1947

«	1947	»

The year 1947 (MCMXLVII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-seven years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Non-Fiction

Events

• Kenner Products is founded in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Births

• ???? — Marisa Marco, Chen Daqian

January

• January 26 — Ryōichi Tanaka
• January 31 — Glynn Turman

February

• February 25 — Bill Ratner

March

• March 9 — David N. Gottlieb
• March 22 — Tony Pope
• March 25 — Elton John

April

• April 4 — Jacques Frantz
• April 13 — Holger Schwiers
• April 23 — José Carabias, Alexis Quiroz

May

• May 1 — Jean-Marie Moncelet
• May 5 — Sanryō Odaka
• May 16 — Jan Spitzer

June

• June 1 — Magda Giner
• June 3 — Shuki Levy
• June 5 — Lenny Macaluso
• June 16 — Tom Wyner
• June 23 — Arthur Burghardt

August

• August 5 — Rick Derringer
• August 31 — Mona Marshall

September

• September 15 — Hannibal Brown
• September 29 — Hubert Gagnon

October

• October 5 — Wolfgang Mascher

November

• November 2 — Show Ryuzanji
• November 6 — Masashi Hirose
• November 22 — Pedro D'Aguillon Jr.
• November 24 — José María Negri

December

• December 4 — Robert J. Walsh
• December 30 — Gábor Forgács