Birthdays In History 1897

1897 Theodore Plucknett English legal historian (d. 1965)

1897 Eithne Coyle Irish republican activist (d. 1985)

1897 Marion Davies American actress and comedian (d. 1961)

1897 Chen Cheng Chinese politician Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 1965)

1897 Kiyoshi Miki Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1945)

1897 Dennis Wheatley English soldier and author (d. 1977)

1897 Karl Löwith German philosopher author and academic (d. 1973)

1897 Halyna Kuzmenko Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (d. 1978)

1897 Bernard DeVoto American historian and author (d. 1955)

1897 August Heissmeyer German SS officer (d. 1979)

1897 Hasso von Manteuffel German general and politician (d. 1978)

1897 Carlos Pellicer Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)

1897 Marcel Petiot French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)

1897 René Iché French sculptor (d. 1954)

1897 Rosa Ponselle American operatic soprano (d. 1981)

1897 Dilipkumar Roy a Bengali Indian musician musicologist novelist poet and essayist. (d. 1980)

1897 Subhas Chandra Bose Indian freedom fighter and politician (d. 1945)

1897 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Austrian architect (d. 2000)

1897 Ieva Simonaitytė Lithuanian author (d. 1978)

1897 William Stephenson Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)

1897 Paul Fejos Hungarian-born American director (d. 1963)

1897 Howard Deering Johnson American businessman founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)

1897 Gertrude Blanch Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)

1897 Ludwig Erhard German soldier and politician second Chancellor of West Germany (d. 1977)

1897 Dirk Stikker Dutch businessman and politician 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)

1897 Zakir Hussain Indian academic and politician 3rd president of India (d. 1969)

1897 Charles Kingsford Smith Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)

1897 Judith Anderson Australian actress (d. 1992)

1897 John Franklin Enders American virologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)

1897 Emil Leon Post Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)

1897 Gerrit Kleerekoper Dutch gymnast and coach (d. 1943)

1897 Alma Rubens American actress (d. 1931)

1897 Ivan Albright American painter (d. 1983)

1897 Karol Świerczewski Polish general (d. 1947)

1897 Lefty O'Doul American baseball player and manager (d. 1969)

1897 Henry Cowell American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

1897 Yeghishe Charents Armenian poet and activist (d. 1937)

1897 Jackson Scholz American runner (d. 1986)

1897 Antonio Donghi Italian painter (d. 1963)

1897 Conrad Nagel American actor (d. 1970)

1897 Sim Gokkes Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1943)

1897 Salvador Lutteroth Mexican wrestling promoter founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (d. 1987)

1897 Leslie Averill New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)

1897 Douglas Hartree English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)

1897 Fred Keating American magician stage and film actor (d. 1961)

1897 Sepp Herberger German footballer and manager (d. 1977)

1897 Joe Kirkwood Sr. Australian golfer (d. 1970)

1897 Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos Greek general (d. 1989)

1897 Pierre Fresnay French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975)

1897 Hans Schuberth German politician (d. 1976)

1897 Erich Löwenhardt Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)

1897 Walter Winchell American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)

1897 John B. Gambling American radio host (d. 1974)

1897 Werner Voss German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)

1897 Nisargadatta Maharaj Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1981)

1897 Edouard Wyss-Dunant Swiss physician and mountaineer (d. 1983)

1897 Ardito Desio Italian geologist and cartographer (d. 2001)

1897 Peter de Noronha Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)

1897 Jiroemon Kimura Japanese super-centenarian oldest verified man ever (d. 2013)

1897 Folke Jansson American general (d. 1965)

1897 Manuel Ávila Camacho Mexican colonel and politician 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955)

1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf American linguist anthropologist and engineer (d. 1941)

1897 Mary Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)

1897 Douglas Sirk German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1897 Ye Jianying Chinese general and politician Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)

1897 Humberto Mauro Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)

1897 John Frederick Coots American songwriter (d. 1985)

1897 William Joseph Browne Canadian lawyer and politician 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)

1897 Paul Alverdes German author and poet (d. 1979)

1897 Einar Gerhardsen Norwegian politician Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)

1897 Robert E. Gross American businessman (d. 1961)

1897 Sidney Bechet American saxophonist clarinet player and composer (d. 1959)

1897 Ed Ricketts American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)

1897 Zvi Sliternik Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)

1897 Odd Hassel Norwegian chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1897 Frank Luke American lieutenant and pilot Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)

1897 Diego Abad de Santillán Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)

1897 Malcolm Nokes English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)

1897 Robert Neumann German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)

1897 Jimmie Guthrie Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)

1897 Alan Kippax Australian cricketer (d. 1972)

1897 Gene Tunney American boxer and soldier (d. 1978)

1897 John Cockcroft English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

1897 Dink Templeton American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)

1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Czech-American pianist composer and conductor (d. 1957)

1897 Frank Wise Australian politician 16th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986)

1897 Memphis Minnie American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)

1897 Joel Rinne Finnish actor (d. 1981)

1897 George Szell Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1970)

1897 John G. Bennett English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)

1897 Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)

1897 Ram Prasad Bismil Indian activist founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)

1897 Reg Latta Australian rugby league player (d. 1970)

1897 Georg Wittig German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

1897 Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro Brazilian girl popular saint (d. 1911)

1897 Martti Marttelin Finnish runner (d. 1940)

1897 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood English chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

1897 Elisabeth Hauptmann German author and playwright (d. 1973)

1897 Edmund A. Chester American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)

1897 Norbert Elias German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (d. 1990)

1897 Fulgence Charpentier Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001)

1897 Jesse Douglas American mathematician and academic (d. 1965)

1897 Alluri Sitarama Raju Indian activist (d. 1924)

1897 Richard Krautheimer German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)

1897 Legs Diamond American gangster (d. 1931)

1897 Karl Plagge German general and engineer (d. 1957)

1897 Bull Connor American police officer (d. 1973)

1897 Plaek Phibunsongkhram Thai military officer and politician 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 1964)

1897 Ernest Eldridge English race car driver and engineer (d. 1935)

1897 Tadeusz Reichstein Polish-Swiss chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1897 Harold D. Cooley American lawyer and politician (d. 1974)

1897 Paul Gallico American journalist and author (d. 1976)

1897 Neil Ritchie Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)

1897 Karl-Otto Koch German SS officer (d. 1945)

1897 Max Weber Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)

1897 Roberta Dodd Crawford American soprano and educator (d. 1954)

1897 Aksel Larsen Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1972)

1897 John W. Galbreath American businessman and philanthropist founded Darby Dan Farm (d. 1988)

1897 Louise Bogan American poet and critic (d. 1970)

1897 Maurice Fernandes Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)

1897 Tarjei Vesaas Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970)

1897 Keith Arbuthnott 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966)

1897 Bill Woodfull Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)

1897 Henry F. Pringle American historian and journalist (d. 1958)

1897 Fred Rose American pianist songwriter and publisher (d. 1954)

1897 Yun Posun South Korean activist and politician 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)

1897 Andy Kennedy Irish footballer (d. 1963)

1897 Fazlollah Zahedi Iranian general and statesman 36th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1963)

1897 Sally Benson American author and screenwriter (d. 1972)

1897 Morris Carnovsky American actor (d. 1992)

1897 Arthur Nielsen American market analyst founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)

1897 Georges Bataille French philosopher novelist and poet (d. 1962)

1897 Hilde Hildebrand German actress and singer (d. 1976)

1897 Walter B. Gibson American magician and author (d. 1985)

1897 Merle Curti American historian and author (d. 1997)

1897 Milt Franklyn American composer (d. 1962)

1897 Earl Webb American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)

1897 Pablo Sorozábal Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)

1897 Paul Delvaux Belgian painter (d. 1994)

1897 Walter Pidgeon Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)

1897 Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)

1897 Arthur Rhys-Davids English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)

1897 Herbert Agar American journalist and historian (d. 1980)

1897 Alfred Wintle Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)

1897 Charlotte Wolff German-English physician and psychotherapist (d. 1986)

1897 Louis Aragon French author and poet (d. 1982)

1897 Florence B. Seibert American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)

1897 Thakin Mya Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)

1897 Rouben Mamoulian Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1897 Marcel Herrand French actor (d. 1953)

1897 M. Bhaktavatsalam Indian lawyer and politician 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)

1897 Nathan Farragut Twining American general (d. 1982)

1897 Alicja Dorabialska Polish chemist (d. 1975)

1897 Johannes Sikkar Estonian soldier and politician Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1960)

1897 Louis de Cazenave French soldier (d. 2008)

1897 Isabel Briggs Myers American theorist and author (d. 1980)

1897 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)

1897 Yi Un South Korean general (d. 1970)

1897 Marjorie Flack American author and illustrator (d. 1958)

1897 John Baker English air marshal (d. 1978)

1897 Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena Spanish writer (d. 1975)

1897 Erwin von Lahousen German Abwehr official (d. 1955)

1897 Karl Olivecrona Swedish lawyer and philosopher (d. 1980)

1897 Luigi Pavese Italian actor (d. 1969)

1897 Edith Head American costume designer (d. 1981)

1897 Hans Speidel German general (d. 1984)

1897 Billy Walker English footballer (d. 1964)

1897 Agustín Lara Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)

1897 Constance Savery English author (d. 1999)

1897 Dolly Stark American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)

1897 Jack O'Connor English cricketer (d. 1977)

1897 Herman J. Mankiewicz American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1953)

1897 Armstrong Sperry American author and illustrator (d. 1976)

1897 Harvey Hendrick American baseball player (d. 1941)

1897 Ronald George Wreyford Norrish English chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)

1897 Karl Marx German composer and conductor (d. 1985)

1897 Gertrude Olmstead American actress (d. 1975)

1897 John Steuart Curry American painter and academic (d. 1946)

1897 Aneurin Bevan Welsh journalist and politician Secretary of State for Health (d. 1960)

1897 Sacheverell Sitwell English author and critic (d. 1988)

1897 Choudhry Rahmat Ali Indian-Pakistani academic (d. 1951)

1897 Frank Fay American actor singer and screenwriter (d. 1961)

1897 Patrick Blackett Baron Blackett English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)

1897 Quentin Roosevelt American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)

1897 Germaine Krull German photographer and political activist (d. 1985)

1897 Mollie Steimer Russian-American activist (d. 1980)

1897 Paul Oswald Ahnert German astronomer and educator (d. 1989)

1897 Harry Wilson English-American actor and singer (d. 1987)

1897 Nirad C. Chaudhuri British-Indian historian author and critic (d. 1999)

1897 Karl Gebhardt German physician and war criminal (d. 1948)

1897 Lucky Luciano Italian-American mob boss (d. 1962)

1897 Dorothy Shepherd-Barron English tennis player (d. 1953)

1897 Ivan Bagramyan Russian general (d. 1982)

1897 Rewi Alley New Zealand writer and political activist (d. 1987)

1897 William Gropper American cartoonist and painter (d. 1977)

1897 Robert Redfield American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)

1897 Nunnally Johnson American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1897 Gershom Scholem German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)

1897 Hermione Gingold English actress and singer (d. 1987)

1897 Ronald Skirth English soldier (d. 1977)

1897 Albert Aalbers Dutch architect designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (d. 1961)

1897 Drew Pearson American journalist and author (d. 1969)

1897 Kurt Schuschnigg Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977)

1897 Margaret Chase Smith American educator and politician (d. 1995)

1897 Ville Pörhölä Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1964)

1897 Väinö Sipilä Finnish runner (d. 1987)

1897 Alfredo Bracchi Italian songwriter and screenwriter (d. 1976)

1897 Valentin Kataev Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)

1897 Denise Robins English journalist and author (d. 1985)

1897 Charles Groves Wright Anderson South African-Australian colonel and politician (d. 1988)

1897 Lincoln LaPaz American astronomer and academic (d. 1985)

1897 Wilhelm Reich Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic (d. 1957)

1897 Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian accountant and politician 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)

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