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• Anna Maria Catharina Hulzing, Utrecht († 1947)
• Charlotte Anne Smith, Kern, California, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Erwin Gunther Heinz Ziemer, New York, U.S.A († 2007)
• Helena Elisabeth Catharina van Delft, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Darrell William Hemmer († 1971)
• Jacob Dam, Paessens († 2017)
• D(Doodgeboren) Rikmanspoel, Albergen (Tubbergen) († 1947)
• Gary Charmstrom († 1988)
• Frederikus Johannes Otten, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1999)
• DOODGEBOREN KIND WIJNHORST, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 1947)

• Anna Tilman (84), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Kist (83), Daarlerveen
• Adriana Vissers (77), Helvoirt
• Antje Verhoeff (86), Zoetermeer, Nederland
• Adriaan Vugts (78), Oisterwijk
• Geert Slomp (0), Hoogeveen
• Aleida Johanna Klein Bronsvoord (72), Bathmen
• Antje Arends Verhoeff (86), Zoetermeer
• Aal Veerman (61)
• Jonkman (75), Ferwerd

• 1945 » David Purley, English race car driver († 1985)
• 1945 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist († 1987)
• 1946 » Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 1946 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic († 1999)
• 1946 » Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
• 1947 » Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
• 1947 » Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 » Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer († 1982)
• 1947 » Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
• 1948 » Alda Facio, Costa Ricanjurist,writer and teacher

• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)

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

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.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

The temperature on January 26, 1947 was between -8.4 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.