Born in 1897

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• 1897–1962Georges BatailleFrench intellectual and literary figureSeptember 10
• 1897–1965Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of HarewoodBritish princessApril 25
• 1897–1972Lester B. PearsonPrime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968April 23
• 1897–1918Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of RussiaSecond daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of RussiaJune 10
• 1897–1977Ludwig ErhardChancellor of West Germany from 1963 to 1966February 4
• 1897–2013Jiroemon KimuraJapanese supercentenarianApril 19
• 1897–1969Zakir HusainPresident of India from 1967 to 1969February 8
• 1897–1975Elijah MuhammadAfrican American religious leaderOctober 7
• 1897–1993Marian AndersonAfrican-American contraltoFebruary 27
• 1897–1980Dorothy DayAmerican Catholic and social activistNovember 8
• 1897–1975Thornton WilderAmerican playwright and novelistApril 17
• 1897–1974Bud AbbottAmerican comedian and actorOctober 2
• 1897–1977Kurt SchuschniggChancellor of Austria from 1934 to 1938December 14
• 1897–1961Marion DaviesAmerican actressJanuary 3
• 1897–1964Plaek PhibunsongkhramFascist Prime Minister of Thailand (1938–1944; 1948–1957)July 14
• 1897–1992Judith AndersonAustralian stage and screen actressFebruary 10
• 1897–1984Walter PidgeonCanadian-American actorSeptember 23
• 1897–1974Patrick BlackettBritish physicistNovember 18
• 1897–1981Edith HeadAmerican costume designerOctober 28
• 1897–1979Jack HaleyAmerican actorAugust 10
• 1897–1990Yun Po-sunPresident of South Korea from 1960 to 1962August 26
• 1897–1973Paavo NurmiFinnish middle and long distance runnerJune 13
• 1897–1975Moe HowardAmerican comedian and actorJune 19
• 1897–1960Aneurin BevanWelsh politicianNovember 15
• 1897–1982Louis AragonFrench poetOctober 3
• 1897–1987Douglas SirkGerman film directorApril 26
• 1897–1933Jimmie RodgersAmerican country singerSeptember 8
• 1897–1978Hasso von ManteuffelGerman generalJanuary 14
• 1897–1995Margaret Chase SmithAmerican politicianDecember 14
• 1897–1957Erich Wolfgang KorngoldAustrian-born American composer and conductorMay 29
• 1897–1945Karl-Otto KochGerman SS officerAugust 2
• 1897–1959Sidney BechetAmerican jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composerMay 14
• 1897–1972Walter WinchellAmerican gossip reporterApril 7
• 1897–1986Ye JianyingChinese communist leader and politicianApril 28
• 1897–1967John CockcroftBritish physicistMay 27
• 1897–1982Ivan BagramyanMarshal of the Soviet UnionDecember 2
• 1897–1955Manuel Ávila CamachoPresident of Mexico from 1940 to 1946April 24
• 1897–1948Karl GebhardtGerman physician, war criminal, SS-GruppenführerNovember 23
• 1897–1953Herman J. MankiewiczAmerican screenwriterNovember 7
• 1897–1963Fazlollah ZahediIranian politicianSeptember 2
• 1897–1990Norbert EliasGerman British sociologistJune 22
• 1897–1978Gene TunneyAmerican professional boxerMay 25
• 1897–1941Benjamin Lee WhorfAmerican linguistApril 24
• 1897–1946Marcel PetiotFrench serial killerJanuary 17
• 1897–1987Hermione GingoldEnglish actressDecember 9
• 1897–1982Gershom ScholemIsraeli philosopher and historianDecember 5
• 1897–1984Hans SpeidelGerman military officerOctober 28
• 1897–1970Agustín LaraMexican composerOctober 30
• 1897–1987Rouben MamoulianAmerican film and theatre directorOctober 8
• 1897–1977Sepp HerbergerGerman football player and managerMarch 28
• 1897–1965Chen ChengChinese politician and generalJanuary 4
• 1897–1981Nisargadatta MaharajIndian guruApril 17
• 1897–1987Einar GerhardsenPrime minister of Norway (1945–1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965)May 10
• 1897–1927Ram Prasad BismilIndian revolutionary, poet & writerJune 11
• 1897–1985John Franklin EndersAmerican medical researcherFebruary 10
• 1897–1965Henry CowellAmerican composerMarch 11
• 1897–1937Yeghishe CharentsArmenian poet, writer and public activistMarch 13
• 1897–1994Paul DelvauxBelgian painterSeptember 23
• 1897–1973Memphis MinnieAmerican blues guitarist and singer-songwriterJune 3
• 1897–1951Choudhry Rahmat AliMuslim nationalist activistNovember 16