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Born in 1897

881 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Sigfrid Lindberg*
association football player
Date disputed
March 26 · 1897
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Harald Strøm
association football player, speed skater
1897–1977 · aged 80
October 14 · 1897
Source: historical register of persons
Dimitrij Andrusov
paleontologist, geologist
1897–1976 · aged 78
November 7 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Józef Lange
sport cyclist
1897–1972 · aged 75
March 16 · 1897
No external source identified
Nikola Avramov
painter
1897–1945 · aged 48
May 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Emil Boyson
writer, poet
1897–1979 · aged 81
September 4 · 1897
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Bengt Bengtsson
military personnel, artistic gymnast
1897–1977 · aged 80
September 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Ramón Gil
association football player
1897–1965 · aged 67
August 16 · 1897
No external source identified
Muriel Freeman
fencer
1897–1980
September 9 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Willem Cobben
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1897–1985 · aged 87
June 29 · 1897
No external source identified
Charles Mulder
bobsledder
1897–1953 · aged 55
July 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Bill Harris
swimmer
1897–1961 · aged 63
October 26 · 1897
Source: Find a Grave
Franklin Hansen
audio engineer, engineer
1897–1982 · aged 84
May 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot
writer, feminist
1897–1989 · aged 91
May 2 · 1897
Source: Biografisch Portaal
André Couder
engineer, astronomer
1897–1979 · aged 81
November 27 · 1897
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Dary Holm
actor, film actor
1897–1960 · aged 63
April 16 · 1897
Source: filmportal.de
Valerian Polishchuk
opinion journalist, poet
1897–1937
October 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Silverio Izaguirre
association football player
1897–1935 · aged 38
August 31 · 1897
No external source identified
Émile Albrecht
rower
1897–1927
1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Sigurd Moen
speed skater
1897–1967 · aged 69
October 31 · 1897
Source: historical register of persons
Raisa Azarkh
physician
1897–1971 · aged 74
May 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Alfred Aufdenblatten
cross-country skier, military patrol (sport) runner
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 12 · 1897
No external source identified
Folke Jansson
athletics competitor
1897–1965 · aged 68
April 23 · 1897
No external source identified
André Aubréville
botanist, professeur des universités
1897–1982 · aged 84
November 30 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Erik Burman
association football player, ice hockey player
1897–1985 · aged 87
December 6 · 1897
Source: Elite Prospects
György Kósa
pianist, conductor
1897–1984 · aged 87
April 24 · 1897
Source: Magyar életrajzi lexikon
Marie Louis Emberger
botanist
1897–1969
January 23 · 1897
Source: ac-sciences-lettres-montpellier.fr
Amalia Abad Casasempere
homemaker
1897–1936 · aged 38
December 11 · 1897
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Jørgen Bentzon
civil servant, composer
1897–1951 · aged 54
February 14 · 1897
Source: Musicalics
Kalle Westerlund
amateur wrestler
1897–1972 · aged 74
September 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Milada Skrbková
tennis player
1897–1935 · aged 38
May 30 · 1897
Source: biography.hiu.cas.cz
Edwin Graves
rower
1897–1986 · aged 88
July 10 · 1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Simone Téry*
journalist, novelist
Date disputed
January 28 · 1897
Source: SNK authority file
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
film director, screenwriter
1897–1945 · aged 47
December 15 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Angelo De Martini
sport cyclist
1897–1979 · aged 82
January 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Mario Lertora
artistic gymnast
1897–1939 · aged 41
September 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Matija Bravničar
composer
1897–1977 · aged 80
February 24 · 1897
Source: Slovenska biografija
Edward Moore
rower, military personnel
1897–1968 · aged 70
October 20 · 1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Johan Carp
skipper, sailor
1897–1962 · aged 65
January 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Anna-Lisa Baude
actor
1897–1968 · aged 70
September 25 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Timofey Vasilyev
jurist
1897–1939 · aged 42
March 3 · 1897
No external source identified
Everett Bradley
pentathlete, athletics competitor
1897–1969 · aged 72
May 19 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Willen Dick
Nordic combined skier, ski jumper
1897–1980
September 10 · 1897
No external source identified
Erik Bohlin
sport cyclist, motorcycle racer
1897–1977 · aged 80
June 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Dragutin Friedrich
association football player, tennis player
1897–1980 · aged 83
January 5 · 1897
Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Henry Kaltenbrunn
sport cyclist
1897–1971 · aged 73
May 15 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Xavier Eluère
boxer
1897–1967 · aged 69
September 8 · 1897
Source: birth certificate
Hendrika van Rumt
artistic gymnast
1897–1985 · aged 87
August 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Erwin Righter
basketball coach, basketball player
1897–1985 · aged 88
March 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Gunnar Holmberg
association football player
1897–1975 · aged 78
May 6 · 1897
Source: svenskagravar.se
Yi Tso-lin
linguist, pedagogue
1897–1945 · aged 47
July 19 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Giuseppe Novello
illustrator, painter
1897–1988 · aged 90
July 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Aghasadyg Garaybeyli
actor
1897–1988 · aged 91
March 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Leslie Savage
swimmer
1897–1979 · aged 82
March 16 · 1897
Source: olympedia.org
Martin Hindorff
skipper, sailor
1897–1969 · aged 71
March 30 · 1897
No external source identified
Paul Schmiedlin
association football player
1897–1981 · aged 84
June 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Ruggero Ferrario
sport cyclist
1897–1976 · aged 78
October 7 · 1897
Source: firstcycling.com
Edward Graff
rugby union player
1897–1954 · aged 56
August 20 · 1897
No external source identified
Ester Roeck-Hansen
actor
1897–1987 · aged 89
August 12 · 1897
Source: IMDb
Fritz Hünenberger
weightlifter
1897–1976 · aged 79
March 14 · 1897
No external source identified
Vladimir Vinek
association football player
1897–1945
December 3 · 1897
No external source identified
Myroslava Sopilka
writer, poet
1897–1937 · aged 40
August 29 · 1897
No external source identified
Hans Granfelt
athletics competitor, fencer
1897–1963 · aged 65
October 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Antonina Pojarkova
botanist, paleobotanist
1897–1980
1897
Source: Vladimir Komarov and the authors of “Flora of the USSR”
Mezzi Andreossi
ice hockey player
1897–1958 · aged 61
June 30 · 1897
No external source identified
James Walker
sport cyclist
1897–date unavailable
1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Anselm Ahlfors
amateur wrestler
1897–1974 · aged 76
December 29 · 1897
No external source identified
André Muffang
chess player
1897–1989 · aged 91
July 25 · 1897
Source: Roglo
Etelvina Villanueva y Saavedra
writer, poet
1897–1969
October 8 · 1897
No external source identified
Xaver Affentranger
ski jumper, cross-country skier
1897–1971 · aged 73
December 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Gösta Bengtsson
sailor, skipper
1897–1984 · aged 86
July 25 · 1897
No external source identified
Philippe Van Volckxsom
rower, ice hockey player
1897–1939 · aged 42
May 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Bernhard Rein
association football player, association football coach
1897–1976 · aged 78
November 19 · 1897
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Georg Brunner
field hockey player
1897–1959 · aged 61
December 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Percy Bryant
bobsledder
1897–1960 · aged 62
June 12 · 1897
Source: olympedia.org
Henry Johansson
ice hockey player
1897–1979 · aged 81
September 23 · 1897
No external source identified
Väinö Penttala
amateur wrestler
1897–1976 · aged 79
January 16 · 1897
No external source identified
George Parker
athletics competitor
1897–1974 · aged 76
November 19 · 1897
Source: olympedia.org
Jerzy Zabielski
fencer, military officer
1897–1958 · aged 61
March 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Gonzalo Delgrás
film director, screenwriter
1897–1984 · aged 87
October 3 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Erik Charpentier
artistic gymnast, athletics competitor
1897–1978 · aged 80
August 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Ethel Seymour
artistic gymnast
1897–1963 · aged 66
March 6 · 1897
Source: Olympedia
Domien Jacob
artistic gymnast
1897–1984 · aged 87
June 8 · 1897
No external source identified
François Claessens
artistic gymnast
1897–1971 · aged 73
October 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Niels Otto Møller
sailor
1897–1966 · aged 68
November 7 · 1897
No external source identified
Caesar Mannelli
rugby union player, engineer
1897–1936 · aged 38
July 7 · 1897
No external source identified
José Navarro
military personnel, equestrian
1897–1974 · aged 77
December 8 · 1897
Source: Roglo
Anthonij Guépin
lawyer, skipper
1897–1964
May 2 · 1897
No external source identified
Bruno Boche
field hockey player
1897–1972 · aged 74
May 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Henri Dulieux
fencer
1897–1982 · aged 85
May 10 · 1897
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Curt Sjöberg
competitive diver, artistic gymnast
1897–1948 · aged 51
January 26 · 1897
No external source identified
Arnold Bögli
amateur wrestler
Born 1897
May 30 · 1897
No external source identified
José de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez
military personnel
1897–1920 · aged 22
December 24 · 1897
Source: Roglo
Józef Trenkwald
equestrian, military officer
1897–1956 · aged 59
August 14 · 1897
No external source identified
Albert Wyckmans
sport cyclist
1897–1995 · aged 97
September 12 · 1897
Source: olympedia.org
Emily Machnow
swimmer
1897–1974 · aged 77
September 1 · 1897
No external source identified
Åke Häger
artistic gymnast
1897–1968 · aged 70
July 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Noël Delberghe
water polo player, swimmer
1897–1965 · aged 67
December 25 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Sjöberg
sailor, skipper
1897–1978 · aged 80
July 14 · 1897
No external source identified
Charles Lacquehay
sport cyclist, track cyclist
1897–1975 · aged 77
November 4 · 1897
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Gustave Wuyts*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
May 29 · 1897
Source: Tilastopaja
Koto Okubo
1897–2013 · aged 115
December 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Karel Schummelketel
event rider
1897–1981 · aged 83
September 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Alphonse Higelin
artistic gymnast
1897–1981 · aged 84
April 26 · 1897
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Svend Madsen
artistic gymnast
1897–1990 · aged 93
March 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Jean Bayard
rugby union player
1897–1995 · aged 97
October 23 · 1897
Source: deces.matchid.io
Lauritz Schmidt
sailor
1897–1970 · aged 73
May 1 · 1897
Source: historical register of persons
Gheorghe Benția
rugby union player
Born 1897
July 1 · 1897
Source: Olympedia
Wojciech Ruszkowski
actor, film actor
1897–1976 · aged 79
May 29 · 1897
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Antoine Rebetez
artistic gymnast
1897–1980
1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Arne Jørgensen
artistic gymnast
1897–1989 · aged 91
July 15 · 1897
No external source identified
Frede Hansen
artistic gymnast
1897–1979 · aged 82
April 5 · 1897
No external source identified
Joseph Koetz
association football player
1897–1976 · aged 79
May 29 · 1897
No external source identified
Gustaf Hagelin
event rider
1897–1983 · aged 86
October 5 · 1897
Source: Sveriges dödbok 1860–2017
Bengt Mohrberg
artistic gymnast
1897–1968 · aged 71
June 1 · 1897
Source: sok.riksarkivet.se
Per Gulbrandsen
rower
1897–1963 · aged 66
July 18 · 1897
Source: historical register of persons
Ferdinando Mandrini
artistic gymnast, athletics competitor
1897–1980 · aged 83
June 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Georges Berger
artistic gymnast
1897–1952 · aged 55
May 1 · 1897
Source: birth certificate
Aage Walther
artistic gymnast
1897–1961 · aged 64
April 21 · 1897
No external source identified
Frands Faber
field hockey player
1897–1933 · aged 36
June 22 · 1897
No external source identified
Peder Møller*
artistic gymnast
Date disputed
February 28 · 1897
Source: web.archive.org
Gerd Strantzen
field hockey player
1897–1958 · aged 60
December 12 · 1897
No external source identified
Georges Lecointe
rower
1897–1932 · aged 34
August 6 · 1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Louis Gressier
rower
1897–1959 · aged 61
May 12 · 1897
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Ali Shaukat
field hockey player
1897–1960 · aged 62
October 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Henry Ljungmann
ski jumper, Nordic combined skier
Born 1897
December 3 · 1897
No external source identified
Jan Koutný
artistic gymnast
1897–1976 · aged 79
June 24 · 1897
Source: Records of persons of interest
Ernest Lespinasse
artistic gymnast
1897–1927 · aged 30
October 20 · 1897
Source: birth certificate
Karl Heinrich Waggerl
screenwriter, writer
1897–1973 · aged 75
December 10 · 1897
Source: Munzinger Personen
Pyotr Glukhov*
writer
Date disputed
December 25 · 1897
Source: Chuvash encyclopedia
Ivan Mykytenko
opinion journalist, playwright
1897–1937
September 6 · 1897
Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine

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