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• Catherine Cecilia Joore, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Leonardus Henricus Cools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1993)
• Dick de Leeuw, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1965)
• Martinus Johannes Theodorus Hurenkamp, Apeldoorn († 1981)
• Antonius Gerardus Jozef Kemper, Haarle († 2004)
• Martin Gerard Hodinius, Kerkrade († 2008)
• Alida (aaltje) Braan, Volendam († 2021)
• Cunera Jacoba Maria van Leeuwen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Colle, Amsterdam († 2019)
• Maria Susanna Adriana van Aken, Harderwijk († 1947)

• Arnold Guyet Dana (84), New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Desiderius Schepens (84), Nazareth
• Anna Hendrica Bennink (81), Wolvega
• Elisabeth Adriana Wijk, van (75), Utrecht, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Huvers (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Oosterheerdt (81), 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Breukelen (83), Enkhuizen
• Edith Thomas Liddicut (87), Stawell, Victoria, Australia
• Elisa Severo Costa (82), Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Dorothea Manders (73), Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1978)
• 1947 » Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
• 1947 » Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
• 1948 » Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer († 1992)
• 1948 » Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
• 1948 » Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
• 1949 » Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician

• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)

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.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

The temperature on August 23, 1947 was between 12.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.