List of Famous people who born in 1947

Betty Ting Pei is a former Taiwanese actress who was mainly active in the 1970s. Although she acted in more than 30 films, she is best known for being the center of international speculation regarding the untimely death of Bruce Lee in her apartment.

Lieutenant General (Ret) Agus Widjojo is the former Vice Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia and Tentara Nasional Indonesia’s (TNI) Chief of Territorial Affairs, and is regarded as one of the TNI's leading intellectuals. During his appointment as Commandant of the Armed Force's staff college, the TNI think tank, he was responsible for restructuring the political and security doctrine of the TNI. Currently Gen. Agus Widjojo also serves as a member of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship. He is a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia), Indonesia, and was a Visiting Senior Fellow of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies in Singapore. Gen. Widjojo is also an advisor on the Board of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), Udayana university, Bali. IPD is the implementing authority of the Bali Democracy Forum. Gen. Widjojo has written numerous articles on security issues in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Jean-Luc Azoulay is a French television producer. He was born in Algeria to a Sephardic Jewish family.

Tsunekazu Takeda is a Japanese businessman, retired Olympic equestrian and the former President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, stepping down on 21 March 2019 amidst a corruption investigation. He also resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Toshiyuki Nishida is a Japanese actor.

Donald Thomas Scholz is an American rock musician, songwriter, inventor, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder of the band Boston.

George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in a special election after the resignation of Frank Ballance.

Kim Darby is an American actress best known for her role as Mattie Ross in the film True Grit (1969).

Kim Young-sook was the third wife of Kim Jong-il. She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il's father, Kim Il-sung, handpicked her to marry his son. The two had been estranged for some years before his death. Kim Young-sook had a daughter from this marriage, Kim Sol-song. She was First Lady of North Korea from 8 July 1994 to 17 December 2011, when her husband died.

Mary Temple Grandin is an American scientist and activist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. She is a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior, and an autism spokesperson. She is one of the first individuals on the autism spectrum to document the insights she gained from her personal experience of autism. She is currently a faculty member with Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University.