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• Hendrik Johannes (Johan Nr.14) Cruijff, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Jan Nuver, Groningen († 2022)
• Dirk Pieter van Leijen, Zijpe (Noord-Holland) Nederland († 2015)
• Antonius Hubertus Maria van Gerwen († 1947)
• Jan Hendrik ten Berge, Almelo († 1947)
• Hendrik Johannes ("Johan") Cruijff, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Hindrik Doeko Jan Goosen, Stadskanaal († 1999)
• Jan Thomas van der Giessen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Annie de Best († 2006)
• Jeltje Kramer, Urk († 2017)

• Adriaan Graftdijk (80), 's-Gravenhage
• van de Soest (0), Veenendaal
• August Constant Mertens (56), Merksplas (B)
• Antonie Jacobus IJzelenberg (83), Bruinisse
• Bernardus Vroonland (40), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Scherpenzeel (77), Baarn
• Alice Berger (69), New Albany, Wilson County, Kansas, United States of America
• Anna Katharina Boijen (87), Eindhoven
• August Komnick (83), Carlinville, Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Susanna Luiken (74), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn)

• 1945 » Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1945 » Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author
• 1945 » Stu Cook, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland
• 1946 » Talia Shire, American actress
• 1946 » Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
• 1947 » Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1948 » Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1948 » Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China

• 1923 » Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)
• 1944 » George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
• 1944 » William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)
• 1945 » Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
• 1970 » Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)

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.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

The temperature on April 25, 1947 was between 5.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.