• Anna Eliza Verhoeven, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Andrea Judith Vancraeynest, Gistel († 1948)
• Robert (Poogie) WILLIAMS († 2017)
• Edward Lee 'Vietnam War Vet' Westhusing, Clinton Henry County Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Marcellus Jacobus van den Biggelaar († 1959)
• Mark Don Bergquist, Verenigde Statn († 2006)
• Franciscus Andreas Aloysius Schiltmans, Tiel († 2004)
• Johny Meeuws, Roeselare († 2022)
• Sandra Horlings, Smilde, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Adrien Honoré Gerard Maria Lamers († 2015)

• ARIE BAGGERMAN (85), RIJSWIJK, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Kuiper (63), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Francina Hudig (86), Rotterdam
• Egidius Hubertus Brouwers (83), Wijlre, Limburg, Netherlands
• Christiaan Diederik Schutt (84), Rotterdam
• Augustinus Antonius Adrianus van den Bos (1), Voorschoten
• Aart Baars (77), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Jan Bonouvrie (71), Culemborg
• Engeltje STRAVER (76), Schoorl
• Annie Lillian VERTIGAN (49), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

• 1946 » King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist
• 1947 » Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author
• 1947 » Norma McCorvey, American activist († 2017)
• 1947 » Robert Morace, American author and academic
• 1948 » Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
• 1948 » Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist
• 1949 » James Cartwright, American general
• 1949 » Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia

• 1919 » Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Petronella
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Mary
16. Marijke

• 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 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• 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.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on September 22, 1947 was between 8.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.