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• Trijntje Boonstra, Hommerts († 2020)
• Rudolf Cornelis (Ruud) van der Stel, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Egbert (Eppie) Eleveld, Steenwijk († 2023)
• Peter Johannes Blom, Leusden, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Radin Alexander Cowan, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gerben Annes STENEKES, Bozum (Baarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1949)
• Lambertus Gerhardus Kerkdijk, Den-Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Johannes Jacob de Meulmeester, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Georges Alfons Dejonghe
• Damiata Johanna Margaretha Bouckaert, Zandvoort

• Adriana Hendrika Wouters (44), Amsterdam
• Andries de Ridder (72), Nigtevegt
• Arend Eikelboom (Eckelboom,Eijkelboom) (56)
• Anna J. M. Stoelinga (46), Delft
• Anthonie de Joode (69), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Cornelia van Bergen Henegouw (60), Pijnacker
• Andries Lepelaar (71), Leiden
• Antonio Natel de Camargo (52)
• Anthonie de Joode (69), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Douwesz Cnossen (81), Heeg, wynbritseradeel.fr.nld

• 1944 » Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
• 1946 » Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian racing driver
• 1946 » David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin († 1988)
• 1947 » Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist
• 1947 » Karen Valentine, American actress
• 1948 » Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 » Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
• 1949 » Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
• 1949 » Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist

• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)

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 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.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

The temperature on May 25, 1947 was between 9.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.