1997 deaths

American actor (1943–1997)

Soviet footballer (1928-1997)

East German ski jumper (1930-1997)

English spy (1914–1997)

French foil and sabre fencer (1909-1997)

German sprinter (1905–1997)

Indian writer (1902-1997)

Welsh television writer (1930–1997)

Indian writer (1915-1997)

Uruguayan football manager (1901–1997)

American actor and acting teacher (1905-1997)

Cricket player of England. (1918-1997)

Italian author, sociologist, social activist (1924-1997)

American actress (1920-1997)

French footballer (1912-1997)

American astronomer (1914–1997)

Italian automobile designer (1914–1997)

Czech sport gymnast (1908-1997)

Greek singer (1921–1997)

Soviet and Russian actor (1926–1997)

Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933–1997)

American football player and coach (1913–1997)

American ballet dancer (1903–1997)

Armenian poet (1967-1997)

American writer (1905–1997)

Italian film producer (1916-1997)

Canadian professional wrestler (1937–1997)

Soviet gymnast (1922–1997)

Belgian footballer (1907-1997)

Spanish footballer (1938-1997)

Canadian ice hockey player (1904–1997)

Swedish writer and poet (1918–1997)

Canadian television producer (1917–1997)

actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997)

Scottish singer-songwriter (1945–1997)

Hungarian swimmer (1915-1997)

French actor (1920-1997)

Bolivian footballer (1966-1997)

Roman Catholic theologian (1905–1997)

British music executive (1932-1997)

Jewish American humorist

Russian footballer (1910-1997)

Czech politic writer, political analyst and lawyer (1930-1997)

American jockey (1916–1997)

Russian cellist (1923–1997)

American educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997)

American racing driver

American theologian and academic (1927–1997)

ice hockey player (1938–1997)

French poet, essayist and journalist (1915-1997)

Chinese general (1914–1997)

Hungarian-American socialite and television personality

Finnish poet, critic and translator

Israeli theologian, author and diplomat (1922-1997)

French actor (1927-1997)

American filmmaker (1919-1997)

(1912-1997) Hungarian born Austrian violinist, conductor, music pedagogue

Swiss rower (1914-1998)

Japanese film producer (1910–1997)

Belgian footballer (1908-1997)