Amelia Earhart
Pilot
1
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
2
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Politician
3
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
Movie Actor
4
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
5
Moe Howard (1897-1975)
6
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
7
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
8
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
9
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
10
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
11
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
12
Yi Un (1897-1970)
Prince
13
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
14
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
15
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
16
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
17
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
18
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
19
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
20
Fredric March (1897-1975)
21
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
22
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
23
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
24
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
25
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
26
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
27
Henry Kendall (1897-1962)
28
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
29
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
30
Hope Emerson (1897-1960)
31
John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)
Painter
32
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
33
John Laurie (1897-1980)
TV Actor
34
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
35
Lee Morse (1897-1954)
Jazz Singer
36
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
37
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
38
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
39
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
40
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
41
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
42
Koto Okubo (1897-2013)
43
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
44
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
45
Nathan Farragut Twining (1897-1982)
War Hero
46
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
47
Joseph Freeman (1897-1955)
Journalist
48
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Died in 1897
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