{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Mar 25 In the year 1897 birth of john Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)  

Mar 27 In the year 1897 birth of ... Hartree, mathematician  

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of carlo Mierendorff, German politician/anti-fascist  

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

Apr 01 In the year 1897 birth of willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)  

Apr 04 Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)  

Apr 07 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS] was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables) was born on this day in history.  

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 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist was born in the year 1897.  

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

Apr 14 On this day in history birth of barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader  

Apr 14 Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 16 In the year 1897 birth of arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer  

Apr 16 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 16 John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 17 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 17 Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)  

Apr 18 Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12] was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 19 On this day in history birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor  

Apr 19 In the year 1897 birth of peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)  

Apr 19 Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 20 On this day in history birth of bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)  

Apr 20 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of harold French, director (Encore)/actor  

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of john Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)  

Apr 23 Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)  

Apr 24 Gyorgy Kosa, composer was born in the year 1897.  

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Jan 12 On this day in history death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30 John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.  

Feb 01 Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 06 On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

Feb 07 Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68