Famous People Born In 1897
Discover the most famous people born in 1897. The list includes people like Subhas Chandra Bose, Joseph Goebbels, Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Day, Lucky Luciano and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, journalists and novelists born in 1897. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
Amelia Earhart24th July, American
Aviator, Pilot
Joseph Goebbels29th October, German
German Nazi politician
Anthony Eden12th June, British
Prime Minister of UK
Lucky Luciano11th November, American
Gangster
Subhas Chandra Bose23rd January, Indian
Elijah Muhammad7th October, American
Religious Leader
Moe Howard19th June, American
Actor
William Faulkner25th September, American
Writer, Nobel Laureate
Walter Winchell7th April, American
Journalist, Radio Personality
Enid Blyton11th August, British
Writer
Pope Paul VI26th September, Italian
Pope
Edith Head28th October, American
Costume Designer
Aneurin Bevan15th November, Welsh
Former Secretary of State for Health
Wilhelm Reich24th March, Austrian
Psychoanalyst
Irène Joliot-Curie12th September, French
Chemist
Marion Davies3rd January, American
Actress
Frank Capra18th May, Italian, American
Film Director
Dorothy Day8th November, American
Herman J. Mankiewicz7th November, American
Screenwriter
Fredric March31st August, American
Actor
Jiroemon Kimura19th April, Japanese
Oldest Living Male Recorded in History
Ivan Konev28th December, Russian
General
Marian Anderson27th February, American
Singer
Georges Bataille10th September, French
Philosopher
Lester B. Pearson23rd April, Canadian
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Joe Profaci2nd October, Italian, American
Mafia Boss
Marcel Petiot17th January, French
Serial Killer
Louise Tracy31st July, American
Founder of The John Tracy Clinic
Ettore Boiardi22nd October, Italian, American
Chef, Restaurateur
Louis Buchalter6th February, American
Gangster
Charles Kingsford Smith9th February, Australian
Aviator
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John Cockcroft27th May, British
Physicist
Janaki Ammal30th November, Indian
Botanist
Nirad C. Chaudhuri23rd November, Indian
Indian writer
John Franklin Enders10th February, American
The Father of Modern Vaccines
Elisabeth Bergner22nd August, British
Actress
Patrick Blackett18th November, British
Physicist
Betty Compson19th March, American
Actress
Enid Lyons9th July, Australian
Politician
Georg Wittig16th June, German
Organic Chemist
Tadeusz Reichstein20th July, Polish
Chemist
Odd Hassel17th May, Norwegian
Chemist
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish9th November, British
Chemist
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero16th July, Paraguayan
Poet
Dr Zakir Husain8th February, Indian
Former President of India
Vito Genovese27th November, American
Drug trafficker
Jack Haley10th August, American
Vaudevillian
Teddy Hart25th September, American
Actor
Walter Pidgeon23rd September, Canadian, American
Actor, Singer, Stage actor, Television actor,
Bud Abbott2nd October, American
Comedian
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia10th June, Russian
Politician, Nurse
John Laurie25th March, Scottish
Actor
Judith Anderson10th February, Australian
stage actor, film actor
John Dean2nd September, British
Actor
Gene Tunney25th May, American
Boxer
Emil Maurice19th January, German
Politician
Pola Negri3rd January, Polish, American
Actress
Blind Willie Johnson22nd January, American
Musician, Singer, Guitarist
Margaret Chase Smith14th December, American
Politician
Karl-Otto Koch2nd August, German
Military Officer
Sidney Bechet14th May, American
Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Ludwig Erhard4th February, German
Economist, Politician, University teacher
Thornton Wilder17th April, American
Playwright
Paul Ricca14th November, American
mobster
Kurt Schuschnigg14th December, Austrian, Italian
Politician
Erich Wolfgang Korngold29th May, Austrian, Czech, American
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Film score composer
Douglas Sirk26th April, Danish
Film director
Kurt Daluege15th September, German
Officer, Politician
Hasso von Manteuffel14th January, German
Politician, Officer
Hans Speidel28th October, German
Career soldier, Military personnel
Otto Strasser10th September, German
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Gordon Allport11th November, American
Psychologist, Academic, University teacher,
Paavo Nurmi13th June, Finnish
Long-distance runner, Marathon runner, Athletics
Ferenc Szálasi6th January, Armenian, Hungarian
Political leader, Prime Minister
Choudhry Rahmat Ali16th November, Pakistani
Politician
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia24th January, Russian
Prince
Karl Gebhardt23rd November, German
Surgeon, Torturer, University teacher
Plaek Phibunsongkhram14th July, Thai
Politician
Fletcher Henderson18th December, American
American bandleader
Edmund Heines21st July, German
Politician
Henry Cowell11th March, American
Composer, Musicologist, Music theorist, Pianist
Agustín Lara30th October, Mexican
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter
Wilfred Bion8th September, British
Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, Psychologist
Hugh D. Auchincloss15th August, American
Officer, Stockbroker, Lawyer
William Stephenson23rd January, Canadian
Boxer
Hans Baur19th June, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Adolf Heusinger4th August, German
Officer
Louis Aragon3rd October, French
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
Robert Redfield4th December, American
Anthropologist
Joseph Darnand19th March, French
Politician
Ye Jianying28th April
Politician
Kenneth Burke5th May, American
Philosopher, Literary critic, University teacher,
J. P. Guilford7th March, American
Psychologist
Mariano Marcos21st April, Filipino
Politician, Lawyer