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
Subhas Chandra Bose23rd January, Indian
Joseph Goebbels29th October, German
German Nazi politician
Lucky Luciano11th November, American
Gangster
Anthony Eden12th June, British
Prime Minister of UK
William Faulkner25th September, American
Writer, Nobel Laureate
Elijah Muhammad7th October, American
Religious Leader
Moe Howard19th June, American
Actor
Enid Blyton11th August, British
Writer
Pope Paul VI26th September, Italian
Pope
Wilhelm Reich24th March, Austrian
Psychoanalyst
Irène Joliot-Curie12th September, French
Chemist
Frank Capra18th May, Italian, American
Film Director
Edith Head28th October, American
Costume Designer
Fredric March31st August, American
Actor
Marion Davies3rd January, American
Actress
Lester B. Pearson23rd April, Canadian
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Marian Anderson27th February, American
Singer
Dorothy Day8th November, American
Jiroemon Kimura19th April, Japanese
Oldest Living Male Recorded in History
Aneurin Bevan15th November, Welsh
Former Secretary of State for Health
Walter Winchell7th April, American
Journalist, Radio Personality
Louise Tracy31st July, American
Founder of The John Tracy Clinic
Marcel Petiot17th January, French
Serial Killer
Charles Kingsford Smith9th February, Australian
Aviator
Nirad C. Chaudhuri23rd November, Indian
Indian writer
John Cockcroft27th May, British
Physicist
Janaki Ammal30th November, Indian
Botanist
Dr Zakir Husain8th February, Indian
Former President of India
Enid Lyons9th July, Australian
Politician
John Franklin Enders10th February, American
The Father of Modern Vaccines
Patrick Blackett18th November, British
Physicist
Betty Compson19th March, American
Actress
Elisabeth Bergner22nd August, British
Actress
Georg Wittig16th June, German
Organic Chemist
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Tadeusz Reichstein20th July, Polish
Chemist
Odd Hassel17th May, Norwegian
Chemist
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish9th November, British
Chemist
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero16th July, Paraguayan
Poet
Vito Genovese27th November, American
Drug trafficker
Walter Pidgeon23rd September, Canadian, American
Actor, Singer, Stage actor, Television actor,
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia10th June, Russian
Politician, Nurse
Georges Bataille10th September, French
Philosopher, Librarian, Poet, Novelist, Writer,
Judith Anderson10th February, Australian
stage actor, film actor
Pola Negri3rd January, Polish, American
Actress
Blind Willie Johnson22nd January, American
Musician, Singer, Guitarist
Emil Maurice19th January, German
Politician
Gene Tunney25th May, American
Boxer
A. W. Tozer21st April, American
Author
Sidney Bechet14th May, American
Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Joe Profaci2nd October, American
Entrepreneur
Gordon Allport11th November, American
Psychologist, Academic, University teacher,
Ivan Konev16th December, Russian
officer
Ludwig Erhard4th February, German
Economist, Politician, University teacher
Hans Speidel28th October, German
Career soldier, Military personnel
Kurt Schuschnigg14th December, Austrian, Italian
Politician
Otto Strasser10th September, German
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Kurt Daluege15th September, German
Officer, Politician
Hasso von Manteuffel14th January, German
Politician, Officer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold29th May, Austrian, Czech, American
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Film score composer
Hugh D. Auchincloss15th August, American
Officer, Stockbroker, Lawyer
Paul Ricca14th November, American
mobster
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
Ettore Boiardi22nd October, American
Karl Gebhardt23rd November, German
Surgeon, Torturer, University teacher
Hans Baur19th June, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Plaek Phibunsongkhram14th July, Thai
Politician, Military personnel
Karl-Otto Koch2nd August, German
Officer, Torturer
Henry Cowell11th March, American
Composer, Musicologist, Music theorist, Pianist
J. P. Guilford7th March, American
Psychologist, University teacher
William Stephenson23rd January, Canadian
Boxer
Agustín Lara30th October, Mexican
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter
Adolf Heusinger4th August, German
Officer
Edmund Heines21st July, German
Politician
Herman J. Mankiewicz7th November, American
Screenwriter, Film producer, Journalist
Wilfred Bion8th September, British
Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, Psychologist
Douglas Sirk26th April, Danish
Film director
Fletcher Henderson18th December, American
American bandleader
Benjamin Lee Whorf24th April, American
Anthropologist, Linguist
Kenneth Burke5th May, American
Philosopher, Literary critic, University teacher,
Louis Aragon3rd October, French
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
John Bagot Glubb16th April, British
Engineer, Officer
Gershom Scholem5th December, Israeli
Philosopher, Librarian, Historian, Educationist,
Joseph Darnand19th March, French
Politician
Dorothy Arzner30th November, American
Director
Norbert Elias22nd June, Polish, British
Sociologist
Norbert Elias22nd June, Polish
Sociologist
Ye Jianying28th April
Politician
Margaret Mahler10th May, Hungarian
Psychiatrist, Child psychiatrist
Nils Asther17th January, Danish, Swedish
Stage actor, Film actor
Paul Gallico26th July, American
Journalist, Screenwriter, Novelist, Writer,
Arthur Greiser22nd January, German
Politician
George Szell7th June, Hungarian, American
Conductor, Pianist, Composer, University teacher
Orry-Kelly31st December, Australian, American
Costume designer