Celebrity Deaths in 1947
65 notable figures died in 1947. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Eva Tanguay
1879 – 1947 · Actresses Jan 1 -
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Helena Gleichen
1873 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Herbert Corthell
1878 – 1947 · Actors Jan 1 -
Herman Bing
1889 – 1947 · Actors Jan 1 -
Gus Wickie
1885 – 1947 · Musicians and Composers Jan 3 -
Josh Gibson
1911 – 1947 · Athletes, Baseball Jan 20 -
Lemuel Oscar Motlow
1869 – 1947 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
Annie Heloise Abel Henderson
1873 – 1947 · Native Americans Mar 3 -
Columbus Marion “Dad” Joiner
1860 – 1947 Mar 3 -
Harris Gordon
1884 – 1947 · Actors Mar 3 -
Harry Alexander Connor
1904 – 1947 · Native Americans Mar 3 -
Leonard Grover, Jr
1858 – 1947 · Actors Mar 3 -
Louis Adlon
1908 – 1947 · Actors Mar 3 -
Carrie Chapman Catt
1859 – 1947 · Social Reformers, Suffragists Mar 9 -
Elsa O’Connor
1906 – 1947 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Henry Ford
1863 – 1947 Apr 4 -
John Milburn Davis
1855 – 1947 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 4 -
Willa Cather
1873 – 1947 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Louise Peete
1880 – 1947 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 11 -
Benny Leonard
1896 – 1947 · Boxers Apr 18 -
Christian X of Denmark
1870 – 1947 · Royalty Apr 20 -
Irving Fisher
1867 – 1947 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 29 -
William Marston
1893 – 1947 · Artists and Architects May 2 -
Amedeo Voltejo Obici
1877 – 1947 · Business Magnates May 5 -
Clarice Roma Bard
1919 – 1947 · Actresses May 5 -
Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr
1858 – 1947 · Business Magnates May 5 -
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Jefferson Davis “Jeff” Milton
1861 – 1947 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5 -
Minnie Dupree
1873 – 1947 · Actresses May 5 -
Richard Foy
1905 – 1947 · Actors May 5 -
Philipp Lenard
1862 – 1947 · Scientists and Inventors May 20 -
Adrienne Ames
1903 – 1947 · Actresses May 31 -
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John Reynolds Hughes
1855 – 1947 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6 -
Bugsy Siegel
1906 – 1947 · Gangster Jun 20 -
Maciste
1878 – 1947 · Actors Jun 24 -
Ossi Oswalda
1897 – 1947 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Theodore Billings
1880 – 1947 · Actors Jul 7 -
Aung San
1915 – 1947 · Politicians Jul 19 -
Kathleen Scott
1878 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Jul 25 -
Ettore Bugatti
1881 – 1947 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Morden Neilson
1879 – 1947 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Harry Carey
1878 – 1947 · Actors Sep 21 -
Olive Borden
1906 – 1947 · Actresses Oct 1 -
Max Planck
1858 – 1947 · Scientists and Inventors Oct 4 -
Dudley Digges
1879 – 1947 · Actors Oct 10 -
Rotraut Richter
1915 – 1947 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Frances Folsom Cleveland
1864 – 1947 · Politicians, US First Ladies Oct 29 -
Dudley Clements
1889 – 1947 · Actors Nov 11 -
Ernest S. “Ernie” Adams
1885 – 1947 · Actors Nov 11 -
Ezra Frederick Scattergood
1871 – 1947 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
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John Bassett Moore
1860 – 1947 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11 -
John Prentiss Benson
1865 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
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Léon-Paul Fargue
1876 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Mabel Van Buren
1878 – 1947 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Mariano Benlliure
1862 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Wolfgang Borchert
1921 – 1947 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Aleister Crowley
1875 – 1947 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
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Col James Beauregard “Jim” Beam
1864 – 1947 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Frank Crowninshield
1872 – 1947 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Milton H Bancroft
1866 – 1947 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Nicholas Murray Butler
1862 – 1947 Dec 12 -
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Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury
1877 – 1947 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Tristan Bernard
1866 – 1947 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Stanley Baldwin
1867 – 1947 · Politicians Dec 14 -
Jun Ishihara
1881 – 1947 -
Pomeroy Burton
1869 – 1947 · Business Magnates