List of Famous people who born in 1947

Saad Hayel Srour is a Jordanian politician. After entering the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament he held stints as Minister of Water and Irrigation and later Housing and Works during the early 1990s. He served terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Parliaments. Between November 2010 and July 2011 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.

Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS, JP is a retired Hong Kong judge. He previously served as a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal, and before that, the vice-president of the Court of Appeal in Hong Kong. Following his retirement, he was appointed a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.

Wu Jin-lin is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the President of the Examination Yuan from 2014 to 2020. He also briefly served as President of the Examination Yuan in 2008.

George Lyall is a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Raith Rovers in the Scottish Football League, and Preston North End, Nottingham Forest and Hull City in the Football League.

Yi Zhongtian is a Chinese writer and historian. He is also a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities.

Kim Yoon-ok is a South Korean academic administrator who was the First Lady of the Republic of Korea.

Apasra Hongsakula is a Thai model and beauty queen who won the title Miss Universe 1965. She is the daughter of Group Captain Perm and Kayoon Hongsakula. She was the first woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown.

Abdelkader Fassi Fehri is a Moroccan linguist specialized in the generative syntax of Arabic. He was Professor of Arabic and Comparative Linguistics at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and Director of the Institute for Study and Research on Arabization at Mohammed V University, and founding President of the Linguistic Society of Morocco.

Mustafa Khalifa, also spelled as Moustafa Khalifa is a Syrian novelist, political writer, and topographer.

Professor Hamid M. K. Al- Naimiy is Chancellor at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as well as Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics.