1897 deaths

Austrian admiral (1829-1897)

German genre painter, art collector and conservator (1843-1897)

Dominican poet and educator (1850–1897)

Korean painter of the late Choson dynasty (1843-1897)

Swedish engineer and arctic explorer (1870–1897)

American journalist and government official (1819–1897)

Union Army general and a Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1840-1897)

British journalist, translator, editor (1820-1897)

German botanist (1825-1897)

former president of Costa Rica (1823-1897)

Swedish photographer (1872–1897)

French painter (1814-1897)

American politician (1818–1897)

Hungarian poet (1827-1897)

French theatre director (1851-1897)

German mathematician and physicist (1842-1897)

Russian inventor (1854-1897)

Baltic German historian and legal scholar (1802–1897)

British astronomer (1831–1897)

U.S. entomologist (1840-1897)

Italian cardinal (1834–1897)

Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer (1851-1897)

Moroccan writer and historian (1835–1897)

Spanish cardinal (1811–1897)

American Prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897)

Prince Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1824-1897)

Italian composer (1817–1897)

American priest (1854–1897)

German-Danish landscape painter (1812–1897)

French philosopher (1809-1897)

English-born American artist and botanist (1812-1897)

Confederate States Army general (1830–1897)

Toucouleur ruler (1836–1897)

Serbian politician and judge (1837–1897)

Austrian composer (1816–1897)

Mexican writer and politician (1818–1897)

Union Army general (1824-1897)

British artist (1826-1897)

Belarusian translator and poet (1851-1897)

English horticulturist (1811-1897)

Russian architect, author and restorer (1825-1897)

painter (1836-1897)

Italian cardinal (1827–1897)

Belgian musician (1818–1897)

British archaeologist (1852-1897)

Major League Baseball player (1854–1897)

Italian cardinal (1817-1897)

French painter (1825-1897)

British writer (1821-1897)

French civil engineer and architect (1841–1897)

Spanish poet, librarian and bibliographer (1825-1897)

English poet and critic (1824–1897)

British activist (1817-1897)

Italian priest (1847–1897)

French neurologist (1828-1897)

American politician (1826-1897)

mathematician, inventor, engineer

Indian writer, Social Reformer (1836–1897)

Czech conductor, music educator, composer, publicist and choirmaster (1838–1897)

American lawyer and politician (1815-1897)