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
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
6
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013)
Supercentenarian
7
Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985)
Chef
8
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980)
Non-Fiction Author
9
Frank Capra (1897-1991)
Director
10
Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945)
11
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Country Singer
12
Rhys Williams (1897-1969)
13
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975)
14
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
15
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
Chemist
16
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Religious Leader
17
Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918)
Duchess
18
Nick Lucas (1897-1982)
Guitarist
19
John Gilbert (1897-1936)
20
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Novelist
21
Zenta Maurina (1897-1978)
Essayist
22
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
23
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Movie Actress
24
Died in 1897
Birthdays by Month
Ruth Etting (1897-1978)
Pop Singer
25
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
26
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
27
Fredric March (1897-1975)
28
Hope Hampton (1897-1982)
29
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Stage Actress
30
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
31
Gene Tunney (1897-1978)
Boxer
32
Michael Joseph (1897-1958)
33
Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977)
Screenwriter
34
Frano Krsinic (1897-1982)
Sculptor
35
Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984)
36
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Civil Rights Leader
37
Jerome Cowan (1897-1972)
38
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
39
Frank Luke (1897-1918)
War Hero
40
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
41
Armstrong Sperry (1897-1976)
42
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Composer
43
Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Poet
44
Bull Connor (1897-1973)
45
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Playwright
46
Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)
47
John Laurie (1897-1980)
TV Actor
48
Years
