Amelia Earhart
Pilot
1
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
2
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Politician
3
Moe Howard (1897-1975)
Movie Actor
4
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
5
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
6
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
7
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
8
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
9
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
10
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
11
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
12
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
13
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
14
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
15
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
16
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
17
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
18
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
19
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
20
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
21
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
22
Fredric March (1897-1975)
23
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
25
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
26
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
27
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
28
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
29
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
30
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
31
Nanak Singh (1897-1971)
32
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
33
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
34
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
35
Ivan Konev (1897-1973)
War Hero
36
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
37
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
38
Bessie Jackson (1897-1948)
Blues Singer
39
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
40
Eric Knight (1897-1943)
41
Hope Hampton (1897-1982)
42
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
43
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
44
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
45
Gene Tunney (1897-1978)
Boxer
46
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
47
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
48
Years