Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1947

Ture Rangström, compositor y director de orquesta sueco. Estudió entre otros con Hans Pfitzner en Berlín entre 1905 y 1906. Siguió las corrientes wagnerianas y románticas. Autor de tres óperas, 4 sinfonías y música de cámara y vocal.

Gregorio Martínez Sierra fue un escritor, dramaturgo y empresario teatral español del modernismo. Estuvo casado con María de la O Lejárraga, a quien se le atribuyen la coautoría de sus obras.

Ernst Schlange fue un militar y político alemán.

Cullen Tate was an American assistant director as well as a director. He was nominated for an Oscar in the dead category of Best Assistant Director at the 1934 Academy Awards for the film Cleopatra. He was also married to actress Bess Flowers with whom he had one daughter. For several years, he often worked with Cecil B. DeMille. He worked on over 35 films from 1917 to 1942.

Cummings C. Chesney was an electrical engineer who made major contributions to alternating current power systems.

Henry Kolker fue un actor teatral y director y actor cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense. Kolker, al igual que compañeros actores como Richard Bennett y Robert Warwick, tenía una sólida carrera teatral antes de dedicarse al cine mudo.

Alexander von Gleichen-Rußwurm was a German writer, editor, translator and philosopher. His name in full was Heinrich Adalbert Carl Alexander Konrad Schiller, Freiherr von Gleichen, genannt von Rußwurm

Henri-Gustave Casadesus fue un violista, compositor y director de orquesta francés, padre de la actriz Gisèle Casadesus, tío del pianista Robert Casadesus y abuelo del director de orquesta Jean-Claude Casadesus.

Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1927 to 1932, Minister for External Affairs from 1922 to 1927, Minister for Publicity from 1921 to 1922 and Director of Publicity from 1919 to 1921. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 1938 to 1943. He served as a Member of Parliament for Dublin Pembroke from 1918 to 1922.