Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Mar 25 John Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 In the year 1897 birth of ... Hartree, mathematician  

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of carlo Mierendorff, German politician/anti-fascist  

Mar 28 Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)  

Apr 04 Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS]  

Apr 07 In the year 1897 birth of walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)  

Apr 08 Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)  

Apr 11 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 13 Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 14 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader was born on this day in history.  

Apr 14 In the year 1897 birth of claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer  

Apr 16 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 16 In the year 1897 birth of john B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)  

Apr 17 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 17 In the year 1897 birth of harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS]  

Apr 17 Thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]  

Apr 19 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor was born on this day in history.  

Apr 19 In the year 1897 birth of peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)  

Apr 19 Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 20 Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 20 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 23 On this day in history birth of harold French, director (Encore)/actor  

Apr 23 On this day in history birth of john Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)  

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)  

Apr 23 Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 24 In the year 1897 birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)  

Apr 24 Gyorgy Kosa, composer was born in the year 1897.  

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Jan 12 Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.  

Jan 30 John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.  

Feb 01 In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05 Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.  

Feb 07 In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

Feb 19 Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.