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In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
Meredith Colket
American tennis player (1878-1947).
Born November 19th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died June 7th, 1947 at 68 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Hendrik van Gent
Dutch astronomer (1900-1947).
Born September 14th, 1900 in Rotterdam.
Died March 29th, 1947 at 46 years old in Amsterdam.
Gordon Wright
English footballer (1884-1947).
Born October 3rd, 1884 in England.
Died June 5th, 1947 at 62 years old in Johannesburg.
Alfred Bowerman
Cricketer (1873-1947).
Born November 22nd, 1873 in Bridgwater.
Died July 20th, 1947 at 73 years old in Brisbane.
Boris Fedtschenko
Russian botanist (1872–1947).
Born December 27th, 1872 in Leipzig.
Died September 29th, 1947 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Filaret Kolessa
Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer (1871-1947).
Born July 17th, 1871 in Stryi. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1947 at 75 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Philip Hunloke
Sailor (1868–1947).
Born November 26th, 1868 in London.
Died April 1st, 1947 at 78 years old in London.
William C. Dowlan
American actor, film director (1882–1947).
Born September 21st, 1882 in Saint Paul.
Died November 6th, 1947 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman
Belgian botanist (1866–1947).
Born October 19th, 1866 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node.
Died July 24th, 1947 at 80 years old in City of Brussels, Brussels.
Dora Wahlroos
Finnish painter (1870-1947).
Born December 19th, 1870 in Pori.
Died March 21st, 1947 at 76 years old in Kauniainen.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 442
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot