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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball
16-Apr-1947   NBA records for most minutes, most points
Kathy Acker
Author
18-Apr-1947 30-Nov-1997 Blood and Guts in High School
Arlene Ackerman
Government
1947   School superintendent of San Francisco
Charles E. Adair
Business
26-Dec-1947   Partner, Cordova Ventures
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
Richard C. Adkerson
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Freeport-McMoRan
Arthur Agatston
Doctor
1947   The South Beach Diet
Todd Akin
Politician
5-Jul-1947   Congressman, Missouri 2nd
William F. Aldinger
Business
1947   CEO of Household International, 1994-2003
Dave Alexander
Bassist
3-Jun-1947 10-Feb-1975 Original bassist for the Stooges
Jacques-Édouard Alexis
Head of State
21-Sep-1947   Prime Minister of Haiti
Gregg Allman
Musician
8-Dec-1947   The Allman Brothers
Mike Allsup
Guitarist
8-Mar-1947   Guitarist for Three Dog Night
Robert W. Alspaugh
Business
1947   CEO of KPMG, 2002-05
Carol A. Anderson
Business
c. 1947   New Century Investors
Ian Anderson
Musician
10-Aug-1947   Frontman for Jethro Tull
Laurie Anderson
Performance Artist
5-Jun-1947   Tape bow violinist and performance artist
Lynn Anderson
Singer
26-Sep-1947   Rose Garden
Eddie Antar
Business
18-Dec-1947   Crazy Eddie
Anne Archer
Actor
24-Aug-1947   Fatal Attraction
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Head of State
8-Sep-1947   Prime Minister of Iceland, 2004-06
William Atherton
Actor
30-Jul-1947   Ghostbusters
Peter Y. Atkinson
Business
c. 1947   Ex-VP of Hollinger International
James Aubrey
Actor
28-Aug-1947 6-Apr-2010 Lord of the Flies
Paul Auster
Novelist
3-Feb-1947   New York Trilogy
Ramani Ayer
Business
27-May-1947   CEO of The Hartford, 1997-2009
Irving Azoff
Business
12-Dec-1947   Rock music mogul and Live Nation CEO
Harriet C. Babbitt
Diplomat
13-Nov-1947   US Ambassador to OAS, 1993-97
Joe Baca
Politician
23-Jan-1947   Congressman, California 43rd
Andrew Bacevich
Historian
1947   American Empire
Barbara Bach
Actor
27-Aug-1947   Atook zug zug Lana
Spencer Bachus
Politician
28-Dec-1947   Congressman, Alabama 6th
Max Baer
Judge
24-Dec-1947   Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Richard L. Baltimore III
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Oman, 2002-06
Robert Band
Business
c. 1947   President of Perini Corporation
Donald K. Bandler
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1999-2002
Joy Bang
Actor
1947   Play It Again, Sam
Jonathan Banks
Actor
31-Jan-1947   Frank McPike on Wiseguy
Peter Banks
Guitarist
15-Jul-1947   Original guitarist for Yes
Haley Barbour
Politician
22-Oct-1947   Governor of Mississippi, 2004-12
Howard W. Barker, Jr.
Business
c. 1947   Former Partner, KPMG
James F. Barker
Educator
c. 1947   President of Clemson University
John Perry Barlow
Activist
3-Oct-1947   Co-Founder, EFF
F. William Barnett
Business
c. 1947   Former Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Scientist
30-Jul-1947   Co-Discoverer of HIV
Dave Barry
Columnist
3-Jul-1947   Dave Barry's Guide to Life
Steve Bartlett
Politician
19-Sep-1947   Mayor of Dallas, 1991-95
Zvi Barzilay
Business
c. 1947   President of Toll Brothers
Meredith Baxter
Actor
21-Jun-1947   The mother on Family Ties
Gary Beach
Actor
10-Oct-1947   Broadway actor
Stephanie Beacham
Actor
28-Feb-1947   Sable Colby on Dynasty
Ann Beattie
Author
8-Sep-1947   Chilly Scenes of Winter
Richard Beckinsale
Actor
6-Jul-1947 19-Mar-1979 Porridge
Howard P. Behar
Business
c. 1947   Starbucks President North America, 2001-02
Francesco Bellini
Business
1947   CEO of Neurochem, Inc.
Fortunato P. Benavides
Judge
3-Feb-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Johnny Bench
Baseball
7-Dec-1947   Hall of Fame catcher
Marisa Berenson
Actor
15-Feb-1947   Barry Lyndon
Jeffrey S. Berg
Business
c. 1947   CEO, International Creative Management
Carolyn Berger
Judge
c. 1947   Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
James G. Berges
Business
c. 1947   President of Emerson Electric, 1999-2005
Robert W. Best
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Atmos Energy
Susan S. Bies
Business
5-May-1947   Former EVP, First Tennessee National Corp
H. Raymond Bingham
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Cadence Design Systems, 1999-2004
Gerd Binnig
Physicist
20-Jul-1947   Co-Inventor, scanning tunneling microscope
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Politician
4-Feb-1947   Congressman, Georgia 2nd
Teel Bivins
Politician
22-Nov-1947 26-Oct-2009 US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06
Charles Black
Government
c. 1947   Chairman, BKSH & Associates
Dennis C. Blair
Government
4-Feb-1947   Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10
Andrew Blake
Film Director
c. 1947   House of Dreams
David Blunkett
Politician
6-Jun-1947   UK Home Secretary, 2001-04
Marc Bolan
Singer/Songwriter
30-Sep-1947 16-Sep-1977 T-Rex
Bruce R. Bond
Business
c. 1947   CEO of PictureTel Corporation, 1998-99
Richard L. Bond
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Tyson Foods
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Head of State
3-Sep-1947   Twice Norwegian prime minister
James E. Bostic, Jr.
Business
c. 1947   EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05
Margot Botsford
Judge
16-Mar-1947   Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Kim Bottomly
Educator
c. 1947   President, Wellesley College
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947   Ziggy Stardust
Camilla Parker Bowles
Relative
17-Jul-1947   Prince Charles's wife, former mistress
Crandall C. Bowles
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Springs Global
James R. Boyd
Business
c. 1947   VP of Ashland, 1986-2002
Carol Moseley Braun
Politician
16-Aug-1947   First black female US Senator
Ronald A. Brenneman
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Petro-Canada
Kenneth C. Brill
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to the IAEA, 2001-04
Mary Beck Briscoe
Judge
4-Apr-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Betty Broderick
Criminal
7-Nov-1947   Killed her husband, and his lover
John T. Broderick, Jr.
Judge
1947   New Hampshire Chief Justice
Richard H. Brodhead
Educator
1947   President, Duke University
Albert Brooks
Actor
22-Jul-1947   Broadcast News
Martin Broughton
Business
15-Apr-1947   Chairman of British Airways
Bryan Brown
Actor
23-Jun-1947   Cocktail
Judge Joe Brown
Judge
5-Jul-1947   TV judge
Richard H. Brown
Business
c. 1947   CEO of EDS, 1999-2003
John Bruton
Head of State
18-May-1947   Prime Minister of Ireland, 1994-97
John W. Bryant
Politician
22-Feb-1947   Congressman from Texas, 1983-97
Michael R. Buchanan
Business
c. 1947   Former Bank of America executive
Linda B. Buck
Biologist
29-Jan-1947   Odorant receptors and olfactory organization
Betty Buckley
Actor
3-Jul-1947   Abby Bradford on Eight Is Enough
George W. Buckley
Business
c. 1947   CEO of 3M
Tim Buckley
Singer/Songwriter
14-Feb-1947 29-Jun-1975 Experimental singer/songwriter
Albert J. Budney, Jr.
Business
c. 1947   Niagara Mohawk Holdings
Antony Burgmans
Business
13-Feb-1947   Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Eric Burns
TV Personality
c. 1947   Fox News Channel media analyst
William S. Burroughs, Jr.
Relative
21-Jul-1947 3-Mar-1981 Son of William S. Burroughs
Richard R. Burt
Diplomat
3-Feb-1947   US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
Richard C. Bush III
Government
c. 1947   Former Chair, American Institute in Taiwan
Octavia Butler
Novelist
22-Jun-1947 24-Feb-2006 Patternmaster
G. K. Butterfield
Politician
27-Apr-1947   Congressman, North Carolina 1st
Kim Campbell
Head of State
10-Mar-1947   Prime Minister of Canada, 1993
Lawrence Cannon
Politician
6-Dec-1947   Canadian MP, Pontiac
Twink Caplan
Actor
25-Dec-1947   Look Who's Talking
Andrew Card
Government
10-May-1947   White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06
Brian E. Carlson
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Latvia, 2001-04
Doug Carlston
Business
1947   Co-Founder, Br0derbund Software
Thomas Carper
Politician
23-Jan-1947   US Senator from Delaware
Jack Carter
Relative
3-Jul-1947   Jimmy Carter's eldest son
Jack Cashill
Author
15-Dec-1947   What's The Matter With California?
Frank Cassidy
Business
c. 1947   Public Service Enterprise Group
William Castell
Business
10-Apr-1947   CEO of GE Healthcare
Nick Castle
Film Director
21-Sep-1947   The Last Starfighter
Jimmy Castor
Musician
23-Jun-1947 16-Jan-2012 Troglodyte
Darlene Cates
Actor
13-Dec-1947   Bulbous mother, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
E. Michael Caulfield
Business
c. 1947   Former EVP, Prudential
Thomas R. Cech
Chemist
8-Dec-1947   Proved enzyme role of RNA
Martin Chalfie
Scientist
1947   Green Fluorescent Protein
Margaret F. C. Chan
Doctor
1947   WHO Director-General
Linda Chavez
Activist
17-Jun-1947   Neoconservative activist, pundit
Patrick Chesnais
Actor
18-Mar-1947   Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
Lois Chiles
Actor
15-Apr-1947   Moonraker
Ward Churchill
Activist
2-Oct-1947   Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann
Carolyn Chute
Novelist
14-Jun-1947   The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Aaron Ciechanover
Scientist
1-Oct-1947   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Henry Cisneros
Politician
11-Jun-1947   Secretary of HUD, 1993-97
Tom Clancy
Novelist
12-Apr-1947   The Hunt for Red October
Candy Clark
Actor
20-Jun-1947   American Graffiti
Paul N. Clark
Business
c. 1947   CEO of ICOS Corporation
Stuart J. Clark
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Interactive Data
W. Edmund Clark
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Toronto Dominion Bank
Susan Clark-Johnson
Publisher
c. 1947   President, Newspaper Divison, Gannett
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State
Kriss Cloninger III
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Aflac
Glenn Close
Actor
19-Mar-1947   Fatal Attraction
Paulo Coelho
Novelist
24-Aug-1947   The Alchemist
Jared L. Cohon
Educator
c. 1947   President, Carnegie Mellon University
Arthur D. Collins, Jr.
Business
10-Dec-1947   CEO of Medtronic, 2001-07
John T. Collins
Business
c. 1947   CEO of The Collins Group
Mel Collins
Musician
5-Sep-1947   Active session and ex-Crimson blower
Richard H. Collins
Publisher
1-Jun-1947   Dallas newspaper publisher
Stephen Collins
Actor
1-Oct-1947   Rev. Eric Camden on 7th Heaven
Kenneth L. Connor
Activist
24-Apr-1947   President of the Family Research Council, 2000-03
Fulvio Conti
Business
28-Oct-1947   CEO of Enel
James T. Conway
Military
26-Dec-1947   34th USMC Commandant, 2006-10
Ry Cooder
Guitarist
15-Mar-1947   Blues guitarist
Caroline B. Cooney
Novelist
10-May-1947   Juvenile novelist, Rear View Mirror
Gretchen Corbett
Actor
13-Aug-1947   Beth Davenport on The Rockford Files
Luke R. Corbett
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Kerr-McGee, 1997-2006
France A. Córdova
Educator
5-Aug-1947   President, Purdue University
John D. Correnti
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Birmingham Steel, 1999-2002
Jon Corzine
Politician
1-Jan-1947   Governor of New Jersey, 2006-10
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Country Musician
5-Sep-1947   Unique outsider country performer
Michael T. Cowhig
Business
23-Jan-1947   Senior Gillette executive
A. C. Cowlings
Football
16-Jun-1947   O.J.'s best friend
Phillip R. Cox
Business
1947   Cox Financial Corporation
Charles W. Cramb
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Avon
Bud Cramer
Politician
22-Aug-1947   Congressman from Alabama, 1991-2009
Curtis J. Crawford
Business
c. 1947   President of XCEO
Bobby Cremins
Basketball
4-Jul-1947   Head Coach, College of Charleston
Romeo Crennel
Football
18-Jun-1947   Head Coach, Cleveland Browns
Ralph D. Crosby, Jr.
Business
23-Sep-1947   CEO of EADS North America
Ben Cross
Actor
16-Dec-1947   Chariots of Fire
Jeffrey C. Crowe
Business
c. 1947   Chairman of Landstar System
Johan Cruijff
Soccer
25-Apr-1947   Dutch football great
Billy Crystal
Comic
14-Mar-1947   When Harry Met Sally
Peter D. Cummings
Business
c. 1947   Ram Realty Services
Bill Cunningham
Radio Personality
11-Dec-1947   Conservative WLW radio talk show host
George E. Curry
Publisher
23-Feb-1947   Emerge editor-in-chief
Jane Curtin
Actor
6-Sep-1947   SNL, Third Rock from the Sun
Chris Cutler
Drummer
4-Jan-1947   Henry Cow
Dominic D'Alessandro
Business
18-Jan-1947   CEO of Manulife Financial
Alan Dale
Actor
6-May-1947   Caleb Nichol on The O.C.
Ronald E. Daly
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Oce USA Holding
Sybil Danning
Actor
24-May-1947   Howling II
Ted Danson
Actor
29-Dec-1947   Bartender on Cheers
Kim Darby
Actor
8-Jul-1947   True Grit
Tom Daschle
Politician
9-Dec-1947   US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005
Larry David
Film/TV Producer
2-Jul-1947   Seinfeld co-creator, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dave Davies
Singer/Songwriter
3-Feb-1947   The Kinks
Mark Dayton
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Governor of Minnesota
Yves C. de Balmann
Business
c. 1947   Former Vice Chairman of Bankers Trust
Paul J. De Muniz
Judge
c. 1947   Oregon Chief Justice
Donna de Varona
Swimmer
26-Apr-1947   Swimmer, two Olympic Gold medals in 1964
Paula Deen
Chef
19-Jan-1947   Paula's Home Cooking
Peter DeFazio
Politician
27-May-1947   Congressman, Oregon 4th
Tom DeLay
Politician
8-Apr-1947   Former House Majority Leader, convicted felon
Thomas C. DeLoach, Jr.
Business
c. 1947   EVP at Mobil, 1998-2000
Tom Dempsey
Football
12-Jan-1947   Retired NFL Placekicker
Jeffrey DeMunn
Actor
25-Apr-1947   Citizen X
Herbert A. Denton
Business
c. 1947   Providence Capital
Rick Derringer
Musician
5-Aug-1947   Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo
Bernadette Devlin
Politician
23-Apr-1947   Northern Ireland nationalist
David F. DeVoe
Business
c. 1947   CFO of News Corporation
Patrick Dewaere
Actor
26-Jan-1947 16-Jul-1982 Les valseuses
Mike DeWine
Politician
5-Jan-1947   US Senator from Ohio, 1995-2007
Dennis DeYoung
Singer/Songwriter
18-Feb-1947   Former lead singer, Styx
Nelson A. Diaz
Judge
c. 1947   Of Counsel, Cozen O'Connor
Michael Dibdin
Novelist
21-Mar-1947 30-Mar-2007 Aurelio Zen novels
Klaus Dibiasi
Diver
6-Oct-1947   Platform diver, 3 Olympic Gold Medals
Jess H. Dickinson
Judge
1947   Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Reginald D. Dickson
Business
c. 1947   Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow
Michael J. Dolan
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2001-03
Stephen R. Donaldson
Author
13-May-1947   Author of the Thomas Covenant series
William Donohue
Activist
18-Jul-1947   Catholic League president
Robert Dornhelm
Film Director
17-Dec-1947   Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Bennett Dorrance
Business
1947   Campbell Soup scion
Richard W. Douglas
Business
c. 1947   The Staubach Company
Harold Dow
Journalist
28-Sep-1947 21-Aug-2010 48 Hours
Joseph T. Doyle
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Foster Wheeler, 2002-03
Mario Draghi
Business
3-Sep-1947   President, European Central Bank
Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
29-Oct-1947   Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Robert Druskin
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Shearson Lehman Brothers, 1984-91
Ken Dryden
Hockey
8-Aug-1947   NHL Hall of Famer, Canadian MP
Joel F. Dubina
Judge
26-Oct-1947   11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gilles Duceppe
Politician
22-Jul-1947   Leader, Bloc Québécois
John Duncan
Politician
21-Jul-1947   Congressman, Tennessee 2nd
Brian Duperreault
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Marsh & McLennan
Robert D. Durham
Judge
c. 1947   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
James Dyson
Inventor
2-May-1947   Dyson vacuum cleaner
James C. Early
Activist
12-Jan-1947   Smithsonian Institution
Shirin Ebadi
Activist
1947   First female judge in Iran
Dick Ebersol
Sports Journalist
28-Jul-1947   Chairman of NBC Sports, 1989-2011
Uli Edel
Film Director
11-Apr-1947   Last Exit to Brooklyn
J. L. Edmondson
Judge
14-Jul-1947   11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bob Edwards
Journalist
16-May-1947   NPR's Morning Edition host, 1979-2004
Jill Eikenberry
Actor
21-Jan-1947   Ann Kelsey on L.A. Law
Daniel T. Eismann
Judge
c. 1947   Idaho Chief Justice
James O. Ellis, Jr.
Military
20-Jul-1947   C-in-C of US Strategic Command, 2001-02
Eliot Engel
Politician
18-Feb-1947   Congressman, New York 17th
John D. Englar
Business
c. 1947   Former VP at Burlington Industries
Robert Englund
Actor
6-Jun-1947   The original Freddy Krueger
Dennis Erickson
Football
24-Mar-1947   Head Coach, Arizona State Sun Devils
Roky Erickson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jul-1947   13th Floor Elevators
Robert A. Essner
Business
26-Oct-1947   CEO of Wyeth, 2002-07
Lee Evans
Track and Field
25-Feb-1947   Sprinter, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1968
Marsha Johnson Evans
Military
c. 1947   CEO of American Red Cross, 2002-05
Richard B. Evans
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Rio Tinto Alcan
Robert S. Falcone
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Nike, 1990-98
Drew Gilpin Faust
Educator
18-Sep-1947   President of Harvard University
Farrah Fawcett
Actor
2-Feb-1947 25-Jun-2009 Original blonde on Charlie's Angels
Edward F. Feighan
Politician
22-Oct-1947   Congressman from Ohio, 1983-93
Bruce Fein
Government
c. 1947   Former Reagan lawyer
Don Felder
Guitarist
21-Sep-1947   Former Guitarist for The Eagles
Dominique Ferrero
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Crédit Lyonnais, 1999-2003
Timothy W. Finchem
Golf
19-Apr-1947   PGA Tour Commissioner
Carlton Fisk
Baseball
26-Dec-1947   Catcher for 2,226 games
Mick Fleetwood
Musician
24-Jun-1947   Fleetwood Mac
Michael Flynn
Author
1947   The January Dancer
April H. Foley
Business
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2006-09
Steve Forbes
Business
18-Jul-1947   Owner and publisher of Forbes magazine
John D. Forsyth
Business
c. 1947   Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Dick Fosbury
Track and Field
6-Mar-1947   High jumper invented Fosbury Flop
Jon D. Fox
Politician
22-Apr-1947   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-99
Marye Anne Fox
Educator
9-Dec-1947   Chancellor, UC San Diego
Robert J. Frankenberg
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Novell, 1994-96
Mike Fratello
Basketball
24-Feb-1947   NBA Coach, commentator
Ralph Friedgen
Football
4-Apr-1947   Maryland Terrapins Head Coach
Charles B. Fruit
Business
c. 1947 27-May-2008 Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola, 2004-06
Emerson U. Fullwood
Business
c. 1947   VP at Xerox
Robert G. Funari
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Crescent Healthcare
Paul E. Gagné
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Avenor, 1991-97
Gallagher
Comic
24-Jul-1947   Watermelon's natural enemy
Victor F. Ganzi
Business
14-Feb-1947   CEO of Hearst
Jean-Pierre Garnier
Business
31-Oct-1947   CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Teri Garr
Actor
11-Dec-1947   Inga in Young Frankenstein
Duane Garrett
Radio Personality
19-May-1947 26-Jul-1995 San Francisco radio talk show host
Garry N. Garrison
Business
c. 1947   VP at Dynamic Healthcare Solutions
Emilio M. Garza
Judge
1-Aug-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Gates
Novelist
8-Jan-1947   Jernigan
Erica Gavin
Actor
22-Jul-1947   Vixen!
Anthony Geary
Actor
29-May-1947   Luke Spencer on General Hospital
Tom Gegax
Author
c. 1947   Tires Plus, later self-help guru
C. Daniel Gelatt
Business
c. 1947   President of NMT Corporation
Robert J. Genader
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Ambac, 2004-08
Christopher Gersten
Activist
c. 1947   Husband of Linda Chavez
Bernard Giraudeau
Actor
18-Jun-1947 17-Jul-2010 Water Drops on Burning Rocks
James Glassman
Publisher
1-Jan-1947   Roll Call editor
Terry Goddard
Politician
29-Jan-1947   Attorney General of Arizona
Bernhard Goetz
Criminal
7-Nov-1947   Subway vigilante
Christina A. Gold
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Western Union
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr.
Government
15-Oct-1947   IRS Commissioner, 1989-92
Bruce Golding
Head of State
5-Dec-1947   Prime Minister of Jamaica
Richard R. Goodmanson
Business
1947   COO of DuPont
Stuart Gordon
Film Director
11-Aug-1947   Re-Animator
Alan Gowen
Jazz Musician
19-Aug-1947 17-May-1981 Jazz-rock keyboardist
Temple Grandin
Architect
29-Aug-1947   Autistic slaughterhouse designer
Karla M. Gray
Judge
10-May-1947   Montana Chief Justice
Al Green
Politician
1-Sep-1947   Congressman, Texas 9th
Gene Green
Politician
17-Oct-1947   Congressman, Texas 29th
Judd Gregg
Politician
14-Feb-1947   US Senator from New Hampshire, 1993-2011
Chris Gregoire
Politician
24-Mar-1947   Governor of Washington
Wilton D. Gregory
Religion
7-Dec-1947   Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta
Richard Griffiths
Actor
31-Jul-1947   The History Boys
J. Steven Griles
Government
13-Dec-1947   Deputy Interior Secretary
Joseph R. Gromek
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Warnaco Group
Michael Gross
Actor
21-Jun-1947   The dad in Family Ties
Allan Gurganus
Novelist
11-Jun-1947   Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Alan Guth
Physicist
27-Feb-1947   Inflationary theory of cosmology
Arlo Guthrie
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jul-1947   Alice's Restaurant
Barry Guy
Bassist
22-Apr-1947   Free improv acoustic bassist and bandleader
King Gyanendra
Royalty
07-Jul-1947   Last King of Nepal
Judith R. Haberkorn
Business
c. 1947   Former Bell Atlantic executive
Shelley Hack
Actor
6-Jul-1947   Replacement Charlie's Angel for 1 season
Paul Hackett
Football
5-Jul-1947   USC Head Coach, 1998-2000
Stephen Hadley
Government
13-Feb-1947   National Security Advisor, 2005-09
Sammy Hagar
Musician
13-Oct-1947   Can't Drive 55
Veronica M. Hagen
Business
c. 1947   Polymer Group
Roy W. Haley
Business
c. 1947   CEO of WESCO International
Deidre Hall
Actor
31-Oct-1947   Days of Our Lives
Kathryn Walt Hall
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001
Robert David Hall
Actor
9-Nov-1947   Dr. Al Robbins on CSI
Brian L. Halla
Business
c. 1947   CEO of National Semiconductor
Luke Halpin
Actor
4-Apr-1947   Sandy Ricks on Flipper
Rusty Hamer
Actor
15-Feb-1947 18-Jan-1990 Make Room for Daddy
John Maxwell Hamilton
Author
28-Mar-1947   Journalism's Roving Eye
Patricia A. Hammick
Business
c. 1947   Former VP at Columbia Energy Group
Chuck Hansen
Activist
13-May-1947 26-Mar-2003 Nuclear historian and archivist
Gunnar Hansen
Actor
4-Mar-1947   Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Steven Hansen
Business
c. 1947   Peter Kiewit Sons
William E. Hantke
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Premcor, 2002-05
David Hare
Playwright
5-Jun-1947   Racing Demon
Richard J. Harrington
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Thomson Corporation
Emmylou Harris
Country Musician
2-Apr-1947   Pieces of the Sky
John W. Harris
Business
c. 1947   Lincoln Harris, LLC
David D. Harrison
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Pentair, 2000-07
Michael S. Hart
Curator
8-Mar-1947 6-Sep-2011 Founder of Project Gutenberg
Harris L. Hartz
Judge
20-Jan-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sheikh Hasina
Head of State
28-Sep-1947   Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1996-2001
Hass Hassan
Business
c. 1947   Alfalfa's Markets
Yukio Hatoyama
Politician
11-Feb-1947   Prime Minister of Japan, 2009-10
Wings Hauser
Actor
12-Dec-1947   Life Among the Cannibals
Billy Hayes
Criminal
3-Apr-1947   Hashish smuggler, Midnight Express
Victoria F. Haynes
Business
c. 1947   CEO of RTI International
Robert Hays
Actor
24-Jul-1947   Airplane!
James Hazeldine
Actor
4-Apr-1947 17-Dec-2002 Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson on London's Burning
Mike G. Heavican
Judge
c. 1947   Nebraska Chief Justice
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Head of State
1947   Prime Minister of Afghanistan
David Helfgott
Musician
19-May-1947   Subject of the biopic Shine
Randee Heller
Actor
10-Jun-1947   Alice on Soap
Mark Helprin
Author
28-Jun-1947   Winter's Tale
Shirley Hemphill
Actor
1-Jul-1947 10-Dec-1999 Shirley Wilson on What's Happening
Don Henley
Musician
22-Jul-1947   The Eagles
Jane E. Henney
Doctor
c. 1947   FDA Commissioner, 1998-2001
Doug Henning
Magician
3-May-1947 7-Feb-2000 Extremely flamboyant magician
C. Robert Henrikson
Business
c. 1947   CEO of MetLife
Gary R. Herbert
Politician
7-May-1947   Governor of Utah
Alexis Herman
Government
16-Jul-1947   US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001
Dealey D. Herndon
Business
c. 1947   Herndon, Stauch & Associates
John W. Higgins
Business
c. 1947   Higgins Development Partners
Julie A. Hill
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Costain Homes, 1991-98
Francesca Hilton
Relative
10-Mar-1947   Daughter of Conrad Hilton and Zsa Zsa
Mazie Hirono
Politician
3-Nov-1947   Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd
Franklin W. Hobbs
Business
c. 1947   Warburg Dillon Read
David F. Hodnik
Business
1947   CEO of Ace Hardware, 1996-2005
Terry Hoeppner
Football
19-Aug-1947 19-Jun-2007 Hoosiers Head Coach, 2005-07
Randy J. Holland
Judge
c. 1947   Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
Edwin J. Holman
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Macy's Central
Rupert Holmes
Singer/Songwriter
24-Feb-1947   The Piña Colada Song
John Holt
Singer/Songwriter
11-Jul-1947   Reggae singer, lead vocalist for The Paragons
Russel Honore
Military
1947   Three-star general
H. Robert Horvitz
Scientist
8-May-1947   Genetic regulation of organ development
Karen Elliott House
Journalist
7-Dec-1947   Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2002-06
N. Gerry House
Educator
c. 1947   Institute for Student Achievement
Steve Howe
Guitarist
8-Apr-1947   Guitarist for Yes
Evelyn Hu
Physicist
c. 1947   Nanoscale device fabrication
Allan Hubbard
Economist
8-Sep-1947   George W. Bush economist
Michael Huffington
Government
3-Sep-1947   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Cameron R. Hume
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Indonesia
John C. Hunter III
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Solutia, 1999-2004
Francis Huster
Actor
8-Dec-1947   The Dinner Game
Jonathan Hyde
Actor
21-May-1947   Titanic
Michael Ignatieff
Author
12-May-1947   Blood and Belonging
Hubert Ingraham
Head of State
4-Aug-1947   Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Robert Iscove
Film Director
4-Jul-1947   She's All That
M. Douglas Ivester
Business
26-Mar-1947   CEO of Coca Cola, 1997-2000
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Head of State
1947   Prime Minister of Iraq, 2005-06
Harry R. Jacobson
Doctor
c. 1947   Vice Chancellor for Health at Vanderbilt
Benoît Jacquot
Film Director
5-Feb-1947   The School of Flesh
Stephan A. James
Business
c. 1947   Vice Chairman of Accenture, 2001-04
Tommy James
Musician
29-Apr-1947   Crimson and Clover
Kenneth M. Jastrow II
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Temple-Inland, 2000-07
Sylvia Jay
Business
c. 1947   Food and Drink Federation
William Jefferson
Politician
14-Mar-1947   Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Brian Johnson
Singer
5-Oct-1947   Frontman of AC/DC
Luci Baines Johnson
Relative
2-Jul-1947   Daughter of LBJ
Peter R. Johnson
Business
c. 1947   Credit Management Services
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Business
12-Apr-1947   Johnson & Johnson heir
Lynn Johnston
Cartoonist
28-May-1947   For Better or For Worse
Michael F. Johnston
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Visteon
Rene R. Joyce
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Targa Resources
Michio Kaku
Physicist
24-Jan-1947   String Theory
Jonathan Kaplan
Film Director
25-Nov-1947   Over the Edge
Phil Karlton
Computer Programmer
28-Feb-1947 20-Jun-1997 Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Howard Kaylan
Singer
22-Jun-1947   The Turtles
James Keach
Actor
7-Dec-1947   The Long Riders
Robert Keegan
Business
27-Jul-1947   CEO of Goodyear
Robert Kelley
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Noble Affiliates, 1986-2000
Ted D. Kellner
Business
c. 1947   Fiduciary Management, Inc.
Richard C. Kelly
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Xcel Energy
David L. Kennedy
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Revlon
James Cox Kennedy
Business
1947   CEO of Cox Enterprises
Arthur H. Kern
Business
c. 1947   American Media
Leo Kiely
Business
16-Jan-1947   CEO of Molson Coors
James William Kilgore
Criminal
11-Dec-1947   One of the Patty Hearst kidnappers
Bobby Kimball
Singer
29-Mar-1947   Lead singer, Toto
Robert M. Kimmitt
Diplomat
19-Dec-1947   US Deputy Treasury Secretary
Barbara A. King
Business
c. 1947   Landscape Structures, Inc.
Stephen King
Novelist
21-Sep-1947   The Shining
Peter D. Kinnear
Business
c. 1947   CEO of FMC Technologies
Takeshi Kitano
Film Director
18-Jan-1947   Zatoichi
Marilyn S. Kite
Judge
22-Oct-1947   Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
John Kitzhaber
Politician
5-Mar-1947   Governor of Oregon
Robert Kiyosaki
Author
8-Apr-1947   Rich Dad, Poor Dad
William R. Klesse
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Valero
John Kline
Politician
6-Sep-1947   Congressman, Minnesota 2nd
Kevin Kline
Actor
24-Oct-1947   A Fish Called Wanda
Marie L. Knowles
Business
c. 1947   CFO of ARCO, 1996-2000
Thomas A. Knowlton
Business
c. 1947   President of Kellogg NA, 1994-98
Yusef Komunyakaa
Poet
29-Apr-1947   Neon Vernacular
Roger D. Kornberg
Scientist
24-Apr-1947   Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Martin Kove
Actor
6-Mar-1947   Det. Isbecki on Cagney & Lacey
Hersh Kozlov
Attorney
15-Nov-1947   Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen
Margery Kraus
Business
c. 1947   CEO of APCO Worldwide
Patricia Krenwinkel
Criminal
3-Dec-1947   Charles Manson Family
Mike Krzyzewski
Basketball
13-Feb-1947   Duke Head Coach
Lawrence Kudlow
Economist
20-Aug-1947   Kudlow & Cramer
Harumi Kurihara
Business
7-Mar-1947   Japan's Martha Stewart
David Ladd
Actor
5-Feb-1947   A Dog of Flanders
Alan G. Lafley
Business
13-Jun-1947   CEO of Procter & Gamble, 2000-09
Michael D. Lambert
Business
c. 1947   Senior VP at Dell, 1996-2002
Pascal Lamy
Politician
8-Apr-1947   WTO Director-General
Richard Land
Religion
1947   Southern Baptist Convention
David L. Lander
Actor
22-Jun-1947   Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley
Jackie Lane
Actor
10-Jul-1947   Dodo Chaplet in Dr. Who
Ted Lange
Actor
5-Jan-1947   Isaac the bartender on Love Boat
Randall W. Larrimore
Business
c. 1947   CEO of United Stationers, 1997-2003
John Larroquette
Actor
25-Nov-1947   Night Court
Dan Lauria
Actor
12-Apr-1947   Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years
Rita Lavelle
Government
8-Sep-1947   EPA official
Robert J. Lawless
Business
c. 1947   CEO of McCormick & Co., 1996-2007
Richard Lawson
Actor
7-Mar-1947   Poltergeist
Gerry Laybourne
Business
19-May-1947   CEO of Oxygen Media
Rochelle B. Lazarus
Business
1947   CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, 1996-2009
Carol A. Leary
Educator
c. 1947   President of Bay Path College
Joseph LeBaron
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Mauritania
Patrice Leconte
Film Director
12-Nov-1947   The Girl on the Bridge
Lester A. Lefton
Educator
c. 1947   President, Kent State University
Rula Lenska
Actor
30-Sep-1947   Alberta VO5 commercials
David Letterman
Talk Show Host
12-Apr-1947   The Late Show
Richard C. Levin
Educator
7-Apr-1947   President of Yale University
Kenneth D. Lewis
Business
9-Apr-1947   CEO of Bank of America, 2001-09
R. Fred Lewis
Judge
14-Dec-1947   Florida Chief Justice
Richard Lewis
Comic
29-Jun-1947   Such a nice young man
Allan J. Lichtman
Historian
4-Apr-1947   The Keys to the White House
David E. Liddle
Business
c. 1947   Metaphor Computer Systems
William S. Lind
Activist
9-Jul-1947   Free Congress Foundation
Meat Loaf
Musician
27-Sep-1947   Bat Out of Hell
Dennis P. Lockhart
Business
1-Feb-1947   President and CEO, Atlanta Fed
Nancy B. Loeffler
Activist
c. 1947   Community activist, wife of Tom Loeffler
Zoe Lofgren
Politician
21-Dec-1947   Congresswoman, California 16th
Bill Lowery
Politician
2-May-1947   Congressman from California, 1981-93
Victor L. Lund
Business
c. 1947   CEO of American Stores, 1992-99
Jeffrey Lunstead
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 2003-06
Dorothy Lyman
Actor
18-Apr-1947   Naomi Harper on Mama's Family
C. Stephen Lynn
Business
c. 1947   Cummings Incorporated
Jeff Lynne
Musician
30-Dec-1947   Frontman for Electric Light Orchestra
Paul Lytton
Drummer
8-Mar-1947   Free improv drummer, instrument builder
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Head of State
5-Apr-1947   President of the Philippines, 2001-10
John MacDougall
Politician
8-Dec-1947 13-Aug-2008 Labour MP for Glenrothes, 2005-08
Ira Magaziner
Government
8-Nov-1947   Internet advisor under Bill Clinton
Ellen Malcolm
Activist
c. 1947   Founder, EMILY's List
David Mamet
Author
30-Nov-1947   Glengarry Glen Ross
Joe Manchin
Politician
24-Aug-1947   US Senator from West Virginia
Larry Manetti
Actor
23-Jul-1947   Rick on Magnum, P.I.
Dennis J. Manning
Business
Jan-1947   CEO of Guardian Life
Joe Mantegna
Actor
13-Nov-1947   David Rossi on Criminal Minds
Pete Maravich
Basketball
22-Jun-1947 5-Jan-1988 New Orleans Jazz shooter
Michael W. Marine
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Vietnam
Ellen R. Marram
Business
1947   CEO of Tropicana, 1997-98
Steve Marriott
Guitarist
30-Jan-1947 20-Apr-1991 The Small Faces, Humble Pie
Frank J. Marshall
Business
c. 1947   Former Cisco VP
Andrea Martin
Comic
15-Jan-1947   SCTV cast member, 1976-81
Lori Martin
Actor
18-Apr-1947 4-Apr-2010 Cape Fear
Murray D. Martin
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Pitney Bowes
William Martini
Politician
10-Jan-1947   Congressman from New Jersey, 1995-97
Ben Masters
Actor
6-May-1947   Julian Crane on Passions
Tim Matheson
Actor
31-Dec-1947   Otter in Animal House
Robert W. Matschullat
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000
Deryck Maughan
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Citigroup International, 1998-2002
Brian May
Guitarist
19-Jul-1947   Guitarist for Queen
Thomas J. May
Business
c. 1947   CEO of NSTAR
Karen McCarthy
Politician
18-Mar-1947 5-Oct-2010 Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005
Ferrell P. McClean
Business
c. 1947   JP Morgan Global Energy Group
Richard L. McCormick
Educator
26-Dec-1947   President, Rutgers University
Norma McCorvey
Activist
22-Sep-1947   Jane Roe, of Roe v. Wade
Ross McElwee
Film Director
21-Jul-1947   Idiosyncratic documentary filmmaker
Richard A. McGinn
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Lucent, 1996-2000
Stephen McHattie
Actor
3-Feb-1947   Cold Squad
Michael McKean
Actor
17-Oct-1947   This Is Spinal Tap, SNL
Theodore A. McKee
Judge
5-Jun-1947   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
David McKinley
Politician
28-Mar-1947   Congressman, West Virginia 1st
Elizabeth D. McKune
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Qatar, 1998-2001
Michael McNulty
Politician
16-Sep-1947   Congressman from New York, 1989-2009
Gerald McRaney
Actor
19-Aug-1947   Major Dad
Edmund McWilliams
Diplomat
c. 1947   Opened Embassies in Tajikstan and Kyrgyzstan
Charlie Melancon
Politician
3-Oct-1947   Congressman from Louisiana, 2005-11
John W. Meriwether
Business
10-Aug-1947   Long-Term Capital Management
Jim Messina
Musician
5-Dec-1947   Loggins and Messina
Matthew Miau
Business
c. 1947   Chairman of MiTAC-Synnex
James M. Micali
Business
c. 1947   President of Michelin NA, 1996-2008
John T. Miller
Business
c. 1947   CEO of American Ref-Fuel, 2001-05
Johnny Miller
Golf
29-Apr-1947   Golf commentator
Cynthia H. Milligan
Educator
c. 1947   Dean, UNL College of Business Administration
Rick J. Mills
Business
c. 1947   VP at Cummins
Cathy E. Minehan
Business
15-Feb-1947   President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007
Mitch Mitchell
Drummer
9-Jun-1947 12-Nov-2008 Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Kevin E. Moley
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to the UN in Europe, 2001-06
Margaret T. Monaco
Business
c. 1947   Probus Advisors
Mike Montgomery
Basketball
27-Feb-1947   UC Berkeley Head Coach
Ronnie Montrose
Guitarist
29-Nov-1947 3-Mar-2012 Montrose and Gamma
Jean-Paul L. Montupet
Business
c. 1947   EVP at Emerson Electric
Debra Mooney
Actor
28-Aug-1947   Edna Harper on Everwood
Eddie N. Moore
Educator
c. 1947   President, Virginia State University
Roy Moore
Judge
11-Feb-1947   Alabama Chief Justice, 2000-03
William A. Moran
Business
c. 1947   Virginia real estate developer
James H. Morgan
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Krispy Kreme
Rowland T. Moriarty
Business
c. 1947   CRA International
Michael G. Morris
Business
c. 1947   CEO of American Electric Power
Keith Morrison
Journalist
1-Jul-1947   Dateline NBC
Joe Morton
Actor
18-Oct-1947   The brother from another planet
Georgette Mosbacher
Activist
16-Jan-1947   Washington socialite
Walter Mossberg
Columnist
27-Mar-1947   Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal
Allan Moyle
Film Director
1947   Pump Up the Volume
Dennis Muchmore
Business
c. 1947   Muchmore Harrington Smalley & Associates
Edward A. Mueller
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Qwest
Barbara A. Munder
Business
c. 1947   Euromoney Institutional Investor plc
Thurman Munson
Baseball
7-Jan-1947 2-Aug-1979 Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash
Clint W. Murchison III
Business
c. 1947   Murchison scion
Michael R. Murphy
Judge
6-Aug-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jerrold Nadler
Politician
13-Jun-1947   Congressman, New York 8th
Mohammad Najibullah
Head of State
1947 28-Sep-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1987-92
Koumei Nakamura
Chef
1947   The second Iron Chef Japanese
Larry C. Napper
Diplomat
27-Nov-1947   US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 2001-04
Ronald E. Nehring
Judge
c. 1947   Justice, Utah Supreme Court
Sam Neill
Actor
14-Sep-1947   Played Reilly, Ace of Spies
Larry Nelson
Golf
10-Sep-1947   Winner of 3 Majors
Howard H. Newman
Business
c. 1947   Former Partner, Warburg Pincus
John C. Nienstedt
Religion
18-Mar-1947   Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Jeffrey Noddle
Business
1947   CEO of Supervalu
Peter Noone
Singer
5-Nov-1947   Lead singer of Herman's Hermits
Julia B. North
Business
c. 1947   VSI Enterprises, Inc.
Richard C. Notebaert
Business
1947   CEO of Qwest, 2002-07
Martha Nussbaum
Philosopher
6-May-1947   The Fragility of Goodness
Laura Nyro
Songwriter
18-Oct-1947 8-Apr-1997 New York songwriter
David J. O'Reilly
Business
1947   CEO of Chevron, 2005-09
P. J. O'Rourke
Author
14-Nov-1947   Political satirist
George W. Off
Business
c. 1947   Checkpoint Systems
Edward James Olmos
Actor
24-Feb-1947   Battlestar Galactica
Lyndon L. Olson
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
Sara Jane Olson
Criminal
16-Jan-1947   Symbionese Liberation Army
Paul Orfalea
Business
28-Nov-1947   Founder of Kinko's
Benjamin Orr
Bassist
8-Sep-1947 3-Oct-2000 Bassist for The Cars
William A. Osborn
Business
14-Oct-1947   CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008
O'Dell M. Owens
Doctor
c. 1947   Coroner of Hamilton County, Ohio
Steve Owens
Football
9-Dec-1947   Winner, 1969 Heisman Trophy
Richard A. Paez
Judge
5-May-1947   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Clarence Page
Columnist
2-Jun-1947   Newspaper columnist, talking head
Camille Paglia
Author
2-Apr-1947   Self-described feminist
Mark G. Papa
Business
c. 1947   CEO of EOG Resources
Sara Paretsky
Novelist
8-Jun-1947   V. I. Warshawski detective novels
William U. Parfet
Business
c. 1947   MPI Research
Barbara Park
Author
21-Apr-1947   Junie B. Jones series
Jameson Parker
Actor
18-Nov-1947   AJ on Simon & Simon
Robert M. Parker
Critic
23-Jul-1947   The Wine Advocate
James Patterson
Author
22-Mar-1947   Along Came a Spider
K. A. Paul
Religion
c. 1947   Evangelist
R. David Paulison
Government
1947   FEMA Director
William Porter Payne
Business
13-Oct-1947   Gleacher Partners LLC
Steve Pearce
Politician
24-Aug-1947   Congressman, New Mexico 2nd
Jeffrey M. Peek
Business
c. 1947   CEO of CIT Group, 2004-09
Federico Peña
Government
15-Mar-1947   Ex-Secy of Energy, Transportation
Antonio M. Perez
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Kodak
William D. Perez
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Wrigley
John D. Petersen
Educator
21-Nov-1947   President, University of Tennessee System
David Phelps
Politician
26-Oct-1947   Congressman from Illinois, 1999-2002
Michael E. J. Phelps
Business
c. 1947   Westcoast Energy
Wade Phillips
Football
21-Jun-1947   Defensive coordinator, Houston Texans
Cindy Pickett
Actor
18-Apr-1947   Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Dakota A. Pippins
Business
c. 1947   Leo Burnett Urban Think Tank
Mary Kay Place
Actor
23-Sep-1947   Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Jim Plunkett
Football
5-Dec-1947   Superbowl MVP
Dale C. Pond
Business
c. 1947   Former EVP Marketing at Lowe's
Iggy Pop
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1947   Iggy and the Stooges
Jerzy Popieluszko
Activist
23-Sep-1947 19-Oct-1984 Priest murdered by Polish government
Michael Porter
Scholar
1947   Competitive Strategy
Richard Portnow
Actor
26-Jan-1947   Hal Melvoin on The Sopranos
Bill Posey
Politician
18-Dec-1947   Congressman, Florida 15th
Clifton Powell
Actor
31-Aug-1947   Civil Brand
Cozy Powell
Drummer
29-Dec-1947 5-Apr-1998 Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell
Nancy J. Powell
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Nepal
Edward C. Prado
Judge
7-Jun-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Beth M. Pritchard
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Dean & DeLuca
Jonathan Pryce
Actor
1-Jun-1947   Sam Lowry in Brazil
Lee Purcell
Actor
15-Jun-1947   Stranger in Our House
Dan Quayle
Politician
4-Feb-1947   Vice President under George H.W. Bush
Charles Rabemananjara
Head of State
9-Jun-1947   Prime Minister of Madagascar
Gary L. Rainwater
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Ameren
Navin Ramgoolam
Head of State
14-Jul-1947   Prime Minister of Mauritius
Maria Fiorini Ramirez
Business
c. 1947   Money Market Economist
Abdel Aziz Rantisi
Activist
23-Oct-1947 17-Apr-2004 Hamas co-founder
Robin Raphel
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1997-2000
John Ratzenberger
Actor
6-Apr-1947   Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
Jerry Rawlings
Head of State
22-Jun-1947   President of Ghana, 1981-93
Susan P. Read
Judge
1947   Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Wayne A. Reaud
Attorney
29-Sep-1947   Partner, Reaud, Morgan & Quinn
W. Allen Reed
Business
1947   CEO of GM Asset Management, 1994-2005
Harry Reems
Pornstar
27-Aug-1947   Deep Throat
Paul L. Reiber
Judge
20-Jun-1947   Vermont Chief Justice
John Reid
Politician
8-May-1947   British MP, Airdrie and Shotts
Rob Reiner
Actor
6-Mar-1947   Meathead
Marjorie O. Rendell
Judge
20-Dec-1947   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Howard Rheingold
Author
7-Jul-1947   The Virtual Community
Barbara Rhoades
Actor
23-Mar-1947   The Shakiest Gun in the West
Sidney A. Ribeau
Educator
c. 1947   President of Howard University
Bill Richardson
Politician
15-Nov-1947   Governor of New Mexico, 2003-11
Peter Riegert
Actor
11-Apr-1947   Barbarians at the Gate
William J. Riley
Judge
11-Mar-1947   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Minnie Riperton
Singer
8-Nov-1947 12-Jul-1979 Lovin' You
C. Dowd Ritter
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Regions Financial
Henry M. Rivera
Attorney
25-Sep-1947   FCC Commissioner, 1981-85
Ron Rivest
Computer Programmer
1947   The R in RSA
James D. Robbins
Business
c. 1947   Former Managing Partner, PWC
John Robbins
Author
26-Oct-1947   Celebrity vegan
Peter J. Robertson
Business
1947   Vice Chairman of Chevron
Gene Robinson
Religion
29-May-1947   Openly gay Episcopalian bishop
Marilynne Robinson
Novelist
1947   Housekeeping
Ray M. Robinson
Business
30-Nov-1947   Former AT&T executive
Allan Rock
Politician
30-Aug-1947   Canadian Ambassador to the UN, 2004-06
James E. Rogers
Business
20-Sep-1947   CEO of Duke Energy
Dana Rohrabacher
Politician
21-Jun-1947   Congressman, California 46th
Gregg Rolie
Musician
17-Jun-1947   Co-Founder of Santana and Journey
John M. Roll
Judge
8-Feb-1947 8-Jan-2011 US District Court Judge, murdered
Mitt Romney
Politician
12-Mar-1947   Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
Steven G. Rothmeier
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Northwest Airlines, 1985-89
Karen Rothmyer
Journalist
c. 1947   Editor of The Nation
Dilma Rousseff
Head of State
14-Dec-1947   President of Brazil
James A. Rubright
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Rock-Tenn
James A. Runde
Business
c. 1947   Former Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley
Salman Rushdie
Novelist
19-Jun-1947   The Satanic Verses
Bo Ryan
Basketball
20-Dec-1947   Head Coach, UW-Madison
Nolan Ryan
Baseball
31-Jan-1947   Pitched seven no-hitters
Jim Ryun
Politician
29-Apr-1947   Congressman, Kansas 2nd
Melanie Safka
Singer/Songwriter
3-Feb-1947   Brand New Key
Carole Bayer Sager
Singer/Songwriter
8-Mar-1947   That's What Friends Are For
Carlos Santana
Musician
20-Jul-1947   House is dark, pots are cold
Vicki L. Sato
Business
c. 1947   President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 2000-05
John Ralston Saul
Essayist
19-Jun-1947   The Collapse of Globalism
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Marjorie Scardino
Business
25-Jan-1947   CEO of Pearson
Richard O. Schaum
Business
c. 1947   EVP at DaimlerChrysler, 2000-03
William Scherer
Attorney
1947   Conrad, Scherer & Jenne
Tom Schieffer
Diplomat
4-Oct-1947   US Ambassador to Japan, 2005-09
Steve Schiff
Politician
18-Mar-1947 25-Mar-1998 Congressman from New Mexico, 1989-98
Laura Schlessinger
Radio Personality
16-Jan-1947   The Dr. Laura Show
Neal E. Schmale
Business
c. 1947   President and COO of Sempra Energy
Claudine Schneider
Politician
25-Mar-1947   Congresswoman from Rhode Island, 1981-91
Florian Schneider
Electronic Musician
7-Apr-1947   Kraftwerk
Tom Scholz
Songwriter
10-Mar-1947   Founder and songwriter behind Boston
Dwight Schultz
Actor
24-Nov-1947   Murdoch on The A-Team
Klaus Schulze
Electronic Musician
4-Aug-1947   Synthesizer pioneer
Gerard Schwarz
Conductor
19-Aug-1947   Music Director, Seattle Symphony
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor
30-Jul-1947   Governor of California, 2003-11
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
14-Feb-1947   Co-Founder, Blackstone Group
Bobby Scott
Politician
30-Apr-1947   Congressman, Virginia 3rd
Michael M. Sears
Business
16-Jul-1947   CFO of Boeing, 2000-03
Louis Michael Seidman
Scholar
16-Feb-1947   Our Unsettled Constitution
Carolyn Seymour
Actor
6-Nov-1947   Abby Grant on Survivors
Jeanne Shaheen
Politician
28-Jan-1947   US Senator from New Hampshire
Thomas E. Shenk
Biologist
c. 1947   Princeton Molecular Biologist
Randall T. Shepard
Judge
c. 1947   Indiana Chief Justice
Thomas J. Shields
Business
c. 1947   Shields & Company
Frank Shorter
Track and Field
31-Oct-1947   Marathon runner
John Shoven
Economist
1947   Stanford economist
Ronnie Shows
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Congressman from Mississippi, 1999-2003
Robert Siegel
Radio Personality
1947   All Things Considered
Stan Sigman
Business
1947   CEO of AT&T Mobility
Alejandro Silva
Business
c. 1947   President of Evans Food Group
Lester P. Silverman
Business
1947   Former Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Lou Anna K. Simon
Educator
c. 1947   President, Michigan State University
O. J. Simpson
Football
9-Jul-1947   Searching tirelessly for the real killers
James K. Sims
Business
c. 1947   Cambridge Technology Partners
Guy Siner
Actor
16-Oct-1947   Lt. Gruber on Allo 'Allo!
Michael Sitrick
Business
8-Jun-1947   Sitrick and Company
Theda Skocpol
Educator
4-May-1947   Harvard sociologist, political scientist
Dan F. Smith
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Lyondell Chemical, 1996-2008
Lamar Smith
Politician
19-Nov-1947   Congressman, Texas 21st
Lawrence S. Smith
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Comcast, 1999-2002
Bill Smitrovich
Actor
16-May-1947   Andrew Thacher on Life Goes On
Paula A. Sneed
Business
10-Nov-1947   Retired EVP, Kraft Foods
Stephen A. Snider
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Exterran Holdings
Tower Snow
Attorney
1947   Chairman of Brobeck, 1998-2001
Olympia Snowe
Politician
21-Feb-1947   US Senator from Maine
Vic Snyder
Politician
27-Sep-1947   Congressman from Arkansas, 1997-2011
Theodore M. Solso
Business
5-Mar-1947   CEO of Cummins
Daniel E. Somers
Business
c. 1947   CEO of AT&T Broadband, 1999-2001
Jean G. Spaulding
Psychiatrist
c. 1947   Psychiatrist at Duke University
William R. Spivey
Business
c. 1947   Retired AT&T executive
Danielle Steel
Novelist
14-Aug-1947   Romance novelist
Shadoe Stevens
Game Show Host
3-Nov-1947   The voice of Hollywood Squares
Mink Stole
Actor
25-Aug-1947   Appears in John Waters films
John Stossel
Journalist
6-Mar-1947   Libertarian reporter
Peter Strauss
Actor
20-Feb-1947   The Jericho Mile
Gail Strickland
Actor
18-May-1947   First Monday
Dennis F. Strigl
Business
c. 1947   President & COO of Verizon
Albert P. L. Stroucken
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Owens-Illinois
Wes Studi
Actor
17-Dec-1947   Geronimo: An American Legend
Jock Sturges
Photographer
1947   Art photographer charged with obscenity
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Head of State
23-Jan-1947   President of Indonesia, 2001-04
William D. Sullivan
Business
c. 1947   Former EVP, Anadarko Petroleum
Todd Susman
Actor
17-Jan-1947   Officer Shifflett on Newhart
J. Michael Talbert
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Transocean, 1994-2002
Ann Taylor
Politician
2-Jul-1947   Leader, House of Commons, 1997-98
Meshach Taylor
Actor
11-Apr-1947   Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women
William B. Taylor, Jr.
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Ukraine
Alan Thicke
Actor
1-Mar-1947   Growing Pains
Stephen G. Thieke
Business
5-Feb-1947   Former Risk Manager, JP Morgan
David Gary Thompson
Business
c. 1947   Former Georgia CEO, Wachovia
Jerry Sue Thornton
Educator
c. 1947   President, Cuyahoga Community College
Linda Thorson
Actor
18-Jun-1947   Tara King on The Avengers
Carolyn M. Ticknor
Business
c. 1947   President HP Printing Systems, 1991-2001
Cheryl Tiegs
Model
25-Sep-1947   1970s supermodel
Barrett A. Toan
Business
1947   CEO of Express Scripts, 1992-2005
Liz Torres
Actor
27-Sep-1947   Miss Patty on Gilmore Girls
Mischelle Townsend
Government
c. 1947   Inveterate e-voting protagonist
William L. Trubeck
Business
c. 1947   CFO of H&R Block, 2004-07
Togiola Tulafono
Politician
28-Feb-1947   Governor of American Samoa
John D. Turner
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Copperweld, 1988-2003
Kathryn C. Turner
Business
c. 1947   Founder of Standard Technology, Inc.
Laura D. Tyson
Economist
28-Jun-1947   Dean of London Business School
Elaine S. Ullian
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Boston Medical Center
Robert F. Vagt
Business
c. 1947   President of Davidson College, 1997-2007
Karen Valentine
Actor
25-May-1947   Alice Johnson on Room 222
Herman Van Rompuy
Head of State
31-Oct-1947   Prime Minister of Belgium
John Varley
Novelist
1947   Wrote Titan, Wizard, and Demon
Roger B. Vincent
Business
c. 1947   Springwell Corporation
Mark Volman
Singer
19-Apr-1947   The Turtles
Wesley W. von Schack
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Energy East
Bunny Wailer
Singer
10-Apr-1947   Co-founder of The Wailers
Loudon Wainwright III
Singer/Songwriter
5-Feb-1947   Rufus was a Tit-Man
Sam Waksal
Business
8-Sep-1947   CEO, ImClone
Jimmie Walker
Comic
25-Jun-1947   Dyn-o-Mite
Chris Wallace
Journalist
12-Oct-1947   Fox News Sunday
Jim Walsh
Politician
19-Jun-1947   Congressman from New York, 1989-2009
Joe Walsh
Musician
20-Nov-1947   Life's Been Good To Me
Laurie Walters
Actor
8-Jan-1947   Joannie Bradford on Eight Is Enough
Shawn Wang
Business
c. 1947 27-Dec-2007 CFO of Baidu, 2004-07
Jennifer Warnes
Singer/Songwriter
3-Mar-1947   The Time of My Life
Bruce Wasserstein
Business
25-Dec-1947 14-Oct-2009 Wall Street dealmaker
Joseph M. Watt
Judge
8-Mar-1947   Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
John Wattin
Business
1947   Chairman of MySQL
Bob Weir
Guitarist
16-Oct-1947   Rhythm guitar for Grateful Dead
Peter Welch
Politician
2-May-1947   Congressman from Vermont
Curt Weldon
Politician
22-Jul-1947   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1987-2007
Peter Weller
Actor
24-Jun-1947   The original RoboCop
James M. Wells III
Business
c. 1947   CEO of SunTrust Banks
Randy West
Pornstar
12-Oct-1947   Up N Cummers, Confession of Emmanuelle
B. Joseph White
Educator
6-Apr-1947   President, University of Illinois
Tony L. White
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Applera
Douglas W.G. Whitehead
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Finning International, 2000-08
Jack Whittaker
unspecified
c. 1947   Powerball winner, $111,681,349 after taxes
Marna C. Whittington
Business
c. 1947   COO of Allianz Global Investors
Chris Whittle
Business
23-Aug-1947   Edison Schools
Michael W. Wickham
Business
c. 1947   Roadway Corporation
Eric F. Wieschaus
Scientist
8-Jun-1947   Embryonic development of fruit flies
Larry Wilcox
Actor
8-Aug-1947   Officer Jon Baker on CHiPS
Cindy Williams
Actor
22-Aug-1947   Shirley of Laverne and Shirley
Joe Wilson
Politician
31-Jul-1947   Congressman, South Carolina 2nd
Rita P. Wilson
Business
c. 1947   Former VP at Allstate
Gary Winnick
Business
13-Oct-1947   Founder of Global Crossing
Alison A. Winter
Business
c. 1947   Personal Financial Services, Northern Trust
Donald C. Winter
Government
c. 1947   US Secretary of the Navy, 2006-09
Ray Wise
Actor
29-Aug-1947   Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks
John Wohlstetter
Activist
c. 1947   Discovery Institute
Michael M. Wood
Business
1947   US Ambassador to Sweden
Ron Wood
Guitarist
1-Jun-1947   Guitarist for The Rolling Stones
Roy Wood
Musician
8-Nov-1947   ELO and Wizzard
James Woods
Actor
18-Apr-1947   Casino, Any Given Sunday
Lawrence Wright
Author
2-Aug-1947   The Looming Tower
Phail Wynn, Jr.
Educator
c. 1947   Durham Technical Community College
John Yarmuth
Politician
4-Nov-1947   Congressman, Kentucky 3rd
Daniel Yergin
Author
6-Feb-1947   The Prize
Michael Yonkers
Guitarist
1947   Microminiature Love
R. David Yost
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Amerisource Bergen
Edward J. Zander
Business
12-Jan-1947   CEO of Motorola, 2004-07
John D. Zeglis
Business
1947   CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004
Fred S. Zeidman
Business
c. 1947   GOP activist
Warren Zevon
Musician
24-Jan-1947 7-Sep-2003 Werewolves of London
Robert J. Zimmer
Educator
5-Nov-1947   President, University of Chicago
Duane E. Zitzner
Business
26-Jun-1947   Former EVP, Hewlett Packard
William D. Zollars
Business
c. 1947   CEO of YRC Worldwide
David Zucker
Film Director
16-Oct-1947   Airplane!


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