List of Famous people who died in 1947

Archduchess Louise of Austria, was by marriage Crown Princess of Saxony as the wife of the future King Frederick Augustus III.

Alexandru C. Cuza, also known as A. C. Cuza, was a Romanian far-right politician.

Lt Col John Du Plessis Langrishe FRSE DSO was a British physician, soldier and landowner. As a trained physician he was a specialist in public health.

Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

Werner Schulz was a German international footballer.

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt was a Norwegian mineralogist considered to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.

Elias Katz was a Finnish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Richard Hönigswald was a well-known philosopher belonging to the wider circle of neo-Kantianism.

Hans Georg von Mackensen was a German diplomat who served at different stages as "State Secretary" at the Foreign Ministry, German ambassador in Rome and a SS senior Group Leader ("Gruppenführer").