1997 deaths

Franco-Swiss writer (1919–1997)

Welsh footballer (1929-1997)

Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)

Iranian writer (1892-1997)

American writer (1923–1997)

British vicar and author (1911–1997)

Catalan lingüist (1905–1997)

Swedish lyricist, music publisher, composer, music executive, manager for ABBA, teacher (1931-1997)

Cuban writer (1902–1997)

British philosopher

French composer and pianist (1912–1997)

Uruguayan footballer (1928-1997)

Belgian politician (1915-1997)

Japanese triple jumper, long jumper (track and field), coach, journalist　(1904-1997)

German footballer (1927-1997)

American jazz drummer (1945–1997)

personal secretary of Adolf Hitler (1913–1997)

American psychologist (1920–1997)

French writer (1907-1997)

Chinese politician (1902-1997)

Brazilian footballer and manager (1922-1997)

Pretender to the throne of France (1914–1997)

American physicist (1909–1997)

American actor (1927–1997)

American actor (1918-1997)

American actress (1934-1997)

Israeli general (1925–1997)

American actor (1926-1997)

American voice actor (1926–1997)

Indian film producer

Soviet actress (1907–1997)

Polish politician (1909-1997)

Chinese film director and screenwriter (1932-1997)

American screenwriter and writer (1916-1997)

French association football player (1924-1997)

Turkish mathematician (1910–1997)

Soviet writer (1912–1997)

Dutch swimmer (1918-1997)

American actor (1920-1997)

American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997)

American athlete (1950–1997)

American cult leader (1931–1997)

Romanian painter (1906-1997)

German philosopher (1904-1997)

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

Philadelphia typesetter said to have had the longest name ever used (1914–1997)

French art historian (1906-1997)

Finnish physician and artistic gymnast (1907–1997)

German writer (1926–1997)

Norwegian archaeologist (1918-1997)

English rock musician (1946–1997)

Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director (1915–1997)

Cuban-Italian writer and poet

Swedish author and aesthetiian (1915–1997)

Cambodian politician (1930-1997)

Irish American actor (1923-1997)

American physicist

Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist (1913-1997)

American actress (1910-1997)

American professional wrestler (1962–1997)