Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Mar 25 John Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire) was born in the year 1897.  

Mar 27 ... Hartree, mathematician was born in the year 1897.  

Mar 27 In the year 1897 birth of carlo Mierendorff, German politician/anti-fascist  

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

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 in the year 1897.  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)  

Apr 07 Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS] was born on this day in history.  

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 Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 11 In the year 1897 birth of caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist  

Apr 13 In the year 1897 birth of werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917)  

Apr 14 On this day in history birth of barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader  

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 In the year 1897 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1897 birth of thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)  

Apr 18 In the year 1897 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 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970) was born in the year 1897.  

Apr 19 Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey) was born in the year 1897.  

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

Apr 20 On this day in history birth of gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers)  

Apr 23 Harold French, director (Encore)/actor was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 23 In the year 1897 birth of lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)  

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

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer  

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Jan 12 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

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

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

Feb 23 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.