Famous People Who Died In 1947
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1947. This list includes people like Al Capone, Aleister Crowley, Black Dahlia, Henry Ford, Bugsy Siegel and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, philosophers and artists who died in 1947. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
Al Capone17 January 1899, American
Gangster
Black Dahlia29 July 1924, American
Actress
Aleister Crowley12 October 1875, British
Henry Ford30 July 1863, American
Businessman
Bugsy Siegel28 February 1906, American
Mobster
Max Planck23 April 1858, German
Physicist
William Moulton Marston09 May 1893, American
Psychologist
Stanley Baldwin03 August 1867, British
Former British Prime Minister
G. H. Hardy07 February 1877, British
Mathematician
Willa Cather07 December 1873, American
Author
Alfred North Whitehead15 February 1861, British, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Fiorello H. La Guardia11 December 1882, American
99th Mayor of New York City
Frances Cleveland21 July 1864, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Philipp Lenard07 June 1862, German
Physicist
Carrie Chapman Catt09 January 1859, American
Women’s Rights Activists
Grace Moore05 December 1898, American
Opera Singer & Actress
Nicholas Murray Butler02 April 1862, American
Philosopher, Educator
Frederick Gowland Hopkins20 June 1861, British
English biochemist
General Aung San13 February 1915, Burmese
Politician
Han van Meegeren10 October 1889
Painter, Art forger, Restorer
Rudolf Höss25 November 1901, German
Military Leader
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy11 November 1869, Italian
Numismatist, Politician
K. L. Saigal11 April 1904, Indian
Actor, Singer
Christian X of Denmark26 September 1870, Danish
King
Harry Gordon Selfridge11 January 1856, British
business magnate
George II of Greece20 July 1890, Greek
King of Greece
Kurt Lewin09 September 1890, German, Polish, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Pierre Bonnard03 October 1867, French
Painter, Sculptor, Engraver, Graphic artist
Ettore Bugatti15 September 1882, French, Italian
entrepreneur, engineer, racecar driver
William C. Durant1861 AD, American
entrepreneur
Aung San13 February 1915, Burmese
Politician, Military personnel
Nicholas Roerich09 October 1874, Russian
Philosopher, Painter, Choreographer, Writer,
Jozef Tiso13 October 1887, Slovak
Politician
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque22 November 1902, French
Military personnel
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892, German, American
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
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Irving Fisher27 February 1867, American
Economist, Statistician
R. B. Bennett03 July 1870, Canadian
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat
Frederick Russell Burnham11 May 1861, American
Explorer, Writer
Ananda Coomaraswamy22 August 1877, Sri Lankan
Art historian, Philosopher, Mythographer
P. D. Ouspensky04 March 1878, Russian
philosopher, writer
Victor Horta06 January 1861, Belgian
Architect
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893, German, Hungarian, British
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Marc Mitscher26 January 1887, American
Officer
Hans Fallada21 July 1893, German
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Luigi Russolo30 April 1885, Italian
Composer, Painter, Artist, Musical instrument
Paul P. Harris19 April 1868, American
Jurist, Lawyer
Herbert Backe01 May 1896, German
Politician
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger14 April 1890, German
Politician, Jurist
Reynaldo Hahn09 August 1874, French, Venezuelan
Conductor, Composer, Choreographer, Music critic,
Franz Xaver Schwarz27 November 1875, German
Politician
Pyotr Krasnov10 September 1869, Russian
writer, officer, historian
Joseph Cook07 December 1860, Australian
politician, diplomat, trade unionist
Helmuth von Pannwitz14 October 1898, German
Alfredo Casella25 July 1883, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Pianist
Albert Marquet27 March 1875, French
Painter, Writer
Duncan Campbell Scott02 August 1862, Canadian
Poet, Writer, Civil servant
Fernand de Brinon26 August 1885, French
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
W. I. Thomas13 August 1863, American
Sociologist, Writer
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton16 January 1853, British
Military personnel
Benigno Aquino, Sr.04 September 1894, Filipino
Bert Kalmar10 February 1884, American
Lyricist, Songwriter, Screenwriter
Som Nath Sharma31 January 1923, Indian
Jimmy Doyle01 August 1924, American
boxer
Halford John Mackinder15 February 1861, British
Geographer, academic, politician
Anna Wickham1884 AD, British
Poet
Anton Ivanovich Denikin16 December 1872, American
General
Nicholas M. Butler02 April 1862, American
American philosopher
Baroness Emma Orczy23 September 1865, Hungarian
Richard B. Bennett03 July 1870, Canadian
Prime Minister,politician
James Evershed Agate09 September 1877, British
Kōda Rohan23 July 1867, Japanese
Novelist, Writer, Literary critic
Kōtarō Nakamura28 August 1881, Japanese
Military personnel
Władysław Raczkiewicz28 January 1885, Polish
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Yūzō Matsuyama01 February 1889, Japanese
Military personnel