page_title: 1997
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: 1997 / Deaths / November
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi
context_page_description: 1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
context_section_description: November 1 – Victor Mills, American chemical engineer (b. 1897)
  November 2 – Shōshin Nagamine, Japanese author and soldier, police officer, and karate master (b. 1907)
  November 5 – Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British social and political theorist (b. 1909)
  November 8 – Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Iranian author (b. 1892)
  November 11 – Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
  November 17 – Milič Čapek, Czech–American philosopher (b. 1909)
  November 21 – Robert Simpson, English composer (b. 1921)
  November 22
  Joanna Moore, American actress (b. 1934)
  Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
  November 24 – Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
  November 25 – Hastings Banda, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)
  November 30 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)
caption: Hastings Banda
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