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Born in 1897

881 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Stella Bloch
journalist, writer
1897–1999 · aged 101
December 18 · 1897
Source: Artists of the World Online
Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji
politician
1897–1994
1897
No external source identified
André Marie
French resistance fighter, politician
1897–1974 · aged 76
December 3 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Abe Lyman
jazz musician, bandleader
1897–1957 · aged 60
August 4 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Nicholas Poppe
university teacher, linguist
1897–1991 · aged 93
August 8 · 1897
Source: archive.org
Bulbul
khananda, singer
1897–1961 · aged 64
June 22 · 1897
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Jean Cassou
poet, writer
1897–1986
July 9 · 1897
Source: death certificate
Vojtěch Jarník
university teacher, pedagogue
1897–1970 · aged 72
December 22 · 1897
Source: Students of the Universities of Prague 1882–1945
Anne Cornwall
actor, film actor
1897–1980 · aged 83
January 17 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Denise Robins
novelist, writer
1897–1985 · aged 88
February 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Helene Chadwick
stage actor, film actor
1897–1940 · aged 42
November 25 · 1897
Source: FemBio database
Gevorg Alikhanyan
politician, revolutionary
1897–1938
1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Lucy Fox
actor, film actor
1897–1970 · aged 72
October 25 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Edgard Colle
chess player
1897–1932 · aged 34
May 18 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
military personnel, politician
1897–1938 · aged 40
December 8 · 1897
No external source identified
Hasan Âli Yücel
politician, writer
1897–1961 · aged 63
December 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Henryk Reyman
association football player, association football coach
1897–1963 · aged 65
July 28 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Maximilian von Edelsheim
military personnel
1897–1994 · aged 96
July 6 · 1897
Source: TracesOfWar
Géza von Bolváry
film actor, screenwriter
1897–1961
December 26 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Chet Brandenburg
actor
1897–1974 · aged 76
October 15 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Heliodor Píka
resistance fighter, soldier
1897–1949 · aged 51
July 3 · 1897
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Johan Willem Beyen
banker, diplomat
1897–1976 · aged 78
May 2 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Zenta Mauriņa
children's writer, linguist
1897–1978 · aged 80
December 15 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Sam H. Jones
lawyer, governor
1897–1978 · aged 80
July 15 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Herbert Agar
journalist, writer
1897–1980 · aged 83
September 29 · 1897
Source: Prabook
Ella Hall
stage actor, film actor
1897–1981 · aged 84
March 17 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Sayyid Shahab al-DIn Mar'ashi Najafi
Islamic jurist, genealogist
1897–1990 · aged 93
July 20 · 1897
Source: alimamali.com
Miguel Fleta
opera singer
1897–1938 · aged 40
December 1 · 1897
Source: Opera Vivra
Rudolf von Scheliha
diplomat, jurist
1897–1942 · aged 45
May 31 · 1897
Source: stolpersteine-berlin.de
Dennis King
television actor, actor
1897–1971 · aged 73
November 2 · 1897
Source: Discogs
Arab Shamilov
novelist, poet
1897–1978 · aged 81
January 23 · 1897
Source: Men and destiny. Orientalists - victims of political terror during the Soviet period
John Marshall Butler
lawyer, politician
1897–1978 · aged 80
July 21 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Fernand Ledoux
actor, film actor
1897–1993 · aged 96
January 24 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Władysław Broniewski
opinion journalist, translator
1897–1962 · aged 64
December 17 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Harald Sæverud
composer, academic musician
1897–1992 · aged 94
April 17 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Anton Lopatin
military personnel, military officer
1897–1965 · aged 68
January 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Adolf Portmann
philosopher, university teacher
1897–1982 · aged 85
May 27 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Smaranda Brăescu
aircraft pilot
1897–1948 · aged 50
May 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Karl Olivecrona
philosopher, jurist
1897–1980 · aged 82
October 25 · 1897
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Elsa Andersson
skydiver, aircraft pilot
1897–1922 · aged 24
April 27 · 1897
Source: Swedish household records
Elzada Clover
botanical collector, geobotanist
1897–1980 · aged 83
September 12 · 1897
Source: International Plant Names Index
Millard F. Caldwell
politician, lawyer
1897–1984 · aged 87
February 6 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Eddie Baker
film actor, actor
1897–1968 · aged 70
November 17 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Arthur Loft
actor
1897–1947 · aged 49
May 25 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Andrés Eloy Blanco*
diplomat, poet
Date disputed
August 6 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Nikola Dobrovic
urban planner, architect
1897–1967 · aged 69
February 12 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Riccardo Pampuri
monk, physician
1897–1930 · aged 32
August 2 · 1897
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz
military officer, aerial observer
1897–1936 · aged 38
October 7 · 1897
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Julien Carette
film actor
1897–1966 · aged 68
December 23 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Charles LeMaire*
costume designer
Date disputed
April 22 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Charlotte Wolff
writer, psychologist
1897–1986 · aged 88
September 30 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Heinrich Klüver
psychologist, neuroscientist
1897–1979 · aged 81
May 25 · 1897
Source: SNAC
George Eyston
engineer, racing automobile driver
1897–1979 · aged 81
June 28 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Léon Goossens
oboist, musician
1897–1988 · aged 90
June 12 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Jirō Osaragi
novelist, screenwriter
1897–1973 · aged 75
October 4 · 1897
Source: Babelio
Áron Tamási
writer, politician
1897–1966 · aged 68
September 20 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger
sociologist, criminologist
1897–1988 · aged 91
April 14 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ralph Dawson
screenwriter, film director
1897–1962 · aged 65
April 18 · 1897
Source: fandango.com
Ivan Milev
painter
1897–1927 · aged 29
February 19 · 1897
Source: Artists of the World Online
Francisco Mignone
pianist, choreographer
1897–1986
September 3 · 1897
Source: Musicalics
Richard Koll
military officer
1897–1963 · aged 66
April 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Veza Canetti
novelist, writer
1897–1963 · aged 65
November 21 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ching Johnson*
ice hockey player
Date disputed
December 7 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Heinz Fiebig
military personnel
1897–1964 · aged 67
March 23 · 1897
No external source identified
Edith Jacobson
physician, psychoanalyst
1897–1978 · aged 81
September 10 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Conrad Felixmüller
painter, illustrator
1897–1977 · aged 79
May 21 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Carl Munters
inventor, engineer
1897–1983
March 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Käthe Haack
stage actor, film actor
1897–1986 · aged 88
August 11 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Charles Tillon
politician
1897–1993 · aged 95
July 3 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Willem Sandberg
art historian, exhibition curator
1897–1984 · aged 86
October 24 · 1897
Source: Sandberg, Willem
Florence Barbara Seibert
university teacher, biochemist
1897–1991 · aged 93
October 6 · 1897
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Mikhail Kovalyov
politician, military personnel
1897–1967 · aged 70
July 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Alexandru Proca
physicist, nuclear physicist
1897–1955 · aged 58
October 16 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Tilly Edinger
zoologist, paleontologist
1897–1967 · aged 69
November 13 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Max Hansen
operetta singer, singer
1897–1961
December 22 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Rowland Brown*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
November 6 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Schöner Náci
1897–1967 · aged 70
August 11 · 1897
No external source identified
Ernesto Rossi
politician, economist
1897–1967 · aged 69
August 25 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Issachar Ber Ryback
ceramicist, painter
1897–1935
February 2 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Sylvia Breamer
actor, film actor
1897–1943 · aged 45
June 9 · 1897
No external source identified
Georg Ritter von Hengl
military personnel, soldier
1897–1952 · aged 54
October 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Bernard Lyot
astronomer
1897–1952 · aged 55
February 27 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Moe Herscovitch
boxer
1897–1969 · aged 71
October 27 · 1897
No external source identified
Tom Parker
association football coach, association football player
1897–1987 · aged 89
November 19 · 1897
No external source identified
Seymour Nebenzal*
film producer, producer
Date disputed
July 22 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Pablo Sorozábal
pianist, conductor
1897–1988 · aged 91
September 18 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Dagmar Godowsky
actor, film actor
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 24 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Marcel Herrand
film actor, actor
1897–1953 · aged 55
October 8 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Octavio Trompowsky
chess player
1897–1984 · aged 86
November 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Xenia Desni*
film actor, stage actor
Date disputed
January 19 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Wilhelm Busch
Protestant theologian, pietist
1897–1966 · aged 69
March 27 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Adrian von Renteln
functionary, journalist
1897–1946
September 15 · 1897
Source: Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital
Walter Gramatté
painter, printmaker
1897–1929 · aged 32
January 8 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Marguerite Courtot
film actor, actor
1897–1986 · aged 88
August 20 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen
military personnel
1897–1945 · aged 48
April 12 · 1897
No external source identified
Jocelyn Toynbee
anthropologist, archaeologist
1897–1985 · aged 88
March 3 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Hilde Hildebrand
film actor, singer
1897–1976
September 10 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Harold French*
director, actor
Date disputed
April 23 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Herbert Eimert
university teacher, music critic
1897–1972 · aged 75
April 8 · 1897
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Nikolay Gikalo
politician
1897–1938 · aged 41
March 20 · 1897
No external source identified
Carl Erhardt
Olympic champion, athlete
1897–1988 · aged 91
February 15 · 1897
Source: panthers.co.uk
Stepan Krasovsky
statesperson
1897–1983 · aged 85
August 20 · 1897
Source: TracesOfWar
Gerhard Lamprecht
film director, film producer
1897–1974 · aged 76
October 6 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Wifredo Ricart
scientist, designer
1897–1974 · aged 77
May 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Edgar Anderson
botanist, geneticist
1897–1969 · aged 71
November 9 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Richard Krautheimer
university teacher, archaeologist
1897–1994 · aged 97
July 6 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Quincy Porter
composer, musicologist
1897–1966 · aged 69
February 7 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Kuzma Galitsky
politician
1897–1973 · aged 75
October 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov*
politician, soldier
Date disputed
March 11 · 1897
No external source identified
Princess Hilda of Luxembourg
aristocrat
1897–1979 · aged 82
February 15 · 1897
Source: The Peerage
Otto Braun
writer, poet
1897–1918 · aged 20
June 26 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pedro Vallana
association football referee, association football coach
1897–1980 · aged 82
November 29 · 1897
No external source identified
Gertrude Blanch
computer scientist, mathematician
1897–1996 · aged 98
February 2 · 1897
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Arthur Ripley
film producer, film editor
1897–1961 · aged 64
January 12 · 1897
No external source identified
René Iché
painter, designer
1897–1954 · aged 57
January 21 · 1897
Source: GeneaStar
Noël-Noël
screenwriter, film director
1897–1989 · aged 92
August 9 · 1897
Source: GeneaStar
Ionel Teodoreanu
lawyer, poet
1897–1954 · aged 57
January 6 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Anna Pankratova
educator, politician
1897–1957 · aged 60
February 16 · 1897
Source: Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World
Antonio Riberi
Catholic bishop, theologian
1897–1967 · aged 70
June 15 · 1897
Source: birth certificate
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
essayist, lawyer
1897–1960 · aged 63
March 23 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Árpád Szenes
painter
1897–1985 · aged 87
May 6 · 1897
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Rudolf Schwarz
university teacher, architect
1897–1961 · aged 63
May 15 · 1897
Source: Structurae
Pan Tianshou
painter, historian
1897–1971
1897
Source: ArtCyclopedia
Helge Rosvaenge
actor, opera singer
1897–1972
August 29 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Georges Périnal
cinematographer
1897–1965 · aged 68
January 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck
military personnel, military officer
1897–1979 · aged 82
January 10 · 1897
No external source identified
Knudage Riisager
composer, musicologist
1897–1974 · aged 77
March 6 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Chōko Iida*
actor
Date disputed
April 15 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Vladimir Kurasov
politician
1897–1973 · aged 76
July 19 · 1897
No external source identified
Yasujirō Shimazu
film director, screenwriter
1897–1945 · aged 48
June 3 · 1897
Source: mymovies.it
Kurt Held
editing staff, resistance fighter
1897–1959 · aged 62
November 4 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
tennis player
1897–1953 · aged 55
November 24 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Giacomo Devoto
university teacher, linguist
1897–1974 · aged 77
July 19 · 1897
Source: La France savante
Mary Anderson
actor
1897–1986 · aged 88
June 28 · 1897
Source: mymovies.it
Will Dohm
actor, voice actor
1897–1948 · aged 51
April 8 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp
soldier, military officer
1897–1976 · aged 78
November 19 · 1897
No external source identified
Vasily Sharangovich
politician
1897–1938 · aged 41
March 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Malcolm Nokes
athletics competitor, chemist
1897–1986 · aged 89
May 20 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Humberto Mauro
photographer, screenwriter
1897–1983 · aged 86
April 30 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Erich Schmidt
archaeologist, anthropologist
1897–1964 · aged 67
September 13 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Robert Neumann
writer, screenwriter
1897–1975 · aged 77
May 22 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Mordechai Namir
trade unionist, diplomat
1897–1975 · aged 77
February 23 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Maude Bonney
aircraft pilot
1897–1994 · aged 96
November 20 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Hans Deppe
screenwriter, director
1897–1969 · aged 71
November 12 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Albert Ray
screenwriter, film director
1897–1944
August 28 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
C. Wayland Brooks
military officer, professor
1897–1957 · aged 59
March 8 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Ulises Poirier
association football player
1897–1977 · aged 80
February 2 · 1897
Source: FBref
Stanisław Saks
university teacher, mathematician
1897–1942 · aged 44
December 30 · 1897
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Ward Hermans
journalist, radio personality
1897–1992 · aged 95
February 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Max Tau
philosopher, poet
1897–1976 · aged 79
January 19 · 1897
Source: SNAC

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