List of Famous people who died in 1947

Maximilian Kaller was Roman Catholic Bishop of Ermland in East Prussia from 1930–1947, however, de facto expelled since mid-August 1945 he served as special bishop for the homeland-expellees until his death.

Pierre Petit de Julleville, was a French Catholic priest, who became archbishop of Rouen. On 18 February 1946 Pope Pius XII elevated him into the College of Cardinals.

Vinayak Damodar Karnataki commonly referred to as Master Vinayak was an Indian actor and film director of the 1930s and 1940s.

Rodolfo Muller was an Italian racing cyclist and sports journalist. He finished sixth in the 1898 Paris–Roubaix, but his best season was 1902 with podium finishes in Bordeaux-Paris, Marseille-Paris and the Italian Corsa Nazionale. In that same year he also won the Concours de Tourisme du TCF, the first ever race to include the iconic Col du Tourmalet mountain pass.

John Halliday was an American actor of stage and screen, who often played suave aristocrats and foreigners.

Ernie Adams was an American actor and writer.

Lucius Junius Henderson was an American silent film director and actor of the early silent period involved in more than 70 film productions.

Pierre Lecomte du Noüy was a French biophysicist and philosopher. He is probably best remembered by scientists for his work on the surface tension, and other properties, of liquids.