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In the year 1897
717 Notable birthdays
Ella Hall
Actress.
Born March 17th, 1897 in Hoboken.
Died September 3rd, 1981 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.
Mary Anderson
American actress (1897-1986).
Born June 28th, 1897 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1986 at 88 years old in El Cajon. [ref]
Jocelyn Toynbee
British archaeologist and art historian (1897–1985).
Born March 3rd, 1897 in Paddington.
Died December 31st, 1985 at 88 years old in Oxford.
Lola Cueto
Mexican artist (1897-1978).
Born March 2nd, 1897 in Azcapotzalco.
Died January 24th, 1978 at 80 years old in Mexico City.
Cornelis van Eesteren
Dutch architect and planner (1897-1988).
Born July 4th, 1897 in Alblasserdam. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1988 at 90 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Xenia Desni
Ukrainian actress (1894–1954).
Born January 19th, 1897 in Kyiv.
Died June 27th, 1962 at 65 years old in Roquefort-les-Pins.
Kuzma Galitsky
Soviet general (1897–1973).
Born October 24th, 1897 in Taganrog.
Died March 14th, 1973 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Mogens Wöldike
Danish conductor (1897–1988).
Born July 5th, 1897 in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg.
Died October 20th, 1988 at 91 years old in Copenhagen.
Giacomo Devoto
Italian linguist (1897-1974).
Born July 19th, 1897 in Genoa.
Died December 25th, 1974 at 77 years old in Florence.
Tilly Edinger
German paleontologist (1897-1967).
Born November 13th, 1897 in Frankfurt.
Died May 27th, 1967 at 69 years old in Cambridge.
Stepan Krasovsky
Soviet air force general (1897-1983).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Hluchi.
Died April 21st, 1983 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
Reformist, social activist, freedom-fighter and educator and writer of india.
Died April 4th, 1995 at 97 years old in Mumbai.
Zenta Mauriņa
Latvian writer (1897–1978).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Gulbene.
Died April 25th, 1978 at 80 years old in Basel.
Jirō Osaragi
Japanese novelist (1897–1973).
Born October 4th, 1897 in Yokohama.
Died April 30th, 1973 at 75 years old in Kamakura (liver cancer).
Heinz Fiebig
German general and knight's cross recipient (1897–1964).
Born March 23rd, 1897 in Zabrze.
Died March 30th, 1964 at 67 years old in Seesen.
Christiane Ritter
Austrian author and painter (1897-2000).
Born July 13th, 1897 in Karlovy Vary.
Died December 29th, 2000 at 103 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
English tennis player (1897–1953).
Born November 24th, 1897 in Beighton.
Died February 20th, 1953 at 55 years old in Melbourn (traffic collision).
Árpád Szenes
Hungarian-french painter (1897-1985).
Born May 6th, 1897 in Budapest.
Died January 16th, 1985 at 87 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Knudåge Riisager
Danish composer (1897–1974).
Born March 6th, 1897 in Kunda.
Died December 26th, 1974 at 77 years old in Copenhagen.
Alfred Zeisler
German film producer (1892–1985).
Born September 26th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died March 1st, 1985 at 87 years old in Camano Island.
Sayyid Shahab al-DIn Mar'ashi Najafi
Iraqi marja' (1897-1990).
Born July 20th, 1897 in Najaf. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1990 at 93 years old in Qom.
Hans Deppe
German film actor and director (1897-1969).
Born November 12th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died September 23rd, 1969 at 71 years old in Berlin (diabetes).
Malcolm Nokes
British athlete (1897-1986).
Born May 20th, 1897 in London.
Died November 22nd, 1986 at 89 years old in Alton.
Robert Neumann
Austrian writer (1897-1975).
Born May 22nd, 1897 in Vienna.
Died January 3rd, 1975 at 77 years old in Munich.
Edgardo Donato
Argentine composer (1897–1963).
Born April 14th, 1897 in Buenos Aires.
Died February 15th, 1963 at 65 years old in Buenos Aires.
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