| January
| | 1947.01.01 | Gary B.B. Coleman | born
| | 1947.01.01 | Leonid Chizhik | born
| | 1947.01.06 | Jacques Bolognesi | born
| | 1947.01.09 | Nick Evans | born
| | 1947.01.10 | George (ii) Chisholm | born
| | 1947.01.15 | Baikida Carroll | born
| | February
| | 1947.02.05 | Chris Biscoe | born
| | 1947.02.08 | Kerrie Biddell | born
| | 1947.02.10 | Lawrence 'Butch' Morris | born
| | 1947.02.11 | Henk Haverhoeck | born
| | 1947.02.13 | Ferdinand Povel | born
| | 1947.02.14 | Glenn Spearman | born
| | 1947.02.24 | Bob Magnusson | born
| | 1947.02.24 | Vladimir Chekasin | born
| | 1947.02.25 | Ryo Kawasaki | born
| | 1947.02.26 | John Horler | born
| | 1947.02.26 | Keshavan Maslak | born
| | March
| | 1947.03.01 | Norman Connors | born
| | 1947.03.04 | Jan Garbarek | born
| | 1947.03.09 | Kali Z Fasteau | born
| | 1947.03.14 | Roy Budd | born
| | 1947.03.22 | Marek Blizinski | born
| | 1947.03.22 | Tommy Chase | born
| | 1947.03.23 | Gunnars Rozenbergs | born
| | 1947.03.24 | Paul McCandless | born
| | 1947.03.28 | Barry Miles | born
| | 1947.03.28 | Paul Jackson | born
| | 1947.03.30 | Marilyn Crispell | born
| | April
| | 1947.04.01 | Frank Tusa | born
| | 1947.04.04 | Ray Russell | born
| | 1947.04.21 | John Weider | born
| | 1947.04.22 | Barry Guy | born
| | 1947.04.22 | Harvey Mason | born
| | 1947.04.23 | Alan Broadbent | born
| | 1947.04.28 | Glenn Zottola | born
| | 1947.04.28 | Steve Khan | born
| | 1947.04.30 | Abdul Wadud | born
| | May
| | 1947.05.07 | Joe Ford | born
| | 1947.05.10 | Ahmed Abdullah | born
| | 1947.05.19 | Gregory Herbert | born
| | 1947.05.22 | Franz Koglmann | born
| | 1947.05.23 | Richie Beirach | born
| | 1947.05.31 | Greg Abate | born
| | June
| | 1947.06.08 | Julie Tippett | born
| | 1947.06.13 | Harold Danko | born
| | 1947.06.14 | Darius Brubeck | born
| | 1947.06.16 | Tom Malone | born
| | 1947.06.26 | Brian Abrahams | born
| | 1947.06.29 | Vladimir Tarasov | born
| | 1947.06.30 | Jasper Van't Hof | born
| | July
| | 1947.07.03 | John Blake | born
| | 1947.07.10 | Bruce Fowler | born
| | 1947.07.11 | Francine Reed | born
| | 1947.07.17 | Abe Laboriel | born
| | 1947.07.20 | Carlos Santana | born
| | 1947.07.23 | L. Subramaniam | born
| | August
| | 1947.08.19 | Alan Gowen | born
| | 1947.08.23 | Terje Rypdal | born
| | 1947.08.25 | Keith Tippett | born
| | September
| | 1947.09.03 | Pail Degville | born
| | 1947.09.05 | Charles 'Bobo' Shaw | born
| | 1947.09.06 | Bent Persson | born
| | 1947.09.20 | Billy Bang | born
| | 1947.09.23 | Christian Escoude | born
| | 1947.09.23 | Don Grolnick | born
| | October
| | 1947.10.11 | Frederick J. Hopkins | born
| | 1947.10.11 | Mwata Bowden | born
| | 1947.10.13 | Alan Wakeman | born
| | 1947.10.24 | Banu Gibson | born
| | 1947.10.25 | Marilyn Middleton Pollock | born
| | 1947.10.28 | Julie Kelly | born
| | November
| | 1947.11.14 | Buckwheat Zydeco | born
| | 1947.11.23 | Melton Mustafa | born
| | 1947.11.24 | Anatoly Vapirov | born
| | December
| | 1947.12.04 | Andy LaVerne | born
| | 1947.12.05 | Egberto Gismonti | born
| | 1947.12.05 | Mike Bukovski | born
| | 1947.12.06 | Kim Simmonds | born
| | 1947.12.06 | Miroslav Vitous | born
| | 1947.12.06 | Uli Beckerhof | born
| | 1947.12.08 | Gregg Allman | born
| | 1947.12.18 | Rod Piazza | born
| | 1947.12.21 | Paco De Lucia | born
| | 1947.12.27 | Tracy Nelson | born
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