1997 deaths

German physicist (1896-1997)

Belgian comics artist (1924-1997)

Japanese mathematician (1915–1997)

German philosopher (1905–1997)

Scottish association football player and manager

Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (1928—1997)

American astronomer (1914–1997)

American screenwriter, actor and film director (1912–1997)

President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)

Australian singer (1960–1997)

Polish footballer (1916-1997)

French journalist, author and editor with Locked-In Syndrome (1952-1997)

President of Colombia (1986-1990)

Japanese businessman (1908–1997)

Princess Diana boyfriend (1955–1997)

31st Prime Minister of Norway

4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (1924–1997)

American spree killer (1969–1997)

German artist (1953–1997)

American golfer (1912–1997)

eldest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1903-1997)

Italian film director (1917–1997)

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-1997)

Japanese World War II Soldier (1915−1997)

Ugandan athletics competitor (1949–1997)

Soviet footballer (1946-1997)

Founder of Turkish Nationalist Action Party and Grey Wolves (1917–1997)

Soviet photographer (1917–1997)

French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter (1938-1997)

French historian (1927–1997)

Nigerian writer (1920-1997)

British-American poet (1923-1997)

Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997)

American astronomer (1916–1997)

American actor (1921–1997)

German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)

Spanish footballer (1905-1997)

American comedian (1913–1997)

American actress (1916–1997)

German astronomer (1912-1997)

Mexican architect (1910-1997)

German Regiment/Division Army Officer in the Wehrmacht (1912-1997)

Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor (1930–1997)

Thai politician (1905-1997)

Colombian lawyer and politician (1923-1997)

Swedish prince (1912-1997); son of Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Connaught

Soviet historian and Byzantine Empire specialist (1922-1997)

former general secretary of the French Communist Party (1920-1997)

Bosnian Croat politician (1940-1997)

American rhythm and blues singer (1929–1997)

43.° President of Paraguay from February 3, 1989 to August 15, 1993

Polish poet and songwriter (1936–1997)

American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)

Mexican drug lord (1954-1997)

German footballer (1927–1997)

Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)

German writer, film-author and GDR dissident

Japanese video game designer (1941–1997)

Franco-Swiss writer (1919–1997)

Welsh footballer (1929-1997)