| GIDE | Andre .... , winner of the 1947 Nobel prize in literature (4) |
| AGASSI | Andre, winner of eight grand slams |
| ANDRE | French winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,4) |
| APPLETON | Sir Edward, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physics (8) |
| GERTY | ___ Cori (co-winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine) |
| ROBINSON | Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for his work in discovering the structure of alkaloids (last name only) |
| ANDREGIDE | French novelist, essayist and critic awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,4) |
| MANN | Thomas ___, German author of novels including The Magic Mountain (1924) and Doctor Faustus (1947); Nobel Prize for Literature (1929) (4) |
| DALY | Surname of the 1947 and 1995 British Open winners |
| RYAN | Edmund _, actor who played Kris Kringle in the 1947 Christmas film Miracle On 34th Street (4) |
| LEVI | Primo _, Holocaust survivor who wrote the 1947 memoir If This Is A Man (4) |
| NOIR | Genre for the 1947 film "Nightmare Alley" |
| BROUGH | Louise, winner of the 1947 US Women's National Singles tennis championship (6) |
| GABOR | Dennis ___. Hungarian-born British electrical engineer who invented holography in 1947; Nobel Prize for Physics (1971) (5) |
| FRANK | The author of the 1947 posthumously published work The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne _ (5) |
| EISLER | Hanns, author of the 1947 book Composing for the Films (6) |
| MALCOLMLOWRY | Author of the 1947 novel Under the Volcano |
| GENET | Jean, author of the 1947 play The Maids (5) |
| KURTWEILL | Composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (4,5) |
| WEILL | Kurt, composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (5) |
