Birth year 1897 celebrities
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Franklin Hansen (May 2, 1897 – January 13, 1982) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording for the film A Farewell to Arms and was nominated for four more in the same category.
Roxana McGowan (March 15, 1897 – November 22, 1976), born in Chicago, Illinois, was an actress in Mack Sennett comedies in the silent film era. Her screen career was brief, lasting from 1917–1919.
Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was an English author whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world’s best-selling writers from the 1930s through the 1960s. His Gregory Sallust series was o
Andrew Russell “Drew” Pearson (December 13, 1897 – September 1, 1969) was one of the best-known American columnists of his day, noted for his syndicated newspaper column “Washington Merry-Go-Round,” in which he attacked various public persons.
Alfred John Brown (14 September 1897 – 29 January 1978) was an English theatre, film and television actor. He appeared in many British television series and films, which include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dixon of Dock Green, Bomb in the High St
Aquila C. Giles (? – ?) (third) Lydig Hoyt (? – ?) (first)
Katharine Faulkner “Kay” Swift (April 19, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to completely score a hit musical. Written in 1930, Fine and Dandy includes some of her best known songs; th
Erna Auerbach (Frankfurt am Main 1897–London 1975) was a German-born artist and art historian best known for her work on artists of the Tudor Era in England.
Bogusław Samborski (14 April 1897 – 1971) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 25 films between 1925 and 1947.
Lawrence Weingarten (December 30, 1897 – February 5, 1975) was an American film producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1974. Weingarten died of leukemia in 1975 at the age of 77.