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
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
5
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
6
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
9
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
10
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
11
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
12
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
13
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
14
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
15
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
16
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
17
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
18
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
19
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
20
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
21
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
22
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
23
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
25
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
26
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
27
Fredric March (1897-1975)
28
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
29
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
30
Frank Luke (1897-1918)
War Hero
31
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
32
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
33
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
34
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
35
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
36
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
37
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
38
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
39
Joseph Freeman (1897-1955)
Journalist
40
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
41
John W. Galbreath (1897-1988)
42
William Samuel Stephenson (1897-1989)
43
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
44
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
45
Hope Hampton (1897-1982)
46
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
47
Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943)
Stage Actor
48
Years