Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Mar 25 In the year 1897 birth of john Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)  

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

Mar 27 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/anti-fascist was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 On this day in history birth of sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)  

Apr 01 In the year 1897 birth of willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)  

Apr 04 On this day in history birth of pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)  

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 Walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 08 On this day in history birth of herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)  

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 Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 16 In the year 1897 birth of arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)  

Apr 16 John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 17 In the year 1897 birth of antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River)  

Apr 17 Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)  

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 On this day in history birth of peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)  

Apr 19 In the year 1897 birth of vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)  

Apr 20 On this day in history birth of bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)  

Apr 20 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 23 Harold French, director (Encore)/actor was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 23 John Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 23 Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957) was born in the year 1897.  

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

Apr 24 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 24 Gyorgy Kosa, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 12 In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

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

Feb 01 Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died in the year 1897.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.  

Feb 19 On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81  

Feb 23 On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68