1897 births

American writer (1897-1962)

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)

American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)

French scientist (1897–1956)

British soldier, diplomat and politician (1897–1977)

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

English author (1897–1968)

first Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

French poet (1897–1982)

British physicist (1897–1967)

14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968 (1897–1972)

British physicist (1897-1974)

Indian nationalist leader (1897-1945)

French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)

Polish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996)

3rd President of India (1897-1969)

2nd President of South Korea (1897-1990)

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Soviet military commander (1897-1973)

English physical chemist (1897-1967)

Armenian poet (1897–1937)

American medical researcher (1897-1985)

American actor (1897–1975)

Polish actress (1897-1987)

Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (1897–1981)

British chemist

African-American contralto (1897–1993)

German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)

American psychologist (1897–1967)

Prime Minister of Thailand, 1938–44 and 1948–57 (1897–1964)

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)

Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)

German sociologist (1897–1990)

Soviet marshal (1897–1955)

Brazilian military leader and politician; former President of Brazil (1900-1967)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1897–1918)

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963

Spanish journalist (1897–1981)

American linguist (1897–1941)

Italian American mobster (1897–1962)

Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946)

Japanese supercentenarian, verified longest–lived man in history (1897–2013)

22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–1987)

American actor, producer and comedian (1897–1974)

52th President of Mexico

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Austrian-born American composer and conductor (1897–1957)

Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)

American mathematician (1897–1965)

American film and theatre director (1897–1987)

Belgian painter (1897-1994)

American jazz musician

German general and politician (1897-1978)

Ukrainian Soviet scientist (1897–1942)

Member of the House of Windsor