1947 (people)


 * 2 January - Actor Eiji Kusuhara was born.
 * 4 January - Actor Terry Molloy was born.
 * 11 January - Actor Anna Calder-Marshall was born.
 * 17 January - Actor John Alkin was born.
 * 17 January - Actor Joanna David was born.
 * 27 January - Actor Peter Burroughs was born.
 * 29 January - Actor Ann Holloway was born.
 * 30 January - Composer Paddy Kingsland was born.
 * 8 February - Actor Andrew Lane was born.
 * 10 February - Actor Michael Keating was born.
 * 13 February - Actor Felicity Gibson was born.
 * 14 February - Puppet operator Ernest Shutt was born.
 * 17 February - Actor Dallas Adams was born.
 * 17 February - Actor Malcolm Rennie was born.
 * 24 February - Actor Susan Sheridan was born.
 * 10 March - Actor Colin Stinton was born.
 * 11 March - Controller of BBC One Alan Yentob was born.
 * 12 March - Actor Rupert Frazer was born.
 * 15 March - Actor Tony Osoba was born.
 * 17 March - Actor Petra Markham was born.
 * 18 March - Actor Nicholas Le Prevost was born.
 * 24 March - Television host Alan Sugar was born.
 * 25 March - Musician Elton John was born.
 * 29 March - Actor Leslie Meadows was born.
 * 10 April - Actor Stephen Churchett was born.
 * 25 April - Controller of BBC One Jonathan Powell was born.
 * 26 April - Actor Lois Baxter was born.
 * 30 April - Actor Leslie Grantham was born.
 * 3 May - Actor John Hamill was born.
 * 5 May - Dalek operator Hugh Spight was born.
 * 6 May - Actor Alan Dale was born.
 * 14 May - Actor Jack Galloway was born.
 * 15 May - Actor Lucy Fleming was born.
 * 17 May - Actor Hugh Beverton was born.
 * 19 May - Actor Michael Cochrane was born.
 * 20 May - Director-General of the BBC Greg Dyke was born.
 * June - Actor Neil McCaul was born.
 * 1 June - Actor Jonathan Pryce was born.
 * 11 June - Actor Ken Bones was born.
 * 12 June - Actor Christopher Farries was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Anthony Rowlands was born.
 * 24 June - Actor Brendan Price was born.
 * 28 June - Actor Stephen Whittaker was born.
 * 2 August - Actor Eve Karpf was born.
 * 5 August - Actor Jan Francis was born.
 * 12 August - Producer John Nathan-Turner was born.
 * 12 August - Actor Ozzie Yue was born.
 * 28 August - Actor Alec Sabin was born.
 * 11 September - Actor Ralph Arliss was born.
 * 12 September - Actor Christopher Neame was born.
 * 18 September - Actor Paul Seed was born.
 * 18 September - Actor Russ Abbot was born.
 * 27 September - Actor Denis Lawson was born.
 * 30 September - Actor Rula Lenska was born.
 * 4 October - Politician Ann Widdecombe was born.
 * 16 October - Actor Guy Siner was born.
 * 16 October - Actor Nicholas Day was born.
 * 2 November - Actor Michael Gordon was born.
 * 6 November - Actor Carolyn Seymour was born.
 * 13 November - Actor Michael Osborne was born.
 * 17 November - Actor James Warwick was born.
 * 20 November - Actor Adrienne Burgess was born.
 * 21 November - Actor Nickolas Grace was born.
 * 7 December - Actor Wendy Padbury was born.
 * 23 December - Actor Deborah Findlay was born.
 * 29 December - Actor Alan David was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Rachel Bell was born.
 * Unknown - Assistant floor manager Sue Hedden was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Robin Soans was born.
 * Unknown - Actor John Tallents was born.