Famous People Born In 1897

• William Faulkner

  Author

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Marian Anderson

  Singer

  Pennsylvania, united states of America

• Anthony Eden

  Politician

  England, United Kingdom

• Fredric March

  Actor

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• John Cockcroft

  Physicist

  West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Enid Lyons

  Politician

  Tasmania, Australia

• Lucky Luciano

  Gangster

  Palermo, Italy

• Irène Joliot-Curie

  Chemist

  France

• Manuel Ortiz Guerrero

  Poet

  Guaira Department, Paraguay

• Georg Wittig

  Chemist

  Berlin, Germany

• Walter Winchell

  Journalist

  New York, United States of America

• Charles Kingsford Smith

  Aviator

  Queensland, Australia

• Odd Hassel

  Chemist

  Norway

• Betty Compson

  Actress

  Utah, United States of America

• Enid Blyton

  Author

  London, United Kingdom

• Aneurin Bevan

  Politician

  Wales, United Kingdom

• Subhas Chandra Bose

  Military Leader

  Orissa, India

• Moe Howard

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Frank Capra

  Film Director

  Sicily, Italy

• Amelia Earhart

  Aviator

  Kansas, United States of America

• Benjamin Lee Whorf

  Engineer

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• John Franklin Enders

  Scientist

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Lester B. Pearson

  Politician

  Ontario, Canada

• Patrick Blackett

  Physicist

  London, United Kingdom

• Bud Abbott

  Actor

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Tadeusz Reichstein

  Chemist

  Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland

• Thornton Wilder

  Author

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• Joseph Goebbels

  War Criminal

  Monchengladbach, Germany

• Elijah Muhammad

  Politician

  Georgia, United States of America

• Vito Genovese

  Criminal

  Naples, Italy

• Edith Head

  Fashion Designer

  California, united states of America

• Blind Willie Johnson

  Singer

  Texas, United States of America

• Wilhelm Reich

  Psychoanalyst

  Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

• Herman J. Mankiewicz

  Screenwriter

  New York, United States of America

• Bull Connor

  Politician

  Alabama, United States Of America

• Jack "Legs" Diamond

  Murderer

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Fletcher Henderson

  Pianist

  Georgia, United States of America

• Margaret Chase Smith

  Politician

  Maine, United States of America

• Henry Cowell

  Composer

  California, United States Of America

• Jimmie Rodgers

  Singer

  Mississippi, United States Of America

• Dorothy Day

  Activist

  New York, united states of America

• Dorothy Arzner

  Director

  California, united states of America