1947 in The United Kingdom

Births

6 January – Sandy Denny, singer (died 1978)
8 January – David Bowie, singer
8 January – Jenny Boyd, model
30 January – Les Barker, poet
30 January – Steve Marriott, singer and musician (Small Faces, Humble Pie) (died 1991)
20 February – Peter Osgood, footballer (died 2006)
7 March – Matthew Fisher, singer-songwriter and producer
25 February – Elton John, musician
24 March – Alan Sugar, businessman
16 April – Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter (died 2011)
23 April – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Member of Parliament
8 May – John Reid, Labour politician, Home Secretary
2 July – Ann Taylor, Labour politician
6 June – David Blunkett, Labour politician, Home Secretary
6 July – Richard Beckinsale, actor (died 1979)
7 July – Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family)
17 July – Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (née Shand), 2nd wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
23 July – David Essex, actor and singer
19 July – Brian May, guitarist (Queen)
23 August – Willy Russell, playwright
28 August – Emlyn Hughes, footballer (died 2004)
16 September – Roger Millward, English rugby league footballer and coach
17 September – Tessa Jowell, Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
30 September – Marc Bolan, musician (died 1977)
5 October – Brian Johnson, singer
21 November - Nickolas Grace, actor
1 December – Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league footballer and coach