List of Famous people who born in 1947

Luke Austin Halpin is an American actor, stuntman, marine coordinator, diver and pilot. He became a child actor at the age of eight and is widely known for his role as Sandy Ricks in the feature films Flipper and Flipper's New Adventure, as well as for reprising his role for the NBC television series adaptation, also called Flipper.

Wong Chin-chu is a Taiwanese educator and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2001. Wong stepped down in the midst of her third term, as she was elected magistrate of Changhua County later that year. She served as magistrate until 2005. In 2007, Wong was named the minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs, a position she left in 2008 to be reelected to the legislature.

António Augusto dos Santos Marto is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Bishop of Leiria-Fátima since 2006. Pope Francis elevated him to cardinal on 28 June 2018.

Gidon Kremer is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.

Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi is an Iraqi politician who serves as Finance Minister since May 2020. He was Minister of Trade and Minister of Defense in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council from September 2003 until 2004, and subsequently Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government between 2005 and 2006.

Alain Tourret is a French politician. He is the deputy for Calvados's 6th constituency. He was deputy from 1997 to 2002, then again from 2012 onwards. He was previously a member of Radical Party of the Left then La République En Marche! from 2017.

Jean Echenoz is a French writer.

Masaki Kashiwara is a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Kashiwara made leading contributions towards algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and representation theory.

Sasson Gabai is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award (nominated), European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in a highly acclaimed Israeli film The Band's Visit.

José Antonio 'Toni' Grande Cereijo is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is an assistant manager.