What generation is someone born in 1947?¶

Someone born in 1947 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 79 years old.

Notable people born in 1947¶

How old someone born in 1947 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	13	school
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	16	school
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	17	school
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	26	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	27	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	33	working
1981	MTV is launched	34	working
1985	Live Aid concert	38	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	39	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	42	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	43	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	48	working
2001	September 11 attacks	54	working
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	57	working
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	58	working
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	60	working
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	62	working
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	64	working
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	65	retired
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	69	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	73	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04