{--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 ... Hartree, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 In the year 1897 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 Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 04 Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 08 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 16 In the year 1897 birth of jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)  

Apr 16 John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1897.  

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

Apr 19 In the year 1897 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 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 Harold French, director (Encore)/actor was born in the year 1897.  

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

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

Apr 23 On this day in history birth of lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)  

Apr 24 In the year 1897 birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)  

Apr 24 In the year 1897 birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer  

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Jan 12 In the year 1897 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 On this day in history hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

Feb 06 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.  

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

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

Feb 23 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.