August 10, 1947

1947Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012).

1947Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia^[†]

Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who is the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A president of the People's Justice Party since 2018, he represented Tambun in Dewan Rakyat since 2022. Since becoming prime minister, he appointed himself as the finance minister. Anwar is also the chairman of the political coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2020, and the chairman of ASEAN since January 2025.

1947John Spencer, English rugby player and manager^[†]

John Southern Spencer is a former England international rugby union player.

1947Alan Ward, English cricketer^[†]

Alan Ward is an English former cricketer, who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team between 1969 and 1976. He played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club from 1966 to 1976, and for Leicestershire from 1977 to 1978. A fast right-arm bowler, he could, with more fortune, have been the perfect foil of his era for John Snow. Injury-plagued, and subject to great fluctuations in form, he never fulfilled his promise.