June 4 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
- June 6 - David Blunkett, British politician
- June 6 - Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
- June 6 - Robert Englund, American actor (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
- June 7 - Thurman Munson, American baseball catcher (d. 1979)
- June 8 - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- June 14 - Barry Melton, American rock musician (Country Joe and The Fish, The Dinosaurs)
- June 15 - John Hoagland, American war photographer (d. 1984)
- June 16 - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
- June 19 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
- June 19 - Salman Rushdie, Indian-born British author (The Satanic Verses)
- June 19 - Candy Clark, American actress
- June 21 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- June 21
- June 22 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- June 22 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout (Laverne and Shirley)
- June 22 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
- June 22 - Mike Stone, American football player
- June 28 - Mark Helprin, American writer
July–August
- July 2 - Larry David, American actor, writer, producer, and director
- July 3 - Dave Barry, American writer
- July 7 - Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
- July 7 - Richard Beckinsale, British actor (d. 1979)
- July 7 - Rob Townsend, British rock drummer (Family)
- July 8 - Bobby Sowell, American pianist and composer
- July 9 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
- July 9 - Mitch Mitchell, American rock drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
- July 9 - O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor (The Naked Gun)
- July 10 - Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer (The City of New Orleans)
- July 17 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- July 18 - Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
- July 19 - Brian May, English rock guitarist (Queen)
- July 20 - Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 20 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born rock guitarist (Evil Ways)
- July 21 - Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager
- July 24 - Peter Serkin, American pianist
- July 27 - Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
- July 30 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder, and 38th Governor of California
- July 31 - Richard Griffiths, English actor
- August 3 - Colleen Corby, American fashion model
- August 7 - Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
- August 9 - John Varley, American science-fiction author
- August 10 - Ian Anderson, British rock musician (Jethro Tull)
- August 12 - William Hartston, British chess player
- August 14 - Maddy Prior, English folk singer
- August 15 - Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
- August 16 - Marc Messier, Canadian actor
- August 19 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
- August 19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- August 23 - Willy Russell, British playwright
- August 24 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
- August 26 - Emiliano Díez, American actor
- August 27 - Barbara Bach, American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me)
- August 28 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
- August 29 - Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
- August 30 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
- August 31 - Ramon Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter
- August 31 - Somchai Wongsawat, Thai 26th Prime Minister
September–October
- September 1 - Al Green, American politician
- September 3 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
- September 6 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
- September 14 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (A Cry In The Dark)
- September 17 - Tessa Jowell, British politician
- September 19 - Steve Bartlett, U.S. Congressman and Mayor of Dallas, Texas
- September 21 - Stephen King, American horror author
- September 22 - Norma McCorvey, American abortion plaintiff (Roe v. Wade)
- September 25 - Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer and coach
- September 26 - Lynn Anderson, American country music singer
- September 27 - Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager
- September 27 - Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), American rock singer and actor
- September 30 - Marc Bolan, English rock musician (T. Rex) (d. 1977)
- October 1 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- October 2 - Ward Churchill, American author and activist
- October 5 - Brian Johnson, English rock singer (AC/DC)
- October 6 - Gail Farrell, American singer
- October 7 - Pip Williams, British record producer
- October 9 - France Gall, French singer
- October 10 - Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (d. 1998)
- October 13 - Sammy Hagar, American rock singer (I Can't Drive 55)
- October 14 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian singer and actor
- October 16 - Bob Weir, American rock guitarist (Grateful Dead)
- October 17 - Gene Green, American politician
- October 17 - Michael McKean, American actor and comedian (Laverne and Shirley)
- October 18 - James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist
- October 19 - Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist and illustrator
- October 22 - Ed Welch, English television composer
- October 24 - Kevin Kline, American actor
- October 25 - Glenn Tipton, English rock guitarist (Judas Priest)
- October 26 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and Senator from New York
- October 26 - Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
- October 29 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor (Mr. Holland's Opus)
November–December
- November 6 - Jim Rosenthal, ITV sport presenter
- November 7 - Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
- November 7 - Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of Manager Daily, also leader of PAD
- November 10 - Glen Buxton, American rock guitarist (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
- November 14 - P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist and satirist
- November 17 - Inky Mark, Canadian politician
- November 19 - Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
- November 19 - Anfinn Kallsberg, former Faroese Prime Minister
- November 19 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician
- November 20 - Joe Walsh, American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Rocky Mountain Way)
- November 22 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
- November 24 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
- November 24 - Johnny Zell, American musician
- November 25 - John Larroquette, American actor (Night Court)
- November 30 - Véronique Le Flaguais, Canadian actress
- November 30 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
- November 30 - David Mamet, American playwright
- December 1 - Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league player
- December 2 - Isaac Bitton, French rock band drummer (Les Variations)
- December 7 - Wendy Padbury, British actress
- December 8 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- December 9 - Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator
- December 10 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
- December 12 - Will Alsop, English architect
- December 14 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
- December 16 - Vincent Matthews, American athlete
- December 18 - Rod Piazza, American musician
- December 21 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist
- December 21 - Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and football manager
- December 22 - Mitsuo Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast
- December 26 - Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
- December 28 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (d. 2000)
- December 29 - Ted Danson, American actor (Cheers)
- December 30 - Michael Burns, American actor
- December 30 - Jeff Lynne, British musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
- December 31 - Burton Cummings, Canadian rock musician (The Guess Who)
- December 31 - Tim Matheson, American actor (Animal House)
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Deaths
January–June
- January 15 - Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia), famous murder victim (b. 1924)
- January 20 - Andrew Volstead, American politician (b. 1860)
- January 20 - Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player (b. 1911)
- January 23 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
- January 25 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- January 27 - Vasily Balabanov, administrator and Provincial Governor of Imperial Russia (b.1873)
- February 6 - O. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina
- February 12 - Sidney Toler, American actor (Charlie Chan) (b. 1874)
- February 27 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1868)
- March 5 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
- March 11 - Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890)
- March 12 - Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1862)
- March 18 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
- March 19 - Prudence Heward, Canadian painter (b. 1896)
- March 20 - Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (b. 1888)
- March 21 - Homer Lusk Collyer, American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b. 1881)
- March 23 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
- March 25 - Chen Cheng-po, Taiwanese painter (b. 1895)
- March 28 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish military leader (b. 1897)
- March 30 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (b. 1863)
- April 1 - King George II of Greece (b. 1890)
- April 7 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
- April 8 - Langley Collyer, American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b. 1885)
- April 20 - King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
- April 24 - Willa Cather, American novelist (b. 1873)
- May 8 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American department store magnate (b. 1858)
- May 13 - Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (b. 1926)
- May 16 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. 1861)
- May 17 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
- May 20 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- May 24 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878)
- May 30 - Georg Ritter von Trapp, Austrian sailor, patriarch of the Von Trapp Family of The Sound of Music fame (b. 1880)
- May 31 - Adrienne Ames, American actress (b. 1907)
- June 11 - Richard Hönigswald, Hungarian-born American philosopher (b. 1875)
- June 18 - Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese rear admiral and convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1898)
- June 19 - Kōsō Abe, Japanese admiral (b. 1892)
- June 20 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (b. 1906)
- June 26 - Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
July–December
- July 19 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
- July 27 - Ivan Regen, Slovenian biologist (b. 1868)
- July 30 - Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
- August 8 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian military leader (b. 1872)
- September 1 - Frederick Russell Burnham, American Scout, father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861)
- October 4 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
- October 6 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
- October 28 - Earl Snell, Governor of Oregon (plane crash) (b. 1895)
- October 29 - Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland (b. 1864)
- November 25 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French writer (b. 1876)
- November 28 - W. E. Lawrence, American silent film actor (b. 1896)
- December 1 - Aleister Crowley, British occultist (b. 1875)
- December 1 - G. H. Hardy, British mathematician (b. 1877)
- December 7 - Nicholas M. Butler, American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)
- December 7 - Tristan Bernard, French writer and lawyer (b. 1866)
- December 14 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
- December 14 - Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
- December 17 - J. N. Brønsted, Danish chemist (b. 1879)
- December 25 - Gaspar G. Bacon, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
- December 27 - Johannes Winkler, German rocket pioneer (b. 1897)
- December 28 - Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
- Emil J. Brach, American candy manufacturer (b. 1859)
Nobel Prizes
Ship events
Notes
- ^ "Year by Year 1947" -- History Channel International
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