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.
Anthony Eden12th June, British
Prime Minister of UK
Amelia Earhart24th July, American
Aviator, Pilot
Subhas Chandra Bose23rd January, Indian
Lucky Luciano11th November, American
Gangster
Joseph Goebbels29th October, German
German Nazi politician
Elijah Muhammad7th October, American
Religious Leader
William Faulkner25th September, American
Writer, Nobel Laureate
Moe Howard19th June, American
Actor
Frank Capra18th May, Italian, American
Film Director
Enid Blyton11th August, British
Writer
Pope Paul VI26th September, Italian
Pope
Aneurin Bevan15th November, Welsh
Former Secretary of State for Health
Wilhelm Reich24th March, Austrian
Psychoanalyst
Marian Anderson27th February, American
Singer
Irène Joliot-Curie12th September, French
Chemist
Lester B. Pearson23rd April, Canadian
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Dorothy Day8th November, American
Fredric March31st August, American
Actor
Marion Davies3rd January, American
Actress
Edith Head28th October, American
Costume Designer
Jiroemon Kimura19th April, Japanese
Oldest Living Male Recorded in History
Walter Winchell7th April, American
Journalist, Radio Personality
Louise Tracy31st July, American
Founder of The John Tracy Clinic
Janaki Ammal30th November, Indian
Botanist
Marcel Petiot17th January, French
Serial Killer
Charles Kingsford Smith9th February, Australian
Aviator
Ettore Boiardi22nd October, Italian, American
Chef, Restaurateur
Nirad C. Chaudhuri23rd November, Indian
Indian writer
Patrick Blackett18th November, British
Physicist
John Cockcroft27th May, British
Physicist
John Franklin Enders10th February, American
The Father of Modern Vaccines
Tadeusz Reichstein20th July, Polish
Chemist
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Enid Lyons9th July, Australian
Politician
Betty Compson19th March, American
Actress
Odd Hassel17th May, Norwegian
Chemist
Elisabeth Bergner22nd August, British
Actress
Georg Wittig16th June, German
Organic Chemist
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish9th November, British
Chemist
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero16th July, Paraguayan
Poet
Dr Zakir Husain8th February, Indian
Former President of India
John Dean2nd September, British
Actor
Vito Genovese27th November, American
Drug trafficker
Jack Haley10th August, American
Vaudevillian
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia10th June, Russian
Politician, Nurse
Walter Pidgeon23rd September, Canadian, American
Actor, Singer, Stage actor, Television actor,
Joe Profaci2nd October, American
Entrepreneur
Georges Bataille10th September, French
Philosopher, Librarian, Poet, Novelist, Writer,
Teddy Hart25th September, American
Actor
John Laurie25th March, Scottish
Actor
Margaret Chase Smith14th December, American
Politician
Herman J. Mankiewicz7th November, American
Screenwriter, Film producer, Journalist
Emil Maurice19th January, German
Politician
Louis Buchalter6th February, American
Mobster
Pola Negri3rd January, Polish, American
Actress
Judith Anderson10th February, Australian
stage actor, film actor
Gene Tunney25th May, American
Boxer
Blind Willie Johnson22nd January, American
Musician, Singer, Guitarist
Gordon Allport11th November, American
Psychologist, Academic, University teacher,
Ivan Konev16th December, Russian
officer
Kurt Daluege15th September, German
Officer, Politician
Ludwig Erhard4th February, German
Economist, Politician, University teacher
Sidney Bechet14th May, American
Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Paavo Nurmi13th June, Finnish
Long-distance runner, Marathon runner, Athletics
Hasso von Manteuffel14th January, German
Politician, Officer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold29th May, Austrian, Czech, American
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Film score composer
Hans Speidel28th October, German
Career soldier, Military personnel
Otto Strasser10th September, German
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Karl-Otto Koch2nd August, German
Officer, Torturer
Kurt Schuschnigg14th December, Austrian, Italian
Politician
Choudhry Rahmat Ali16th November, Pakistani
Politician
Paul Ricca14th November, American
mobster
Karl Gebhardt23rd November, German
Surgeon, Torturer, University teacher
Henry Cowell11th March, American
Composer, Musicologist, Music theorist, Pianist
Douglas Sirk26th April, Danish
Film director
Ferenc Szálasi6th January, Armenian, Hungarian
Political leader, Prime Minister
J. P. Guilford7th March, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Wilfred Bion8th September, British
Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, Psychologist
Plaek Phibunsongkhram14th July, Thai
Politician, Military personnel
Agustín Lara30th October, Mexican
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter
William Stephenson23rd January, Canadian
Boxer
Kenneth Burke5th May, American
Philosopher, Literary critic, University teacher,
Hugh D. Auchincloss15th August, American
Officer, Stockbroker, Lawyer
Adolf Heusinger4th August, German
Officer
Edmund Heines21st July, German
Politician
Louis Aragon3rd October, French
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
Hans Baur19th June, German
Aviator, Military personnel
Benjamin Lee Whorf24th April, American
Anthropologist, Linguist
Fletcher Henderson18th December, American
American bandleader
Gershom Scholem5th December, Israeli
Philosopher, Librarian, Historian, Educationist,
John Bagot Glubb16th April, British
Engineer, Officer
Arthur Greiser22nd January, German
Politician
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