page_title: 1897
section_title: July–August
hierarchical_section_title: 1897 / Births / July–August
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Porträt von Tadeus Reichstein
context_page_description: 1897 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1897th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 897th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1897, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 1 – Bert Schneider, Canadian boxer (d. 1986)
  July 7 – Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet Army colonel-general (d. 1967)
  July 9 – Albert C. Wedemeyer, American general (d. 1989)
  July 11 – Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor, American civil rights opponent (d. 1973)
  July 12 – Maurice Tabard, French photographer (d. 1984)
  July 14 – Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Thai field marshal, prime minister, and dictator (d. 1964)
  July 20
  Tom Dickinson, American football player (d. 1999)
  Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1996)
  July 24 – Amelia Earhart, American aviator (d. 1937)
  July 25 – Helen Shaw, American actress (d. 1997)
  July 26 – Harold D. Cooley, American politician (d. 1974)
  July 28 – James Fairbairn, Australian pastoralist, aviator, and politician (d. 1940)
  July 29 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British WWII general (d. 1983)
  August 2 – Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1974)
  August 5 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
  August 10 – John W. Galbreath, American businessman (d. 1988)
  August 11 – Enid Blyton, British children's writer (d. 1968)
  August 15 – Ludovic Arrachart, French aviator (d. 1933)
  August 16
  Carlo Del Prete, Italian aviator (d. 1928)
  Hersch Lauterpacht, Ukrainian-born international lawyer (d. 1960)
  August 22 – Elisabeth Bergner, European actress (d. 1986)
  August 26 – Yun Posun, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)
  August 31 – Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
caption: Tadeusz Reichstein
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