Amelia Earhart
Pilot
1
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
2
Moe Howard (1897-1975)
Movie Actor
3
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Politician
4
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
5
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
6
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
7
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
8
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
9
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
10
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
11
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
12
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
13
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
14
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
15
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
16
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
17
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
18
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
19
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
20
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
21
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
22
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
23
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
25
Fredric March (1897-1975)
26
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
27
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
28
Frank Luke (1897-1918)
War Hero
29
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
30
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
31
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
32
Gene Tunney (1897-1978)
Boxer
33
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
34
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
35
John Laurie (1897-1980)
TV Actor
36
Edgard Colle (1897-1932)
Chess Player
37
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
38
Nathan Farragut Twining (1897-1982)
39
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
40
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
41
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
42
William Samuel Stephenson (1897-1989)
43
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
44
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
45
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
46
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
47
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
48
Years
