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Born in 1897

881 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Johannes Winkler
military flight engineer, engineer
1897–1947 · aged 50
May 29 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ceza Nabarawi
journalist, writer
1897–1985 · aged 87
May 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Louis-Joseph Lebret
Catholic theologian, economist
1897–1966 · aged 69
June 26 · 1897
Source: Léonore database
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky
military personnel
1897–1946 · aged 48
March 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Enrico Mainardi
music educator, conductor
1897–1976
May 19 · 1897
Source: Discogs
Cornelis van Eesteren
draftsperson, architect
1897–1988 · aged 90
July 4 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Hugo Bernatzik
photographer, ethnologist
1897–1953 · aged 55
March 26 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Ieva Simonaitytė
writer
1897–1978 · aged 81
January 23 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alphonse Lacroix
ice hockey player
1897–1973 · aged 75
October 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Osvaldo Fresedo
musician, conductor
1897–1984 · aged 87
May 5 · 1897
Source: todotango.com
Louise Lagrange*
actor, film actor
Date disputed
August 19 · 1897
Source: Archives de Paris
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
director, university teacher
1897–1978 · aged 80
February 19 · 1897
Source: Q123154300
Ivan Stranski
physicist, chemist
1897–1979 · aged 82
January 2 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Karo Halabyan
politician, architect
1897–1959 · aged 61
July 26 · 1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Toshmuhammad Qori-Niyoziy
politician, mathematician
1897–1970 · aged 72
September 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Anna Luther
film actor, actor
1897–1960 · aged 63
July 7 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Ville Pörhölä
athletics competitor
1897–1964 · aged 66
December 24 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Giorgio Santelli
fencer
1897–1985 · aged 87
November 25 · 1897
No external source identified
Arthur Jensen
voice actor, stage actor
1897–1981 · aged 84
November 9 · 1897
No external source identified
Frano Kršinić
sculptor
1897–1982 · aged 84
July 24 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Elias Bickermann
historian, university teacher
1897–1981 · aged 84
July 13 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Viktor Stanitsyn
theatre director, actor
1897–1976 · aged 79
May 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández
composer
1897–1948 · aged 50
November 4 · 1897
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Fred Guy
banjoist, jazz musician
1897–1971
May 23 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Maurice Tabard
photographer, fashion photographer
1897–1984
July 12 · 1897
Source: hdl.handle.net
Benno Gut
New Testament scholar, Catholic priest
1897–1970 · aged 73
April 1 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Theo Mackeben
music arranger, film score composer
1897–1953 · aged 56
January 5 · 1897
Source: Discogs
Stanislawa Nikodym
mathematician, painter
1897–1988 · aged 90
July 2 · 1897
Source: ems.press
Mikhail Evgenievich Masson
orientalist, archaeologist
1897–1986 · aged 88
December 3 · 1897
No external source identified
Angelo Ferrari
actor, film actor
1897–1945 · aged 47
August 14 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Jan Fridegård
writer
1897–1968 · aged 71
June 14 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Edward Gourdin
athletics competitor, long jumper
1897–1966
August 10 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Viktor Lazarev*
art historian, historian
Date disputed
September 3 · 1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Lola Cueto
university teacher, painter
1897–1978 · aged 80
March 2 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Dajos Béla
conductor, musician
1897–1978 · aged 80
December 31 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Lige Conley
actor, film actor
1897–1937 · aged 40
December 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Iosif Adamovich
politician
1897–1937 · aged 40
January 7 · 1897
Source: Encyclopaedia of the History of Belarus
Mariano Suárez Veintimilla
politician
1897–1980 · aged 83
June 8 · 1897
No external source identified
Frank Ellis
actor
1897–1969 · aged 71
February 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Archduchess Franziska, Archduchess Maximilian Eugen of Austria
aristocrat
1897–1989 · aged 92
June 21 · 1897
Source: The Peerage
Oreste Biancoli
film director, politician
1897–1971 · aged 74
February 20 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Ruhulla Akhundov
politician
1897–1938 · aged 41
January 13 · 1897
No external source identified
Max Weber
university teacher, politician
1897–1974 · aged 77
August 2 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Edgardo Donato
violinist, composer
1897–1963 · aged 65
April 14 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Heinrich Gretler
stage actor, musician
1897–1977 · aged 79
October 1 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Eduardo Blanco Amor
journalist, opinion journalist
1897–1979 · aged 82
September 14 · 1897
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Hermann Hohn
military personnel, military officer
1897–1968 · aged 71
October 11 · 1897
No external source identified
Tiana Lemnitz
singer, opera singer
1897–1994 · aged 96
October 26 · 1897
Source: FemBio database
Bogusław Samborski
stage actor, actor
1897–1971
April 14 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Marta Brunet
diplomat, journalist
1897–1967 · aged 70
August 9 · 1897
Source: Autores.uy
Wacław Kuchar
association football referee, association football coach
1897–1981 · aged 83
September 16 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Thomas Baker
flying ace, aircraft pilot
1897–1918 · aged 21
May 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Shovkat Mammadova
singer, opera singer
1897–1981 · aged 84
April 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Peter Bamm
physician writer, military physician
1897–1975 · aged 77
October 20 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Francesco Tricomi
mathematician, university teacher
1897–1978 · aged 81
May 5 · 1897
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Dink Templeton
athletics competitor, American football player
1897–1962 · aged 65
May 27 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Karol Šmidke
politician
1897–1952 · aged 55
January 21 · 1897
No external source identified
José Pérez
association football player
1897–1920 · aged 23
November 30 · 1897
Source: auf.org.uy
Leopold Nitsch
association football coach, association football player
1897–1977 · aged 79
August 14 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Pedro Beltrán
journalist, politician
1897–1979 · aged 81
February 17 · 1897
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov
aircraft pilot, politician
1897–1982 · aged 84
December 21 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu
poet, translator
1897–1995
October 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Walter Peterhans
photographer, university teacher
1897–1960 · aged 62
June 12 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Katherine Perry
film actor, Ziegfeld girl
1897–1983 · aged 86
January 5 · 1897
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Vasily Aleksandrovich Yushkevich
military officer
1897–1951 · aged 54
February 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Rozalija Sršen*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
July 16 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Yevhen Malaniuk
technician, opinion journalist
1897–1968 · aged 71
February 1 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Émile Hamilius
mayor, association football player
1897–1971 · aged 73
May 16 · 1897
No external source identified
Zygmunt Waliszewski
draftsperson, watercolorist
1897–1936 · aged 38
December 1 · 1897
Source: Waliszewski, Zygmunt
Victor Bourgeois
architect, urban planner
1897–1962 · aged 64
August 29 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Gabriel Acacius Coussa
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1897–1962 · aged 64
August 3 · 1897
No external source identified
Willy Corsari
translator, writer
1897–1998 · aged 100
December 26 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer
zoologist, naturalist
1897–1959 · aged 62
June 6 · 1897
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Ivan Dubasov
postage stamp designer, phalerist
1897–1988 · aged 90
November 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Antonio Campolo
association football player
1897–1959 · aged 62
February 7 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Mózes Kahána
poet, revolutionary
1897–1974 · aged 76
November 26 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Llorenç Villalonga
writer, psychiatrist
1897–1980 · aged 82
March 1 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Corry Tendeloo
politician, women's rights activist
1897–1956 · aged 59
September 3 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Bert Schneider
boxer
1897–1986 · aged 88
July 1 · 1897
Source: Olympedia
Antonio Pons
physician, politician
1897–1980 · aged 82
November 10 · 1897
No external source identified
Per-Erik Hedlund
cross-country skier
1897–1975 · aged 77
April 18 · 1897
No external source identified
József Fogl
association football player
1897–1971 · aged 73
August 14 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Hilda Vīka
painter, writer
1897–1963 · aged 65
November 5 · 1897
Source: Le Delarge
Dmytro Zajciw
entomologist
1897–1976
February 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
businessperson, ship-owner
1897–1978 · aged 81
January 2 · 1897
Source: Roglo
Rosita Melo
poet, composer
1897–1981 · aged 84
July 9 · 1897
Source: Autores.uy
Paul Schöffler
opera singer
1897–1977 · aged 80
September 15 · 1897
Source: Discogs
Valery Glivenko
university teacher, mathematician
1897–1940 · aged 43
January 2 · 1897
Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
Luis Gianneo
composer, pianist
1897–1968
January 9 · 1897
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Theodor Kramer
writer, bookseller
1897–1958 · aged 61
January 1 · 1897
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Yusuke Hagihara
astronomer
1897–1979 · aged 81
March 28 · 1897
Source: Yusuke Hagihara
Verner Eklöf
ski jumper, bandy player
1897–1955 · aged 58
March 8 · 1897
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Panas Liubchenko
statesperson, politician
1897–1937 · aged 40
January 14 · 1897
No external source identified
José Antonio Mora*
lawyer, diplomat
Date disputed
November 22 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Sándor Szathmári
translator, writer
1897–1974 · aged 77
June 19 · 1897
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ivan Borkovský
university teacher, non-fiction writer
1897–1976 · aged 78
September 8 · 1897
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Ray Farquharson
physician
1897–1965 · aged 67
August 4 · 1897
Source: Munk's Roll
Mogens Wöldike
conductor, choir director
1897–1988 · aged 91
July 5 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Crescencia Pérez
Christian nun, nun
1897–1932 · aged 34
August 17 · 1897
Source: GCatholic.org
Mari Andriessen
sculptor
1897–1979 · aged 82
December 4 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Adrienne Thomas*
autobiographer, writer
Date disputed
June 24 · 1897
Source: Datenbank Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
Héctor Méndez
boxer
1897–1977 · aged 80
August 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Vladimir Vakhmistrov
military flight engineer, engineer
1897–1972 · aged 74
July 27 · 1897
No external source identified
Johannes Sikkar
politician
1897–1960
October 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Rudolf Ramseyer
association football player
1897–1943 · aged 45
September 17 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Henri Larnoe
association football player
1897–1978 · aged 80
May 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Ivan Kulyk
linguist, poet
1897–1937 · aged 40
January 14 · 1897
No external source identified
René Borjas
association football player
1897–1931
December 23 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Fred Forbát
numismatist, painter
1897–1972
March 31 · 1897
Source: arch-pavouk.cz
Thoralf Strømstad
cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier
1897–1984 · aged 86
January 13 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Kees Pijl
association football coach, association football player
1897–1976 · aged 79
June 9 · 1897
Source: EU-Football.info
Julius von Bernuth
military personnel
1897–1942 · aged 44
August 12 · 1897
No external source identified
John Fernström
conductor, composer
1897–1961 · aged 63
December 6 · 1897
Source: Musicalics
Terenti Graneli*
poet
Date disputed
June 3 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Avet Avetisyan
actor
1897–1971 · aged 73
November 24 · 1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Markus Feldmann
jurist, journalist
1897–1958 · aged 61
May 21 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Jakob Franz Alexander Kern
Catholic priest
1897–1924 · aged 27
April 11 · 1897
No external source identified
Sergei Aslamazyan*
cellist, music educator
Date disputed
February 14 · 1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Julia Heron
production designer
1897–1977 · aged 79
November 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Fausto Acke
artistic gymnast, athletics competitor
1897–1967 · aged 69
May 23 · 1897
No external source identified
Tyra Lundgren
artist, sculptor
1897–1979 · aged 82
January 9 · 1897
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Joaquín Vázquez
association football player
1897–1965 · aged 68
August 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Marcel Thiry
writer, politician
1897–1977 · aged 80
March 13 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Ber Groosjohan
association football player
1897–1971 · aged 74
June 16 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Cyril Slater
ice hockey player
1897–1969 · aged 72
March 27 · 1897
No external source identified
Carl Wery
film actor, actor
1897–1975 · aged 77
August 7 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ángel Médici
association football coach, association football player
1897–1971 · aged 73
December 20 · 1897
No external source identified
Carina Ari
choreographer, ballet dancer
1897–1970 · aged 73
April 14 · 1897
Source: Roglo
Paul Finet
functionary, trade unionist
1897–1965 · aged 67
November 4 · 1897
Source: ODIS
Jean Mistler
politician, diplomat
1897–1988 · aged 91
September 1 · 1897
Source: Sycomore
Myroslav Irchan
translator, prose writer
1897–1937 · aged 40
July 14 · 1897
No external source identified
Otto Roelen
chemist
1897–1993 · aged 95
March 22 · 1897
Source: deutsche-biographie.de
Paul Oswald Ahnert
astronomer
1897–1989 · aged 91
November 22 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Erik Malmberg
amateur wrestler
1897–1964 · aged 67
March 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Agustín Eizaguirre
association football player
1897–1961 · aged 64
October 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Yefim Golyshev
composer, painter
1897–1970 · aged 73
September 20 · 1897
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Barnabás von Géczy
composer, violinist
1897–1971 · aged 74
March 4 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Robert Pache
association football player, association football coach
1897–1974 · aged 77
September 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Cesco Baseggio
screenwriter, film actor
1897–1971
April 13 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Dina Manfredini
1897–2012 · aged 115
April 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Oskar Olsen
speed skater
1897–1956 · aged 59
October 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Herminia Brumana
playwright, activist
1897–1954 · aged 56
September 12 · 1897
No external source identified
Martti Marttelin
marathon runner, long-distance runner
1897–1940 · aged 42
June 18 · 1897
No external source identified
Rafael Sánchez Guerra
jurist, military personnel
1897–1964 · aged 66
October 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Sabino Bilbao
association football player
1897–1983 · aged 85
December 11 · 1897
Source: athletic-club.eus
Břetislav Bakala
composer, choir director
1897–1958 · aged 61
February 12 · 1897
Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History
Uno Åhrén
architect, urban planner
1897–1977 · aged 80
August 6 · 1897
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Emilio Badini
association football player
1897–1956 · aged 59
August 4 · 1897
No external source identified
Michał Antoniewicz
military officer, equestrian
1897–1989 · aged 92
July 7 · 1897
Source: MAK
Amasi Martirosyan
actor, film director
1897–1971 · aged 74
April 30 · 1897
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7

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