List of Famous people who born in 1947

John William Meriwether is an American hedge fund executive.

Paul Fraser Rudolph is a Canadian guitarist, bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling. He resided in Gibsons, British Columbia, where he owned and operated a bicycle business, Spin Cycle. He has since retired to Victoria, British Columbia.

Herschel Alan Weingrod is an American screenwriter. He has written and co-written a number of Hollywood blockbusters including Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Space Jam with fellow writer Timothy Harris. His parents are of Jewish descent.

Hussein Arab was the interior minister of Yemen from 1 December 2015 to 25 December 2017. He was born on November 22, 1947 in the village of Muqrin, Mudiyah District, Abyan Governorate, Yemen.

Israel Englander is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1989, he founded his hedge fund, Millennium Management, with Ronald Shear. The fund was started with $35 million, and as of 2019 had $39.2 billion in assets under management. With a personal net worth of $7.2 billion as of October 2020, he is the 74th-richest person in the United States. In 2019, he was the 7th-highest earning hedge fund manager.

Helen Morse is an English-born Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. She won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1976 film Caddie, and starred in the 1981 miniseries A Town Like Alice. Her other film appearances include Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Agatha (1979), Far East (1982) and The Eye of the Storm (2011).