Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of john Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)  

Mar 27 ... Hartree, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/anti-fascist was born in the year 1897.  

Mar 28 Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)  

Apr 04 On this day in history birth of pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)  

Apr 07 Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 07 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS] was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 07 In the year 1897 birth of walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)  

Apr 08 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist  

Apr 13 Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 14 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 14 On this day in history birth of claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)  

Apr 16 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of john B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)  

Apr 17 In the year 1897 birth of antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River)  

Apr 17 In the year 1897 birth of harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS]  

Apr 17 Thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 18 In the year 1897 birth of ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]  

Apr 19 In the year 1897 birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor  

Apr 19 On this day in history birth of peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)  

Apr 19 In the year 1897 birth of vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)  

Apr 20 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 20 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 23 On this day in history birth of harold French, director (Encore)/actor  

Apr 23 John Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)  

Apr 23 Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 24 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer  

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Jan 12 Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30 On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies  

Feb 01 In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05 In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

Feb 06 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

Feb 19 In the year 1897 karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81  

Feb 23 On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68