Editing 1947 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 24 – [[Michio Kaku]], American [[theoretical physicist]] and [[Popular science|popularizer of science]].
* January 29 – [[Linda B. Buck]], American [[biologist]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], 2004.
* January 30 – [[Masaki Kashiwara]], Japanese [[mathematician]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2025: Masaki Kashiwara|url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2025|access-date=2025-03-28|website=The Abel Prize}}</ref>
* February 4 – [[John Campbell Brown]] (died [[2019 in science|2019]]), [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[astronomer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Professor John Brown OBE, Astronomer Royal for Scotland who used magic tricks to share wonder of the cosmos |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-john-brown-obe-astronomer-royal-scotland-who-used-magic-tricks-share-wonder-cosmos-1398717 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=27 May 2021 }}</ref>
* March 16 – [[Keith Devlin]], English-born mathematician and popularizer of science.
* April 18 – [[Chris Rapley]], British climate scientist.
* May 9 – [[Michael Levitt (biophysicist)|Michael Levitt]], South African-born [[computational biologist]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], 2013.
* June 8 – [[Eric F. Wieschaus]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], 1995.
* June 15 – [[Alain Aspect]], French quantum physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/press-release/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022|date=2022-10-04|work=[[Nobel Prize]]|publisher=[[The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]|access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref>
* June 25 – [[Will Steffen]] (died [[2023 in science|2023]]), American-born Australian chemist.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/31/will-steffen-courageous-climate-scientist-dies-in-canberra-aged-75 Will Steffen, ‘courageous’ climate scientist, dies in Canberra aged 75]</ref>
* July 5 – [[Lalji Singh]] (died [[2017 in science|2017]]), Indian [[biotechnologist]] and [[cytogeneticist]], "father of Indian DNA fingerprinting".
* July 30 – [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], French virologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], 2008.
* August 21 – [[Margaret Chan]], Hong Kong-born physician.
* December 6 – [[Geoffrey Hinton]], English-born [[cognitive psychologist]] and [[computer scientist]], "godfather of AI", recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024.
* December 16 – [[Martyn Poliakoff]], British [[chemist]] and popularizer of science.
* [[Stuart W. Jamieson]], [[Rhodesia]]n-born cardiothoracic surgeon.