List of Famous people who died in 1947

Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton,, styled Viscount Knebworth from 1880 to 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of Bengal between 1922 and 1927 and was briefly Acting Viceroy of India in 1926. He headed the Lytton Commission for the League of Nations, in 1931–32, producing the Lytton Report which condemned Japanese aggression against China in Manchuria.

Louis Delâge, was a French pioneer automotive engineer and manufacturer.

Hermann Eris Busse was a German novelist and literary critic. He is best known for his Black Forest novels and his biography of the 17th-century German writer Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen.

John Campbell was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.

Frantz Funck-Brentano was a French historian and librarian. He was born in the castle of Munsbach (Luxembourg) and died at Montfermeil. He was a son of Théophile Funck-Brentano.

Perry Belmont was an American politician and diplomat.

Wolfgang Heyda was a German U-boat commander during World War II.

John Sewell was a Scottish tug of war competitor who competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Edward John Higgins was the third General of The Salvation Army (1929–1934).

Lavinia Clara Radeglia was an English badminton player. Born in Kensington in 1879 she first played badminton in 1903 at the Richmond Badminton Club. She became an England international in 1909 and won four All England titles. She was a one time editor of the Badminton Gazette and a well known Lawn Tennis player and became a professional tennis coach. She died in 1947 at Budleigh Salterton, aged 68.