Amelia Earhart
Pilot
1
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
2
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
3
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Politician
4
Moe Howard (1897-1975)
Movie Actor
5
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
6
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
9
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
10
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
11
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
12
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
13
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
14
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
15
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
16
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
17
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
18
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
19
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
20
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
21
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
22
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
23
Hope Hampton (1897-1982)
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
25
Judith Anderson (1897-1992)
26
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
27
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
28
Fredric March (1897-1975)
29
Henry Kendall (1897-1962)
30
Koto Okubo (1897-2013)
31
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
32
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
33
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
34
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
35
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
36
John Laurie (1897-1980)
TV Actor
37
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
38
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
39
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
40
Frano Krsinic (1897-1982)
Sculptor
41
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963)
Religious Author
42
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
43
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
44
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
45
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
46
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
47
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
48
Years
