Famous People Born in 1897

Famous people born in 1897

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)

American aviator and writer

Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI (1897 - 1978)

Italian Pope

Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose (1897 - 1945)

Indian politician and activist

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels (1897 - 1945)

German politician

Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano (1897 - 1962)

Italian-American mobster

Jiroemon Kimura

Jiroemon Kimura (1897 - 2013)

Japanese super-centenarian

William Faulkner

William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

American author

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad (1897 - 1975)

American religious leader

Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968)

English author

Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson (1897 - 1993)

American singer

Moe Howard

Moe Howard (1897 - 1975)

American actor

Frank Capra

Frank Capra (1897 - 1991)

American producer, director, and writer

Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden (1897 - 1977)

English politician

Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich (1897 - 1957)

Austrian-born psychotherapist

Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day (1897 - 1980)

American journalist and activist

Lester B. Pearson

Lester B. Pearson (1897 - 1972)

Canadian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Lewis Latimer

Lewis Latimer (1897 - 1928)

American inventor

Edith Head

Edith Head (1897 - 1981)

American costume designer

Soong May-ling

Soong May-ling (1897 - 2003)

Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek

Vito Genovese

Vito Genovese (1897 - 1969)

Italian-American mobster

Fredric March

Fredric March (1897 - 1975)

American actor

Marion Davies

Marion Davies (1897 - 1961)

American actress

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott (1897 - 1974)

American comedian and actor

Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960)

Welsh politician

Georges Bataille

Georges Bataille (1897 - 1962)

French philosopher and writer

Pola Negri

Pola Negri (1897 - 1987)

Actress, author, singer

Gordon Allport

Gordon Allport (1897 - 1967)

American phycologist

Dina Manfredini

Dina Manfredini (1897 - 2012)

Italian-American super-centenarian

Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder (1897 - 1975)

American dramatist

Ettore Boiardi

Ettore Boiardi (1897 - 1985)

Chef

Irène Joliot-Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie (1897 - 1956)

French scientist

Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet (1897 - 1959)

American musician

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972)

Journalist, commentator

Gene Tunney

Gene Tunney (1897 - 1978)

United States boxer

Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi (1897 - 1973)

Finnish runner

Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon (1897 - 1982)

French author and poet

Ludwig Erhard

Ludwig Erhard (1897 - 1977)

German politician

Norbert Elias

Norbert Elias (1897 - 1990)

German sociologist

Frank Luke

Frank Luke (1897 - 1918)

American pilot

Lucius D. Clay

Lucius D. Clay (1897 - 1978)

United States general

Manuel Ávila Camacho

Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897 - 1955)

Mexican politician, 45th President of Mexico

Ivan Albright

Ivan Albright (1897 - 1983)

Painter and artist

Cyril Ritchard

Cyril Ritchard (1897 - 1977)

Australian actor

Betty Compson

Betty Compson (1897 - 1974)

Actor

Miles Browning

Miles Browning (1897 - 1954)

American World War II admiral

Alexandre Tansman

Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)

Franco-Polish musician

Armstrong Sperry

Armstrong Sperry (1897 - 1976)

American writer and illustrator

Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan (1897 - 1970)

Poet, critic

Nathan Farragut Twining

Nathan Farragut Twining (1897 - 1982)

United States general

Howard Deering Johnson

Howard Deering Johnson (1897 - 1972)

entrepreneur, restaurant and hotel industry executive

Nanak Singh

Nanak Singh (1897 - 1971)

Indian writer

Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers (1897 - 1933)

American singer and songwriter