Curated category
1947 births
- Stephen KingStephen King was walking on the shoulder of Maine State Route 5 on the 19th of June 1999 when a minivan struck him and sent him into a depression in the…
- David BowieDavid Bowie was born David Robert Jones on the 8th of January 1947 in Brixton, London, and he died two days after releasing his final album, on the 10th of…
- Paul WerbosPaul John Werbos was born on the 4th of September 1947 in the United States. He began his academic journey as a social scientist rather than an engineer or…
- Muzaffar AlamMuzaffar Alam was born on the 3rd of February 1947, the same year India gained independence and the Mughal world he would spend his career studying had…
- Elton JohnElton John performed "Candle in the Wind 1997" live exactly once: on the 6th of September 1997, at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Westminster…
- Yumiko ŌshimaYumiko Oshima made her professional debut in 1968 with a short story called "Paula no Namida," published in Weekly Margaret.
- Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie was born on the 19th of June 1947 in Bombay, in British India, into a world on the verge of shattering and remaking itself.
- Michael Cox (academic)Michael E. Cox was born in March 1947 and began his academic life at the University of Reading. His career took him across continents before he settled at…
- Margaret L. KingMargaret L. King entered Sarah Lawrence College in 1963 and graduated with a history degree in 1967. Her academic journey continued at Stanford University…
- James Graham-CampbellJames Graham-Campbell entered the world on the 7th of February 1947. This date marks the beginning of a life that would eventually reshape our understanding…
- David LettermanDavid Michael Letterman was born on the 12th of April 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and over the next six decades he would reshape what American late-night…
- Ronnie WoodRonnie Wood was born on the 1st of June 1947 in the London Borough of Hillingdon, into a family of English river barge operators known as bargees, or…
- Jonathan PryceJonathan Pryce was born John Price on the 1st of June 1947 in Carmel, Flintshire, the son of a former coal miner who ran a small grocery shop.
- Gerd B. AchenbachGerd B. Achenbach opened the doors to the world's first philosophical practice in 1981. He was born Gerd Böttcher on the 11th of February 1947 in Hameln…
- Pat ProftPat Proft's name does not appear in the title of a single one of Hollywood's most beloved comedy franchises, yet his fingerprints are on nearly all of them.
- Mick FleetwoodMichael John Kells Fleetwood arrived in the world on the 24th of June 1947 within the red clay hills of Redruth, Cornwall.
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger arrived in the United States in October 1968 at age 21, speaking little English and carrying little money.
- Alan Lee (illustrator)Alan Lee entered the world on the 20th of August 1947 in Middlesex, England. His early years unfolded within a landscape that would later inform his artistic…
- Daniel YerginDaniel Howard Yergin was born on the 6th of February 1947 in Los Angeles, California, and by the time he finished his fourth book, he had written what would…
- Willy RussellWilly Russell was born on the 23rd of August 1947 in Whiston, Lancashire, and by the time he was fifteen he had left school to become a women's hairdresser.
- Jeff LynneJeff Lynne was born on the 30th of December 1947 in Erdington, Birmingham, a city that shaped everything about him, including an accent he never lost.
- Sogyal RinpocheSogyal Rinpoche was born Sonam Gyaltsen Lakar in 1947 in the Trehor region of Kham, Tibet, and would go on to become one of the most widely read Buddhist…
- Geoffrey HintonGeoffrey Hinton spent decades trying to convince the scientific world that the brain's approach to learning was the right model for machines.
- Steve Perry (author)Steve Perry was born on the 31st of August, 1947, and before he ever wrote a single novel, he had already lived several lives.
- Barbara DicksonBarbara Ruth Dickson was born on the 27th of September 1947 in Dunfermline. Her family moved to Rosyth before settling back in Dunfermline during the 1950s.
- Kareem Abdul-JabbarOn the road against Utah on the 5th of April 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar caught a pass from Magic Johnson and rose into his skyhook from 15 feet.
- BuronsonBuronson was born on the 16th of June 1947, in Saku, Nagano, the youngest of six children in a farming family. His name is not one most listeners will…
- Yoshikazu YasuhikoYoshikazu Yasuhiko grew up drawing in a small town in Hokkaido, dreaming of becoming a manga artist. He would eventually become famous for something else…
- Dave ArnesonDave Arneson was the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, and he spent two days watching monster movies, reading Conan books, and doodling on graph paper…
- Brian DaleyBrian Charles Daley died on the 11th of February 1996, only hours after raising a glass with the cast and crew of the Return of the Jedi radio drama to…
- James KahnJames Kahn was born on the 30th of December, 1947, in Chicago, and by the time most people encounter his name, they are holding a paperback copy of Return of…
- Fergus BordewichFergus M. Bordewich was born on the first of November in 1947 within New York City. He grew up in Yonkers, New York during the post-war era.
- Bob Allen (economic historian)Bob Allen was born on the 10th of January 1947 in Salem, Massachusetts, and he would spend his career asking one of the most consequential questions in all…
- Pete MaravichPete Maravich died on the 5th of January 1988, midway through a pickup basketball game at a church gym in Pasadena, California. He was 40 years old.
- Timothy ReuterTimothy Alan Reuter entered the world on the 25th of January 1947 in Manchester. His family background included a grandfather who served as mayor of Berlin…