John "Jack" O'Donnell (25 March 1897 – 1952) was an English professional footballer.
Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (25 March 1897 – 4 June 1981) was a New Zealand soldier who served during the First World War on the Western Front.
 After the war, he became a doctor and established a private practice in his hometown of Christchurch.
 He also served as a medical administrator and community leader.
The Yashmak, A Story of the East is a musical play, with a libretto by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks, adapted from an Armenian operetta, "Leblébidji Horhor", which had been a success in 1896 in Constantinople.
 The music was composed by Napoleon Lambelet (1864-1932), and additional songs were composed by Leslie Stuart and others.
 "The Yashmak" was first produced at the original Shaftesbury Theatre in London from 31 March 1897 to 31 July 1897, for a run of 121 performances.
 Scott Russell, a former leading D'Oyly Carte Opera Company tenor, left the Savoy Theatre to star in the production with Aileen D'Orme, who was later replaced by Marguerite Cornille, a music hall star.
 Topsy Sinden was principal dancer in the piece.
John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor.
 Throughout a long career, Laurie performed a wide range of theatre and film work.
 He is perhaps best remembered to modern audiences for his role as Private Frazer in the sitcom "Dad's Army" (1968–1977).
 Laurie appeared in scores of feature films with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and Laurence Olivier.
 He was also a stage actor (particularly in Shakespearean roles) and speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns.
Leutnant Theodor Rumpel (born 25 March 1897, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Floodtide is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Gordon Jackson, Rona Anderson, John Laurie and Jimmy Logan.
 The film was one of four of David Rawnsley's Aquila Films that used his proposed "independent frame" technique.
Sidney George Hedges (25 March 1897 – 1974) was a British author of books and articles on swimming, games and hobbies for young people.
 He also wrote young people's fiction.
 He was born in Bicester, the second son of George William Hedges, a draper and outfitter, and Mary Ann Hedges.
 He married Mary Dixon at Bicester in 1929; their son Anthony was born in 1931.
Sigfrid Oskar "Sigge" Lindberg (25 March 1897 – 4 January 1977) was a Swedish association football goalkeeper who won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
 Between 1921 and 30 he played 49 international matches.
Ralph Orlando Rychener (March 1, 1897 – February 12, 1962) was an American physician and basketball player.
 He was born in Archbold, Ohio in March 1897.
 While attending the University of Michigan, he played three years on the school's basketball team.
 He was one of the leading scorers on the 1917–18 and 1918–19 teams, and the captain of the 1919–20 team.
 After receiving his medical degree from Michigan, he was a resident at the University of Michigan Hospital for three years.
 Rychener then moved to Memphis where he practiced as an ophthalmologist for more than 30 years.
 He also served as an associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
 He was elected to the American Ophthalmological Society in 1933.
 In 1951, he received the University of Michigan's Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
 He died at age 64 in February 1962 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Robert Anthony Gleeson - A useful batsman and a medium pace bowler, Robert Gleeson was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, on December 6, 1873 and died in the same city on September 27, 1919, aged 45.
 His first-class career spanned the years 1894 to 1904 but in truth it was interrupted by a break of six years between 1897 and 1903.
 Playing for Eastern Province, he was more effective in the first half of his career, hitting up scores of, amongst others, 67 against Transvaal at Cape Town in March 1894 and 71 against Natal at Johannesburg in March 1897.
 He also recorded his best bowling figures during this period, 4 wickets for 9 runs against Griqualand West at Cape Town in March 1894.
 When Lord Hawke brought an England side to South Africa in 1895/96, Gleeson was selected for the 1st Test, played at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth.
 Scoring just 3 in South Africa’s first innings and 1 not out in their second, as well as holding two catches, he failed to impress enough to secure a place for the other two matches in the series.
 His relatively early death in 1919 went unrecorded at the time and no obituary appeared within Wisden for him.

Question: What star of "Floodtide" was born 25 March 1897?
Answer: John Laurie