List of Famous people who died at 47

Nigel McGown Green was an English character actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height and regimental demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic 1960s films as Jason and the Argonauts, Zulu, Tobruk and The Ipcress File.

Barbara Marie Nickerauer, better known as Barbara Nichols, was an American actress who often played brassy or comic roles in films in the 1950s and 1960s.

Thomas Kling was a German poet.

Vladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov was a Russian guitarist, lutenist and composer. He was a student of Pyotr Isakov (guitar) and Iogann Admoni (composition) at the Rimski-Korsakov Music College in Leningrad.

Darla Jean Hood was an American child actress, best known as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. She was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of music teacher Elizabeth Davner, and James Claude Hood, who worked in a bank.

Mahmoud Yassen Soufi was a Qatari footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Mario Sabino Júnior was a Brazilian judoka, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final he defeated Canada's Nicolas Gill. He represented his native country a year later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Wissam Adnan al-Hassan was a brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni figure in Lebanon, he was also a key player in the opposition March 14 alliance without having a political position.

John Akii-Bua was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.

Dündar Taşer was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism.