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
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
5
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
6
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
9
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
10
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
11
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
12
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
13
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
14
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
15
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
16
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
17
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
18
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
19
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
20
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
21
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
22
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
23
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
25
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
Novelist
26
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
27
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
28
Judith Anderson (1897-1992)
29
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
30
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
31
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
32
Frano Krsinic (1897-1982)
Sculptor
33
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963)
Religious Author
34
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
35
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
36
Hope Hampton (1897-1982)
37
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
38
Fredric March (1897-1975)
39
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
40
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
41
John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)
Painter
42
Jim Londos (1897-1975)
Wrestler
43
Milward L. Simpson (1897-1993)
44
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
45
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
46
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
47
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
48
Years