List of Famous people who died in 1947

Władysław Raczkiewicz was a Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and the first president of the Polish government-in-exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945, he was the internationally recognized Polish head of state, and the Polish Government in Exile was recognized as the continuum to the Polish government of 1939.

Georg Kolbe was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.

Jean Chassagne was a pioneer submariner, aviator and French racecar driver active 1906-1930. Chassagne finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix; won the 1922 Tourist Trophy and finished second in the 1925 Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance - all in Sunbeam motorcars. He was second in the 1921 Italian Grand Prix with a Ballot, and set speed records and won races at Brooklands and hill climbs internationally.

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Austro-Hungarian physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties. One of his most important contributions was the experimental realization of the photoelectric effect. He discovered that the energy (speed) of the electrons ejected from a cathode depends only on the wavelength, and not the intensity of, the incident light.

Nikolai Grigorievich Chebotaryov was a Russian and Soviet mathematician. He is best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem.

Henry Edward Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, was a British politician and peer, the son of George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, and his wife Laura Joyce.

Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft was a decorated British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Brigadier General Herbert William Studd was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.