1947 (people)

1947 in

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the DWU • vital statistics

In 1947, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 2 January - Actor Eiji Kusuhara was born.
• 4 January - Actor Terry Molloy was born.
• 11 January - Actor Anna Calder-Marshall was born.
• 17 January - Actor John Alkin was born.
• 17 January - Actor Joanna David was born.
• 27 January - Actor Peter Burroughs was born.
• 29 January - Actor Ann Holloway was born.
• 30 January - Composer Paddy Kingsland was born.
• 8 February - Actor Andrew Lane was born.
• 10 February - Actor Michael Keating was born.
• 13 February - Actor Felicity Gibson was born.
• 14 February - Puppet operator Ernest Shutt was born.
• 17 February - Actor Dallas Adams was born.
• 17 February - Actor Malcolm Rennie was born.
• 24 February - Actor Susan Sheridan was born.
• 10 March - Actor Colin Stinton was born.
• 11 March - Controller of BBC One Alan Yentob was born.
• 12 March - Actor Rupert Frazer was born.
• 15 March - Actor Tony Osoba was born.
• 17 March - Actor Petra Markham was born.
• 18 March - Actor Nicholas Le Prevost was born.
• 24 March - Television host Alan Sugar was born.
• 25 March - Musician Elton John was born.
• 29 March - Actor Leslie Meadows was born.
• 10 April - Actor Stephen Churchett was born.
• 25 April - Controller of BBC One Jonathan Powell was born.
• 26 April - Actor Lois Baxter was born.
• 30 April - Actor Leslie Grantham was born.
• 3 May - Actor John Hamill was born.
• 5 May - Dalek operator Hugh Spight was born.
• 6 May - Actor Alan Dale was born.
• 14 May - Actor Jack Galloway was born.
• 15 May - Actor Lucy Fleming was born.
• 17 May - Actor Hugh Beverton was born.
• 19 May - Actor Michael Cochrane was born.
• 20 May - Director-General of the BBC Greg Dyke was born.
• June - Actor Neil McCaul was born.
• 1 June - Actor Jonathan Pryce was born.
• 11 June - Actor Ken Bones was born.
• 12 June - Actor Christopher Farries was born.
• 17 June - Actor Anthony Rowlands was born.
• 24 June - Actor Brendan Price was born.
• 28 June - Actor Stephen Whittaker was born.
• 2 August - Actor Eve Karpf was born.
• 5 August - Actor Jan Francis was born.
• 8 August - Actor George Costigan was born.
• 12 August - Producer John Nathan-Turner was born.
• 12 August - Actor Ozzie Yue was born.
• 23 August - Actor David Robb was born.
• 28 August - Actor Alec Sabin was born.
• 11 September - Actor Ralph Arliss was born.
• 12 September - Actor Christopher Neame was born.
• 18 September - Actor Paul Seed was born.
• 18 September - Actor Russ Abbot was born.
• 27 September - Actor Denis Lawson was born.
• 30 September - Actor Rula Lenska was born.
• 4 October - Politician Ann Widdecombe was born.
• 16 October - Actor Guy Siner was born.
• 16 October - Actor Nicholas Day was born.
• 2 November - Actor Michael Gordon was born.
• 6 November - Actor Carolyn Seymour was born.
• 13 November - Actor Michael Osborne was born.
• 17 November - Actor James Warwick was born.
• 20 November - Actor Adrienne Burgess was born.
• 21 November - Actor Nickolas Grace was born.
• 7 December - Actor Wendy Padbury was born.
• 23 December - Actor Deborah Findlay was born.
• 29 December - Actor Alan David was born.
• Unknown - Actor Rachel Bell was born.
• Unknown - Assistant floor manager Sue Hedden was born.
• Unknown - Actor Robin Soans was born.
• Unknown - Actor John Tallents was born.

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