page_title: 1947
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: David Bowie performs at Tweeter Center outside Chicago in Tinley Park,IL, USA on August 8, 2002. Photo by Adam Bielawski This file has been extracted from another file&#x3a;&#32; David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski.jpg
context_page_description: 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
  It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: January 1
  F. R. David, Tunisian-born French singer
  Leon Patillo, American Christian musician
  Vladimir Titov, Russian cosmonaut
  Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
  January 4 – Chris Cutler, English percussionist
  January 5 – Mike DeWine, American politician, U.S. Senator (Ohio), 70th Governor of Ohio
  January 6
  Sandy Denny, British singer (d. 1978)
  Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider
  January 8
  William Bonin, American serial killer (d. 1996)
  David Bowie, English singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2016)
  Petrus Iilonga, Namibian politician (d. 2018)
  Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster (d. 2005)
  Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councilor
  Terry Sylvester, English singer, musician
  Laurie Walters, American actress
  January 10
  George Alec Effinger, American science fiction author (d. 2002)
  Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (d. 2016)
  Peer Steinbrück, German politician
  January 13 – Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
  January 15 – Andrea Martin, Canadian-American actress (Second City Television)
  January 16
  Juliet Berto, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
  Apasra Hongsakula, Thai model, Miss Universe 1965
  Harvey Proctor, British Conservative politician
  Laura Schlessinger, American radio, TV talk show host
  January 17 – Jane Elliot, American actress
  January 18 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director, actor
  January 19 – Paula Deen, American Food Channel television personality
  January 20 – Cyrille Guimard, French road racing cyclist
  January 21 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress
  January 23
  Tom Carper, American politician
  Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia
  January 24
  Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (d. 2012)
  Michio Kaku, American theoretical physicist
  Warren Zevon, American rock musician (Werewolves of London) (d. 2003)
  January 25 – Tostão (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer
  January 26 – Michel Sardou, French singer and actor
  January 27 – Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (Hoola Bandoola Band) (d. 1999)
  January 29
  Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  Ernie Lively, American actor
  January 30 – Steve Marriott, British rock musician (d. 1991)
  January 31
  Jonathan Banks, American actor
  Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
  Glynn Turman, African-American actor
caption: David Bowie
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