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Born in 1897

881 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Nitin Bose*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
April 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
diplomat
1897–1961 · aged 63
December 17 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Pavel Alexeyevich Belov
memoirist, military officer
1897–1962 · aged 65
February 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Arthur Nielsen
entrepreneur, tennis player
1897–1980 · aged 82
September 5 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Ali Dashti
intellectual, literary critic
1897–1982 · aged 84
March 31 · 1897
No external source identified
Vitaly Primakov*
military personnel, soldier
Date disputed
December 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Max-Josef Pemsel
military personnel
1897–1985 · aged 88
January 15 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Dirk Stikker
banker, badminton player
1897–1979 · aged 82
February 5 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Adolfo Baloncieri*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
April 27 · 1897
Source: worldfootball.net
Henryk Dobrzański
military officer, resistance fighter
1897–1940 · aged 42
June 22 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Elisabeth Hauptmann
writer, dramaturge
1897–1973 · aged 75
June 20 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Austin Bradford Hill
statistician, epidemiologist
1897–1991 · aged 93
July 8 · 1897
Source: Base biographique
Roman Vishniac
biologist, university teacher
1897–1990 · aged 92
August 19 · 1897
Source: Babelio
Jacob Bjerknes
climatologist, meteorologist
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 2 · 1897
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Manlio Brosio
lawyer, diplomat
1897–1980 · aged 82
July 10 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
university teacher, chemist
1897–1978 · aged 80
November 9 · 1897
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Karl Bischoff
politician, master builder
1897–1950 · aged 53
August 9 · 1897
Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup
Ernst-Günther Baade
military personnel
1897–1945 · aged 47
August 20 · 1897
No external source identified
Omkarnath Thakur
singer, musicologist
1897–1967 · aged 70
June 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Aksel Larsen
politician
1897–1972 · aged 74
August 5 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Sweet Emma Barrett
singer, pianist
1897–1983 · aged 85
March 25 · 1897
Source: FemBio database
Louise Bogan
short story writer, writer
1897–1970 · aged 72
August 11 · 1897
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Friedrich Schulz
military officer
1897–1976 · aged 79
October 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Milton Young
politician
1897–1983 · aged 85
December 6 · 1897
Source: SNAC
John Lighton Synge
writer, university teacher
1897–1995 · aged 98
March 23 · 1897
Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography
Paul Ben-Haim
composer, music educator
1897–1984 · aged 86
July 5 · 1897
Source: Musicalics
Gaston Monnerville
jurist, politician
1897–1991 · aged 94
January 2 · 1897
Source: GeneaStar
Erich Loewenhardt
flying ace
1897–1918 · aged 21
April 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Aaro Pajari
military personnel
1897–1949 · aged 52
July 17 · 1897
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Ossi Oswalda*
film producer, dancer
Date disputed
February 2 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
politician, holocaust denier
1897–1980 · aged 82
December 19 · 1897
Source: Departmental archives of Lot
Nanak Singh
poet, songwriter
1897–1971 · aged 74
July 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Béla Hamvas
philosopher, writer
1897–1968 · aged 71
March 23 · 1897
No external source identified
Gregorio Fuentes
sailor
1897–2002 · aged 104
July 11 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Fletcher Pratt
translator, novelist
1897–1956
April 25 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
J. Fred Coots
composer, lyricist
1897–1985 · aged 87
May 2 · 1897
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Vic Watson
association football player
1897–1988 · aged 90
November 10 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Eberhard Kinzel
military officer
1897–1945 · aged 47
October 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Anbara Salam Khalidy
women's rights activist, translator
1897–1986
August 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Joan Beauchamp Procter
zoologist, scientific illustrator
1897–1931 · aged 34
August 5 · 1897
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Boris Vannikov
politician
1897–1962 · aged 64
September 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Gaspar Cassadó*
composer, cellist
Date disputed
October 5 · 1897
Source: resident register
Otto Fenichel
psychiatrist, psychoanalyst
1897–1946 · aged 48
December 2 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Kiyoshi Miki
philosopher
1897–1945 · aged 48
January 5 · 1897
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Paul Fejos*
director, university teacher
Date disputed
January 24 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Paavo Talvela
politician, military officer
1897–1973 · aged 76
February 19 · 1897
Source: Uppslagsverket Finland
Karel Lamač*
camera operator, film producer
Date disputed
January 27 · 1897
Source: Database of members of the Czechoslovak Republic of military units abroad for the …
Louis Wirth
sociologist
1897–1952 · aged 54
August 28 · 1897
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Carlo Scorza
journalist, politician
1897–1988 · aged 91
June 15 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Elaine Hammerstein
film actor, actor
1897–1948 · aged 51
June 16 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Ivan Susloparov
military personnel, diplomat
1897–1974 · aged 77
October 19 · 1897
No external source identified
Mary Ellis
singer, stage actor
1897–2003 · aged 105
June 15 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Herbert Lumsden
military officer
1897–1945 · aged 47
April 8 · 1897
No external source identified
Yakov Alksnis
politician, soldier
1897–1938
January 26 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Odd Hassel
university teacher, physicist
1897–1981 · aged 83
May 17 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Courtney Whitney
lawyer
1897–1969 · aged 71
May 20 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Simcha Blass
engineer, civil engineer
1897–1982 · aged 84
November 27 · 1897
No external source identified
Salomon Smolianoff*
counterfeiter, painter
Date disputed
March 26 · 1897
Source: Arolsen Archives
Gheorghe Alexianu
war criminal, politician
1897–1946 · aged 49
January 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Benedetta Cappa
writer, painter
1897–1977 · aged 79
August 14 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Lloyd Hughes
actor
1897–1958 · aged 60
October 21 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Marcelle Meyer
pianist, musician
1897–1958 · aged 61
May 22 · 1897
Source: FemBio database
Kosta Mušicki
military personnel
1897–1946 · aged 49
April 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Anatoly Marienhof
writer, prose writer
1897–1962 · aged 64
July 6 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Evsei Liberman
economist
1897–1981
October 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Colgate Darden
member of parliament, governor
1897–1981
February 11 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Kōsaku Aruga
military personnel
1897–1945 · aged 47
August 21 · 1897
Source: TracesOfWar
Pat Flaherty
television actor, baseball player
1897–1970 · aged 73
March 8 · 1897
Source: tradingcarddb.com
Sam Chatmon
guitarist, musician
1897–1983 · aged 86
January 10 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Christiane Ritter
author, writer
1897–2000 · aged 103
July 13 · 1897
Source: Artists of the World Online
Rudolf Dreikurs
psychiatrist, psychologist
1897–1972 · aged 75
February 8 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Oto Iskandar di Nata
warrior
1897–1945 · aged 48
March 31 · 1897
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
Kermit Maynard
television actor, actor
1897–1971 · aged 73
September 20 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
poet, playwright
1897–1976 · aged 78
October 21 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Vincent Korda
scenographer
1897–1979 · aged 81
June 22 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Hermann Niehoff
soldier, military personnel
1897–1980 · aged 83
April 3 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Mainie Harriet Jellett
painter, writer
1897–1944 · aged 46
April 29 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive
John Slessor
military personnel, aircraft pilot
1897–1979 · aged 82
June 3 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Mikhail Kaufman*
filmmaker, cinematographer
Date disputed
September 5 · 1897
Source: IMDb
James Leonard Brierley Smith
university teacher, marine biologist
1897–1968 · aged 70
October 26 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Traycho Kostov
stenographer, military officer
1897–1949 · aged 52
June 17 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
painter, chemist
1897–1967 · aged 70
June 19 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Carl Ben Eielson
aircraft pilot, explorer
1897–1929 · aged 32
January 20 · 1897
No external source identified
Chiyo Uno
writer, novelist
1897–1996 · aged 98
November 28 · 1897
Source: FemBio database
Enrique Hertzog
physician, politician
1897–1980 · aged 83
November 10 · 1897
No external source identified
José Robles Pazos
politician, university teacher
1897–1937
September 26 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Elisabeth Haich
teacher, painter
1897–1994 · aged 97
March 20 · 1897
No external source identified
José María Pemán*
playwright, journalist
Date disputed
May 8 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Paul Schneider
pastor, resistance fighter
1897–1939 · aged 41
August 29 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Kálmán Tihanyi
electrical engineer, inventor
1897–1947 · aged 49
April 28 · 1897
Source: mek.oszk.hu
Germaine Krull*
photojournalist, war photographer
Date disputed
November 29 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Georgiy Zakharov
military officer, politician
1897–1957 · aged 59
May 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Carlo Mierendorff
writer, economist
1897–1943 · aged 46
March 24 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Noel Madison
film actor, film director
1897–1975 · aged 77
April 30 · 1897
No external source identified
William Henry Chamberlin
journalist, historian
1897–1969 · aged 72
February 17 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Archie Stark
military personnel, draftsperson
1897–1985 · aged 87
December 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Natalicio González
politician, writer
1897–1966
September 8 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Erwin Blumenfeld
fashion photographer, photographer
1897–1969 · aged 72
January 26 · 1897
Source: Discogs
Lee Morse
songwriter, actor
1897–1954 · aged 57
November 30 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Keiji Suzuki
military personnel
1897–1967 · aged 70
February 6 · 1897
Source: generals.dk
Philip Jessup
judge, university teacher
1897–1986 · aged 89
January 5 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Luis Batlle Berres Pérez
journalist, politician
1897–1964 · aged 66
November 26 · 1897
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Eugene Borden
actor, film actor
1897–1971 · aged 74
March 21 · 1897
Source: GeneaStar
Lawrence Weingarten
actor, production manager
1897–1975 · aged 77
December 30 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Yang Zhongjian
chancellor, curator
1897–1979 · aged 81
June 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Bobby Vernon
screenwriter, animator
1897–1939 · aged 42
March 9 · 1897
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Gertrude Olmstead
film actor, actor
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 13 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Frank Skinner
film score composer, composer
1897–1968
December 31 · 1897
Source: Discogs
C. B. van Niel
biologist, bacteriologist
1897–1985 · aged 87
November 4 · 1897
Source: KNAW Past Members
Hope Hampton*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
February 19 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Fiqri Dine
politician
1897–1960 · aged 63
May 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Cipriano Mera
military personnel, anarcho-syndicalist
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 4 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Henri Frankfort
explorer, Egyptologist
1897–1954 · aged 57
February 24 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
chemist
1897–1994 · aged 96
October 19 · 1897
No external source identified
Aarne Arvonen
carpenter, astronomer
1897–2009 · aged 111
August 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Aziz Aliyev
physician, politician
1897–1962 · aged 65
January 1 · 1897
No external source identified
John O. Aalberg
engineer, audio engineer
1897–1984 · aged 87
April 3 · 1897
Source: mymovies.it
Luigi Pavese
dub actor, stage actor
1897–1969 · aged 72
October 25 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hans von Ahlfen
military officer
1897–1966 · aged 69
February 20 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Camillo Berneri*
university teacher, journalist
Date disputed
May 20 · 1897
Source: Enciclopedia Treccani
Jack White
film producer, film director
1897–1984 · aged 87
March 2 · 1897
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Kazimierz Nowak
writer, photographer
1897–1937 · aged 40
January 11 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Dwight H. Green
jurist, lawyer
1897–1958 · aged 61
January 9 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Albert Renger-Patzsch
artist, photographer
1897–1966
June 22 · 1897
Source: hdl.handle.net
E. L. M. Burns
diplomat, military personnel
1897–1985 · aged 88
June 17 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Helen Jerome Eddy
actor, film actor
1897–1990 · aged 92
February 25 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Choʻlpon
translator, poet
1897–1938
1897
No external source identified
Malcolm St. Clair
film director, film actor
1897–1952 · aged 55
May 17 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Werner Mummert
military officer
1897–1950 · aged 52
March 31 · 1897
No external source identified
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez*
journalist, musician
Date disputed
March 28 · 1897
Source: Autores.uy
John Ridley Stroop
psychologist
1897–1973 · aged 76
March 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Charles K. Bliss
chemical engineer, inventor
1897–1985 · aged 87
September 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
director, screenwriter
1897–1968 · aged 70
May 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Katsuo Okazaki
athletics competitor, politician
1897–1965 · aged 68
July 10 · 1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Gerhart Eisler
politician, journalist
1897–1968 · aged 71
February 20 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Maxim Ammosov
politician
1897–1938 · aged 40
December 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Lauretta Bender
psychiatrist, neurologist
1897–1987 · aged 89
August 9 · 1897
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Eduard Tisse
cinematographer, film director
1897–1961 · aged 64
April 13 · 1897
No external source identified
Ferruccio Novo
businessperson, association football coach
1897–1974 · aged 77
March 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Meir Ya'ari
politician
1897–1987 · aged 89
April 24 · 1897
Source: knesset.gov.il
James Hanley
playwright, novelist
1897–1985 · aged 88
September 3 · 1897
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Oyinkan Abayomi
nationalist, agitator
1897–1990 · aged 93
March 6 · 1897
Source: highbeam.com
Charles Chauvel
actor, film director
1897–1959 · aged 62
October 7 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Arturo Barea
journalist, novelist
1897–1957 · aged 60
September 20 · 1897
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
military officer
1897–1978 · aged 80
May 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Max Knoll
physicist, university teacher
1897–1969 · aged 72
July 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Diego Abad de Santillán
trade unionist, journalist
1897–1983 · aged 86
May 20 · 1897
Source: Diccionario Akal de Historiadores españoles contemporáneos (2002)
Thomas Dehler
lawyer, politician
1897–1967 · aged 69
December 14 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Shidzue Katō
politician, feminist
1897–2001 · aged 104
March 2 · 1897
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Joë Bousquet
poet, writer
1897–1950 · aged 53
March 19 · 1897
Source: SNAC

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