List of Famous people who born in 1997

Carlos Fernando Valenzuela is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Famalicão, on loan from Barracas Central.

Sören Hans Brad Opti is a badminton player from Suriname. He competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. He lost to both Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Derek Wong Zi Liang of Singapore during group play and did not advance further. Opti was the flagbearer for Suriname during the opening ceremony. Opti participated at the 2014 and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. After winning many National and Regional junior titles, he became Surinamese National Champion Men's Singles in 2016 and retained this title in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2016 and 2018 he was runner-up at the Carebaco International. In 2016 he reached the semi-finals at the Chile International and the Santo Domingo Open. Opti participated at the 2019 Pan Am Games for Suriname in the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles events. In 2019 he reached the semi-finals in the Men's Doubles category with his doubles partner Mitch Nai Chung Tong at the Carebaco International in Bridgetown, Barbados. At the end of 2019 he joined the Cuntapay Badminton Academy (CBA) in Switzerland.

B. R. Sankeerth is a Canadian badminton player of Indian origin. Sankeerth started playing badminton when he was young in Karnataka, India. He had shown his potential as a badminton player by finishing as a runner-up at the U-13 SBM State-ranking junior badminton championship. He clinched two titles at the 2011 Indiranagar 5-Star State-ranking badminton tournament, and was selected to represent India at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

Matteo Sobrero is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

Ty Alexander Lindeman is a badminton player from Canada. He trains at B-Active Badminton Club, and in 2015, he represented Alberta competed at the XXV Canada Games. He won two U23 national titles in 2016 for men's doubles and mixed doubles. In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Pan Am Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner, Austin James Bauer. In 2018, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

Yūka Setō is a Japanese ski jumper. She has competed at World Cup level since the 2014/15 season, with her best individual result being fourth place in Oberstdorf on 25 March 2018. Her younger sister Rio Setō has also competed at World Cup level.

Rubén Alonso Castellanos España is a Guatemalan badminton player. Partnered with Aníbal Marroquín, he clinched the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2017 Pan Am Championships. He also part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.