Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1897

Jul 28 Emmy arbous: [emilia j henke], dutch actress (little rascal)  

Jul 29 Sir neil ritchie: British general  

Jul 30 Jacques de kadt: Dutch politician/writer (fascism is war!)  

Aug 02 Karl otto koch: German ss-officer  

Aug 02 Max weber: Swiss federal councilor  

Aug 04 Joseph calleia: Malta, actor (jungle book, gilda, touch of evil)  

Aug 05 Aksel larsen: Danish politician  

Aug 07 Franz j weinrich: [heinrich lerse], german writer (himmlisches)  

Aug 09 Ralph wyckoff: American pioneer in x-ray crystallography  

Aug 10 John galbreath: American businessman  

Aug 10 Piet[er o] bakker: Dutch novelist (ciske the rat)  

Aug 10 Edward orval gourdin: Jacksonville, long jumper (olympic-silver-1924)  

Aug 11 Enid blyton: Children's writer and fifth most popular author in the world (famous five, secret seven, the adventure)  

Aug 11 Louise bogan: Maine, writer (sleeping fury)  

Aug 12 Manuel blancafort: Composer  

Aug 12 Otto (von) struve: German/us dir (yerkes/macdonald observatory)  

Aug 15 Marion eugene bauer: Composer  

Aug 16 Robert ringling: Circus master  

Aug 16 Vicente ascone: Composer  

Aug 20 Tarjei vesaas: Norwegian author (det store spelet)  

Aug 22 Bill woodfull: Cricketer (australian captain in the bodyline series)  

Aug 24 Fred rose: American songwriter and publishing executive  

Aug 25 Jaroslav ridky: Composer  

Aug 26 Yoon boseon: President of south korea  

Aug 27 Ad van emmenes: Dutch soccer reporter  

Aug 28 Morris ankrum: Il, actor (kronos, half human, earth vs flying saucers)  

Aug 31 Fredric march: American actor  

Aug 31 Frederic march: Wisc, actor (dr jeckyll-acad awards 1932/1946)  

Aug 31 Marianne bruns: Writer  

Sep 01 Andy kennedy: Irish footballer  

Sep 03 Sally benson: American writer  

Sep 03 Francisco paolo mignone: Composer  

Sep 03 Cecil parker: Hastings england, actor (indiscreet, tale of 2 cities)  

Sep 05 Luella gear: Nyc, actress (joe & mabel)  

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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,