List of Famous people who born in 1947

Péter Pál Harrach is a Hungarian politician and theologian, who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Family in the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán from 1998 to 2002. He was one of the Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary from 27 May 2002 to 13 May 2010. He is a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 18 June 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) parliamentary group between 2010 and 2020.

Ciro Ippolito is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known to horror film fans for his 1980 opus Alien 2: On Earth, which he coproduced, wrote and directed.

Jozef De Kesel is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016 and Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels since 2015. He served as Bishop of Bruges from 2010 to 2015.

Dr Yehuda Lancry is a Moroccan-born former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations.

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have become extremely popular, and have exerted considerable influence since their publication. A culture of fandom sprang up in the 1960s, leading to many popular votes in favour of the books, but acceptance by the establishment of literary criticism has been slower. Nevertheless, academic studies on Tolkien's works have been appearing at an increasing pace since the mid-1980s, prompting a thorough literary re-evaluation of his work.