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
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
6
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
7
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
8
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
9
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
10
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
11
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
12
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
13
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
14
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
15
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
16
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
17
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
18
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
19
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
20
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
21
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
22
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
23
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
Movie Actress
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
25
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
26
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
27
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
28
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
29
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
30
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
31
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
32
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
33
Jim Londos (1897-1975)
Wrestler
34
Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943)
Stage Actor
35
Gordon Allport (1897-1967)
36
Sam Chatmon (1897-1983)
37
Gene Tunney (1897-1978)
Boxer
38
Fredric March (1897-1975)
39
Judith Anderson (1897-1992)
40
Ivan Konev (1897-1973)
War Hero
41
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
42
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
43
Frank Luke (1897-1918)
44
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
45
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
46
Henry Kendall (1897-1962)
47
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
48
Years