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• Teun van der Kruijk († 2013)
• Odi Jasper († 2011)
• N.N. Companje, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Pennemans, Lommel († 1947)
• Hermine Amalie van Aanholt - Berendsen (geb. Berendsen), Apeldoorn († 2004)
• Dale Montgomery Merwin, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Johanna Helena Maria (Joleen) Oude Breuil, Almelo, Nederland († 2011)
• Ronny Uijtdewilgen († 2010)
• Gerrit van Dijk, Delft († 2010)
• Baby Helfrey († 1947)

• Ben Steffens (68), Holland Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Geertruida de Wijs (73), Oosterhout NB Nederland
• Albertus Visser (77), Bergh (Montferland), Gelderland, Nederland
• "Edgard" Marie Charles Jean Humann-Guilleminot (58), Paris
• Bernardus Tinselboer (61), Albergen, 7665, Nederland
• (66), Oostende, Belgique
• Dirkje Smith (86), Harlingen
• anna marie jacobs (86), haarlem
• adriana geertruida de wijs (73)
• Antoinette Marie Narcisse Stael (76), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » Franz Roth, German footballer
• 1947 » Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2003)
• 1947 » Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
• 1947 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1948 » Frank Abagnale Jr., American security consultant and criminal
• 1948 » Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1948 » Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Adrianus
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Wilhelmina
6. Anna
7. Hendrika
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Helena
16. Linda

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
• January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

The temperature on April 27, 1947 was between 0.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.