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
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
9
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
10
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
11
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
12
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
13
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
14
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
15
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
16
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
17
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
18
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
19
Henry Kendall (1897-1962)
20
Fredric March (1897-1975)
21
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
22
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
23
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
24
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
25
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
26
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
27
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
28
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
29
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
30
Judith Anderson (1897-1992)
31
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
32
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
33
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
34
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
35
Joseph Freeman (1897-1955)
Journalist
36
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
37
Henri Story (1897-1944)
38
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
39
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
40
Ruth Pitter (1897-1992)
41
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
42
Bessie Jackson (1897-1948)
Blues Singer
43
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
44
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
45
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
46
John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)
Painter
47
Eric Knight (1897-1943)
48
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Died in 1897
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