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• Jonas Jacob Blocq, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Jonas (Johnny) BLOCQ, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Hermanus Zuiderduin, Haarlem († 1996)
• Hans Booij († 2011)
• Antonius L. G. Koekkoek, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Arnoldus Reijneveld, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Jans Weggemans, Westerbork,Drenthe,Niederlande,Bruntinge († 2021)
• Dirk Willem Sohier, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1963)
• Evelyn Roberta (Bobbie) COSGRIFF, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia († 2003)
• Elisabeth Woutje de Ruyter († 2012)

• Anne Farrell (74), Queens County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Vijverberg (83), Naaldwijk
• 00 Johanna Jacoba van Dijk (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriaan OORT (82), Beverwijk, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Borger (75), Vrouwenparochie (FRL)
• Adriana Maria Suijkerbuijk (78), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus Petrus Haagh (51), Dongen
• Aloysius Desmet (78), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adriana de Jong (38), Driebergen
• Alexander Julius Lodewijk Maurits Frans Christiaan Maria Frederik Vorst van Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (70)

• 1944 » Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic
• 1945 » Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) († 2016)
• 1945 » Michael Dorris, American author and scholar († 1997)
• 1946 » John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
• 1947 » Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1948 » Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic
• 1948 » Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1949 » Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

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.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• 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 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• 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 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on January 30, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -8.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.