page_title: 1947
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: English: President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (center) pose with Philippine Senate President Vicente Sotto III (right) and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (left) during the joint call of the Senate and House of Representatives at the Shangri-La at the Fort in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig on Wednesday (November 21, 2018).
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: April 1
  Alain Connes, French mathematician
  Ingrid Steeger, German actress, comedian
  Tzipi Shavit, actress
  April 2
  Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, actress
  Emmylou Harris, American singer, songwriter
  Camille Paglia, American literary critic
  April 4 – Eliseo Soriano, Philippine preacher
  April 5 – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines, daughter of former president Diosdado Macapagal
  April 6 – John Ratzenberger, American actor (Cheers)
  April 7 – Florian Schneider, German musician (d. 2020)
  April 8 – Robert Kiyosaki, American investor, businessman and self-help author
  April 9 – Ken Lewis, American former CEO, president, and chairman of Bank of America
  April 10 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae musician
  April 11
  Meshach Taylor, African-American actor (d. 2014)
  Lucian Truscott IV, American writer, journalist
  April 12
  Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013)
  David Letterman, American talk show host
  April 13 – Mike Chapman, Australian-born songwriter, record producer
  April 15
  Lois Chiles, American actress
  Roy Raymond, American entrepreneur (Victoria's Secret) (d. 1993)
  April 16
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, African-American pro basketball player, actor (Airplane!)
  Frank Hamblen, American basketball coach (d. 2017)
  Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer, songwriter (Baker Street) (d. 2011)
  April 18
  Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
  Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director
  James Woods, American actor
  April 19 – Murray Perahia, American pianist
  April 20
  Daud Ibrahim, Malaysian cyclist (d. 2010)
  Hector, Finnish rock musician
  April 21 – Iggy Pop, American rock musician
  April 24 – Josep Borrell, Spanish minister, MEP and EU High Representative
  April 25
  Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer, coach (d. 2016)
  Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
  April 27 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
  April 28 – Ken St. Andre, American game designer, author
  April 29
  Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy
  Tommy James, American rock singer, producer
  April 30 – Leslie Grantham, English actor (d. 2018)
caption: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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