List of Famous people who born in 1947
Günther Sigl
Klaus-Peter Färber
Manfred Brümmer
Herbert Moser
Oleg Ivanov
Herbert Kloiber
Sir Peter Knight
Sir Peter Leonard Knight, FRS is a British physicist, professor of quantum optics and senior research investigator at Imperial College London, and principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre. He is a leading academic in the field of quantum optics and is the recipient of several major awards including the Royal Medal from the Royal Society and the Thomas Young Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics. He is a former president of the Institute of Physics and the Optical Society of America, the first non North American-based person to take the position.
Fran Ulmer
Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles, becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska. She later served as the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA).