1897 Births
- Anderson, Marian (27 February)
- Capra, Frank (18 May)
- Day, Dorothy (8 November)
- Earhart, Amelia (24 July)
- Faulkner, William (25 September)
- Head, Edith (28 October)
- Luciano, Charles "Lucky" (24 November)
- Madame Chiang Kai-shek (5 March)
- Muhammad, Elijah (7 October)
