Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Feb 04 Ludwig erhard: Chancellor of germany (cdu)  

Feb 05 Dirk u stikker: Director (heineken)/dutch foreign minister/nato  

Feb 06 Alberto [de almeida] cavalcanti: Brazil, director (nicholas nickleby)  

Feb 06 Louis buchalter: Jewish american mobster  

Feb 07 Quincy porter: New haven ct, composer  

Feb 09 Charles edward kingsford-smith: Pioneer australian aviator  

Feb 10 John franklin enders: Conn, microbiologist (polio-nobel 1954)  

Feb 11 Yves de la casiniere: Composer  

Feb 12 Vola vale: American actress  

Feb 14 Jorgen bentzon: Composer  

Feb 15 Earl h blaik: Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)  

Feb 17 Johan[nes a] kaart: Dutch actor/stage manager (my fair lady)  

Feb 18 Charles kuentz: Ww1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times  

Feb 19 Alma rubens: American actress  

Feb 20 Ivan albright: Illinois, painter (door, window)  

Feb 21 Celia lovsky: Vienna aus, actress (airport, harlow, t'pau-star trek)  

Feb 22 Karol Åšwierczewski: Polish general  

Feb 27 Marian anderson: American contralto  

Feb 27 Bernard f lyot: French astronomer (lyot filter)  

Feb 27 G paul h schuitema: Graphic designer/photographer (system-o-color)  

Mar 03 Jose moreno gans: Composer  

Mar 04 Francis "lefty" o'doul: Baseball player/organized japanese baseball  

Mar 05 Mei-ling soong: Madame chiang kai-shek  

Mar 05 Set persson: Swedish communist politician  

Mar 11 Henry dixon cowell: Menlo park calif, composer (new musical resources)  

Mar 13 William herald: Australia, swimmer (olympic-1920)  

Mar 13 Marcel thiry: Belgian poet (statue of fatigue)  

Mar 15 Jackson scholz: American runner  

Mar 17 Jozef c. mazur: American stained glass artist and painter  

Mar 18 Betty compson: Actress (big city, docks of new york)  

Mar 19 Betty compson: Beaver ut, actress (millionaire kid, mad youth)  

Mar 19 L o'flaherty: Writer  

Mar 24 Wilhelm reich: Austrian-us psycho analysist (character analysis)  

Mar 24 Charles eyck: Dutch painter/sculptor  

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Jan 12 Isaac pitman: British inventor (pitman shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30 John cottam: Cricket (test for aust 1897, no sheffield matches),  

Feb 01 Constantin von ettingshausen: Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05 Hoss radbourn: Pitcher won 60 games in 1884,  

Feb 06 Ebenezer c brewer: British writer (dictionary of phrase & fable),  

Feb 07 Galileo ferraris: Italian physicist (ferrari),  

Feb 19 Karl t weierstrass: German mathematician,  

Feb 23 Woldemar bargiel: Composer,