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• Hendrik Jacob Koffrie, Amersfoort († 1947)
• Charlene Ruth Hoekstra († 2000)
• Geert Jan Weideman, Almelo († 1990)
• Hermanus Christianus Maria Kosterman, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Leentje den Rooijen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Jos Joris, Balen, Antwerpen, België († 2023)
• Geert Jan Weideman, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1990)
• Aaldert Jantienus Blomsma, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• David Jhon Van Iwaarden, Alhambra, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Christiaan Pieter Maria Idema, Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)

• Annigje van Holten (85), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alte Jassies (73)
• Alfred P Racette (61), Marshall, Lyon, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Albertien (Albertje) Overbeek (92), Valthe
• Adriaan Kwist (86), Dinteloord
• Antonia Johanna Frederika Helder (77), Middelburg
• Adriaan Kwist (86), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Geerts (74), De Wijk
• Adriana Docter (76), Voorburg, ZH, The Netherlands
• Albertje OVERBEEK (92), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1942 » Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach († 2011)
• 1943 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes († 1955)
• 1944 » Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic († 2020)
• 1944 » Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer
• 1945 » Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya
• 1946 » Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone
• 1947 » Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out
• 1948 » Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2016)

• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1951 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)

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.
• January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• 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.
• August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on January 7, 1947 was between -12.0 °C and -7.3 °C and averaged -10.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.