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In the year 1897
647 Notable birthdays
August Heissmeyer
Leading member of the ss (1897-1979).
Born January 11th, 1897 in Aerzen.
Died January 16th, 1979 at 82 years old in Schwäbisch Hall.
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
English physical chemist (1897-1967).
Born June 19th, 1897 in London.
Died October 9th, 1967 at 70 years old in London.
Georg Wittig
German chemist (1979 nobel prize).
Born June 16th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died August 26th, 1987 at 90 years old in Heidelberg.
Alberto Cavalcanti
Brazilian film director (1897–1982).
Born February 6th, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 85 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Otto Struve
Baltic german astronomer.
Born August 12th, 1897 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1963 at 65 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Yeghishe Charents
Armenian poet (1897–1937).
Born March 25th, 1897 in Kars.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 40 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
U.s. army general, diplomat.
Born December 17th, 1897 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1961 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Tarjei Vesaas
Norwegian author.
Born August 20th, 1897 in Vinje. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1970 at 72 years old in Rikshospitalet. [ref]
Horace McCoy
American writer (1897–1955).
Born April 14th, 1897 in Pegram.
Died December 16th, 1955 at 58 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Mukhtar Auezov
Kazakh writer.
Born September 28th, 1897 in Russian Empire.
Died June 27th, 1961 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Zhou Fohai
Chinese politician (1897–1948).
Born May 29th, 1897 in Yuanling County. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1948 at 50 years old in Nanjing Prison. [ref]
Louise Bogan
American poet (1897-1970).
Born August 11th, 1897 in Livermore Falls. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1970 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ali Dashti
Iranian politician (1897-1982).
Born March 31st, 1897 in Karbala.
Died January 16th, 1982 at 84 years old in Tehran.
Milton Young
American politician (1897-1983).
Born December 6th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died May 31st, 1983 at 85 years old in Sun City.
James Parrott
American actor and director.
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1939 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fletcher Pratt
American military historian and fantasy writer (1897–1956).
Born April 25th, 1897 in Buffalo.
Died June 11th, 1956 at 59 years old in Long Branch (cancer).
Emil Leon Post
Polish-born american logician (1897–1954).
Born February 11th, 1897 in Augustów. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1954 at 57 years old in New York City. [ref]
Max-Josef Pemsel
German general (1897–1985).
Born January 15th, 1897 in Regensburg.
Died June 30th, 1985 at 88 years old in Ulm. [ref]
Archduke Albrecht Franz, Hereditary Duke of Teschen
Austrian archduke (1897-1955).
Born July 24th, 1897 in Vienna.
Died July 23rd, 1955 at 57 years old in Buenos Aires.
Richard Hildebrandt
Ss general (1897-1952).
Born March 13th, 1897 in Worms. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1951 at 53 years old in Bydgoszcz (hanging to death).
John Lighton Synge
Irish physicist and author (1897-1995).
Born March 23rd, 1897 in Dublin.
Died March 30th, 1995 at 98 years old in Dublin.
Gaspar Cassadó
Catalan cellist and composer (1897–1966).
Born October 5th, 1897 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1966 at 69 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Salomon Smolianoff
Jewish painter and counterfeiter and holocaust survivor involved in operation bernhard.
Born March 26th, 1897 in Poltava, Kremenchuk. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1976 at 79 years old in Porto Alegre.
Florence Barbara Seibert
American biochemist (1897–1991).
Born October 6th, 1897 in Easton.
Died August 23rd, 1991 at 93 years old in St. Petersburg.
Mary Ellis
American opera singer (1897-2003).
Born June 15th, 1897 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 30th, 2003 at 105 years old in London.
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