Editing 1947 in television (section)

==Births==
* January 2 – [[Jack Hanna]], zookeeper
* January 8 – [[Laurie Walters]], actress (''[[Eight is Enough]]'')
* January 17 - [[Jane Elliot]], actress (''[[General Hospital]]'')
* January 19 - [[Paula Deen]], chef, cookbook author, and TV personality
* January 21 - [[Jill Eikenberry]], actress (''[[L.A. Law]]'')
* January 31
**[[Glynn Turman]], actor (''[[A Different World]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[House of Lies]]'')
**[[Jonathan Banks]], actor
* February 2 
**[[Farrah Fawcett]], actress (''[[Charlie's Angels]]'') (d. 2009)
**[[Greg Antonacci]], actor (d. 2017)
* February 3 - [[Tonea Stewart]], actress (''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'')
* February 4 - [[Dan Quayle]], politician
* February 20 – [[Peter Strauss]], actor
* February 24 – [[Edward James Olmos]], actor (''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'')
* February 26 – [[Steve Melnyk]], golfer
* February 28 - [[Stephanie Beacham]], actress (''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[The Colbys]]'')
* March 1 – [[Alan Thicke]], actor (''[[Growing Pains]]'') (d. 2016)
* March 6 – [[Rob Reiner]], actor (''[[All in the Family]]''), producer and director
* March 7 – [[Richard Lawson (actor)|Richard Lawson]], actor
* March 12 – [[Mitt Romney]], politician
* March 19 – [[Glenn Close]], actress
* March 24 - [[Alan Sugar]], English television presenter
* March 25 - [[Elton John]], English singer, pianist and composer
* April 2 - [[Sam Anderson]], actor, ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
* April 4 
**[[Luke Halpin]], actor (''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'')
**[[Ray Fosse]], baseball player (d. 2021)
* April 6 – [[John Ratzenberger]], actor (''[[Cheers]]'')
* April 11 - [[Meshach Taylor]], actor (d. 2014)
* April 12
**[[Dan Lauria]], actor
**[[David Letterman]], comedian and talk show host (''[[Late Show with David Letterman|The Late Show]]'')
**[[Wayne Northrop]], actor (died 2024)
* April 16 - [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], [[NBA]] basketball player
* April 18
**[[Dorothy Lyman]], actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[Mama's Family]]'', ''[[Generations (U.S. TV series)|Generations]]'')
**[[Cindy Pickett]], actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'')
**[[James Woods]], actor (''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]'', ''[[Shark (U.S. TV series)|Shark]]'')
* April 19 - [[Jeff Maxwell]], actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
* April 26 - [[Boyd Matson]], former anchor of ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]''
* May 6 - [[Alan Dale]], actor (''[[The Young Doctors]]'', ''[[Neighbours]]'')
* May 10 - [[Marion Ramsey]], actress and singer (''[[Cos (TV series)|Cos]]'') (d. 2021)
* May 16 - [[Andrew Lack (executive)|Andrew Lack]], television executive
* May 25 - [[Karen Valentine]], actress (''[[Room 222]]'')
* May 29 - [[Anthony Geary]], actor (''[[General Hospital]]'')
* June 3 - [[Shuki Levy]], Israeli-American music composer 
* June 14 - [[Len Berman]], American television sportscaster
* June 16 - [[Al Cowlings]], American football player
* June 20 - [[Paul Kreppel]], actor and director (''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It's a Living]]'')
* June 21
** [[Meredith Baxter]], actress (''[[Family Ties]]'')
** [[Michael Gross (actor)|Michael Gross]], actor (''[[Family Ties]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
* June 22 
** [[David Lander]], comedic actor (''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'') (d. 2020)
** [[Pete Maravich]], [[NBA]] basketball player (d. 1988)
* June 25 - [[Jimmie Walker]], actor (''[[Good Times]]'')
* June 26 - [[Carmen Finestra]], producer and TV writer
* June 29 - [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], comedian and actor (''[[Anything but Love]]'')
* July 1 - [[Shirley Hemphill]], comedian and actress (''[[What's Happening!!]]'') (d. 1999)
* July 2 – [[Larry David]], actor, writer and producer (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'')
* July 3 – [[Betty Buckley]], actress and singer (''[[Eight is Enough]]'')
* July 5 – [[Joe Brown (judge)|Joe Brown]], judge
* July 8 - [[Kim Darby]], actress
* July 9 - [[O. J. Simpson]], actor and former [[NFL]] football player
* July 20 
**[[Carlos Santana]], guitarist
**[[Rose Ann Scamardella]], former anchorwoman
* July 22 – [[Albert Brooks]], actor (''[[The Simpsons]]''), comedian and director
* July 23 
**[[Larry Manetti]], actor (''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'')
**[[Kaity Tong]], American broadcast journalist
*July 24 - [[Robert Hays]], American actor (''[[Iron Man (TV series)|Iron Man]]'', ''[[Angie (TV series)|Angie]]'', ''[[Starman (TV series)|Starman]]'', ''[[FM (American TV series)|FM]]'')
* July 27 - [[Betty Thomas]], actress (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'')
* July 28 - [[Sally Struthers]], actress (''[[All in the Family]]'')
* July 30 
**[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and 38th governor of California
**[[William Atherton]], American actor
* August 8 - [[Larry Wilcox]], actor (''[[CHiPs]]'')
* August 13 - [[Gretchen Corbett]], actress, ''[[The Rockford Files]]''
* August 19 - [[Gerald McRaney]], actor (''[[Simon & Simon]]'', ''[[Major Dad]]'', ''[[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]]'')
* August 20 - [[Ray Wise]], actor (''[[Twin Peaks]]'')
* August 22 - [[Cindy Williams]], actress (''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'') (d. 2023)
* August 28 - [[Debra Mooney]], actress (''[[Everwood]]'')
* September 4 – [[Jane Curtin]], actress and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Kate and Allie]]'', ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'')
* September 6 – [[Bob Jenkins]], announcer (d. 2021)
* September 21 - [[Stephen King]], author
* September 27 
**[[Liz Torres]], actress (''[[The John Larroquette Show]]'')
**[[Denis Lawson]], actor
* October 1 
**[[Stephen Collins]], actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'')
**[[Larry Lamb]], actor
* October 12 – [[Chris Wallace]], television news anchor
* October 17 – [[Michael McKean]], actor (''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', ''[[Better Call Saul]]'')
* October 18 – [[Joe Morton]], actor
* October 24 – [[Kevin Kline]], actor
* October 26 – [[Hillary Clinton]], politician
* October 29 – [[Richard Dreyfuss]], actor (''[[The Education of Max Bickford]]'')
* October 31 
**[[Deidre Hall]], actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
**[[Ira Joe Fisher]], broadcaster
* November 2 - [[Kate Linder]], actress (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
* November 3 - [[Shadoe Stevens]], actor
* November 9 - [[Robert David Hall]], actor (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
* November 13 - [[Joe Mantegna]], actor (''[[Criminal Minds]]'')
* November 18 - [[Jameson Parker]], actor (''[[Simon & Simon]]'')
* November 24 – [[Dwight Schultz]], actor (''[[The A-Team]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'')
* November 25 – [[John Larroquette]], actor (''[[Night Court]]'')
* December 2 – [[Leonard Lightfoot]], American actor
* December 11 
**[[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Terry Turner]], producer
**[[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]], talk show host
* December 21 – [[Kay Robertson]], American television personality
* December 23 – [[Peter Kostis]], American golf analyst
* December 29 – [[Ted Danson]], actor (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
* December 31 – [[Tim Matheson]], actor (''[[Jonny Quest (TV series)|Jonny Quest]]'', ''[[Space Ghost (TV series)|Space Ghost]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'')