1997 (people)

* January - Camera operator Geoff Meldrum died.Genes Reunited
* 2 January - Actor Tony Snell died.DWM 251
* 8 January - Actor Tom Bowman died.IMDb
* 19 January - Artist Richard Jennings died.People Pill
* 23 January - Actor Shaheen Jafargholi was born.Info Famous Birthdays
* 30 January - Director Nicholas Mallett died.Doctor Who Guide
* 30 January - Actor Michael Owen died.DWM 251
* 8 February - Actor Elroy Josephs died.Doctor Who Guide
* 25 February - Actor Arthur Hewlett died.Aveleyman
* 9 March - Writer Terry Nation died.REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
* 13 March - Actor Ronald Fraser died.The Independent
* 29 March - Actor Thaddea Graham was born.Famous Birthdays
* 6 April - Actor Meriel Hobson died.Avaleyman
* 15 April - Actor Maisie Williams was born.Doctor Who Guide
* 19 June - Director Julia Smith died.Doctor Who Guide
* 22 June - Actor Don Henderson died.Aveleyman
* 7 July - Actor Royston Tickner died.Find a Grave
* 16 July - Actor Hugh Martin died.Aveleyman
* 19 July - Actor Amita Suman was born.IMDb
* 27 July - Actor Brian Glover died.The Independent
* 4 August - Film cameraman Dick Bush died.IMDB
* 16 August - Actor Robin Wentworth died.Deceased Claims
* 20 August - Actor Bill Mitchell died.Aveleyman
* 22 August - Actor Jacob Dudman was born.DWM 523
* 7 September - News reporter Alex MacIntosh died.Aveleyman
* 12 September - Actor Leonard Maguire died.Doctor Who Guide
* 14 September - Actor Robert Cawdron died.Aveleyman
* 16 September - Actor Oscar Lloyd was born.Famous Birthdays
* 17 September - Actor Brian Hall died.Aveleyman
* 19 September - Actor Jack May died.The Independent ObituaryBFI
* 20 September - Actor Roy Pattison died.Aveleyman
* 25 September - Director Paul Bernard died.Doctor Who Guide
* 30 September - BBC Head of Serials Graeme MacDonald died.The Independent
* October - Film editor William Symon died.Doctor Who Guide
* 5 October - Actor Andrew Keir died.The Independent
* 6 October - Actor Adrienne Hill died.Find A Grave
* 13 October - Writer Ian Stuart Black died.The Independent
* 20 October - Actor John Bell was born.Famous Birthdays
* 20 October - Actor Ron Tarr died.Doctor Who Guide
* 30 October - Head of Drama Sydney Newman died.Doctor Who Guide
* 17 November - Actor Roma Woodnutt died.Aveleyman
* 14 December - Actor Stubby Kaye died.The Independent
* 16 December - Actor Leon Eagles died.Find a Grave
* 25 December - Actor Bethany Antonia was born.Famous Birthdays