List of Famous people who born in 1947

Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was Minister for International Defence and Security, based at both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from October 2008 until 11 May 2010. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1974 to 1983 and for Dewsbury from 1987 to 2005. After standing down she was appointed a life peeress in the House of Lords.

Thomas H. Cook is an American author, whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America.

Morgan Sportès is a French writer. He was born in Algiers in 1947. The author of more than 20 books, he has won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2006) for Maos, and the Prix Interallié (2011) and the Globes de Cristal (2012) for his novel Tout, tout de suite. Another novel L'Appât (1990) was turned into an award-winning movie by Bertrand Tavernier.

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi is a French economist.

Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim is a former minister of interior in the Egyptian Government. Retired from the ministry in 2007, Ibrahim was appointed on 7 December 2011 by Kamal Ganzouri, then prime minister of Egypt. Ibrahim was replaced by his aide Ahmed Gamal El Din in an August 2012 cabinet reshuffle by Mohamed Morsi.

Carmen Finestra is an American producer and TV writer who currently is partnered with Matt Williams and David McFadzean in Wind Dancer Productions, a firm which Finestra also co-owns and co-founded with actor Tim Allen. For Wind Dancer, Finestra has produced or executive produced Where the Heart Is, Firelight, Soul Man, Thunder Alley and his company's best known series, Home Improvement, which starred Allen as a feisty home-improvement host, and in turn based on Allen's stand-up comedy routines. Most recently the firm has released Good Sam on Netflix and children's TV series Ready Jet Go!

František Cipro is a Czech football manager, currently coaching football club Dynamo České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past.

Kathrine Virginia Switzer is an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator.