Amelia Earhart
Pilot
1
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Children's Author
2
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
Politician
3
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
4
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
Opera Singer
5
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
6
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
Movie Actor
7
Moe Howard (1897-1975)
8
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
9
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
10
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
11
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
12
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
13
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
14
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
15
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
16
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
17
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
18
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
19
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
20
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
21
Ivan Konev (1897-1973)
War Hero
22
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
23
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
Novelist
25
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
26
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
27
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
28
Fredric March (1897-1975)
29
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
30
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
31
Judith Anderson (1897-1992)
32
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
33
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
34
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
35
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963)
Religious Author
36
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
37
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
38
Betty Compson (1897-1974)
39
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
40
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
41
Henry Kendall (1897-1962)
42
Nanak Singh (1897-1971)
43
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
44
Hope Emerson (1897-1960)
45
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
46
Frano Krsinic (1897-1982)
Sculptor
47
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
48
Years
