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In the year 1897
647 Notable birthdays
Ramdas Gandhi
Gandhi family member (1897-1969).
Born January 2nd, 1897 in Durban.
Died April 14th, 1969 at 72 years old in Mumbai.
Aneurin Bevan
Welsh politician (1897-1960).
Born November 15th, 1897 in Tredegar.
Died July 6th, 1960 at 62 years old in Asheridge Farmhouse (stomach cancer).
Lester B. Pearson
14th prime minister of canada, from 1963 to 1968 (1897–1972).
Born April 23rd, 1897 in Toronto.
Died December 27th, 1972 at 75 years old in Ottawa (liver cancer).
Georges Bataille
French intellectual and literary figure.
Born September 10th, 1897 in Billom.
Died July 9th, 1962 at 64 years old in Paris (arteriosclerosis).
Emil Maurice
German officer (1897-1972).
Born January 19th, 1897 in Westermoor.
Died February 6th, 1972 at 75 years old in Munich.
Ram Prasad Bismil
Revolutionary, poet & writer.
Born June 11th, 1897 in Shahjahanpur.
Died December 19th, 1927 at 30 years old in Gorakhpur (hanging). [ref]
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
British army officer and peer (1897-1972).
Born September 18th, 1897 in London.
Died March 11th, 1972 at 74 years old in Blenheim Palace.
Walter Winchell
American gossip journalist (1897-1972).
Born April 7th, 1897 in New York City.
Died February 20th, 1972 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).
John Laurie
Scottish actor (1897–1980).
Born March 25th, 1897 in Dumfries.
Died June 23rd, 1980 at 83 years old in Buckinghamshire (pulmonary emphysema).
Judith Anderson
Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992).
Born February 20th, 1897 in Adelaide.
Died January 3rd, 1992 at 94 years old in Santa Barbara (pneumonia).
Marcel Petiot
Sentenced to death in france.
Born January 17th, 1897 in Auxerre.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 49 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (decapitation by guillotine).
Joe Profaci
Italian mobster (1897–1962).
Born October 2nd, 1897 in Villabate.
Died June 7th, 1962 at 64 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
Gene Tunney
American boxer (1897-1978).
Born May 25th, 1897 in New York City.
Died November 7th, 1978 at 81 years old in Greenwich.
Pola Negri
Polish actress (1897-1987).
Born January 3rd, 1897 in Lipno. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1987 at 90 years old in San Antonio (pneumonia, brain cancer).
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Ivan Konev
Soviet military commander (1897-1973).
Born December 28th, 1897 in Lodeyno.
Died May 21st, 1973 at 75 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Richard Russell Jr.
66th governor of georgia (1931–1933), u.s. senator from georgia (1933–1971).
Born November 2nd, 1897 in Winder.
Died January 21st, 1971 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C. (pulmonary emphysema).
A. W. Tozer
American missionary (1897–1963).
Born April 21st, 1897 in Pennsylvania.
Died May 12th, 1963 at 66 years old in Toronto.
Thornton Wilder
American playwright and novelist (1897–1975).
Born April 17th, 1897 in Madison. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1975 at 78 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues musician (1897–1945).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Brenham, Pendleton.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 48 years old in Beaumont.
Hasso von Manteuffel
German general and politician (1897-1978).
Born January 14th, 1897 in Potsdam.
Died September 24th, 1978 at 81 years old in Reith im Alpbachtal.
Adolf Heusinger
German general.
Born August 4th, 1897 in Holzminden. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1982 at 85 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Ludwig Erhard
Chancellor of west germany (1963–1966).
Born February 4th, 1897 in Fürth.
Died May 5th, 1977 at 80 years old in Bonn (heart failure).
Margaret Chase Smith
Member of the united states senate from maine (1897-1995).
Born December 14th, 1897 in Skowhegan.
Died May 29th, 1995 at 97 years old in Skowhegan (lung cancer). [ref]
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966).
Born January 19th, 1897 in Salt Lake City.
Died June 5th, 1966 at 69 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
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