List of Famous people who born in 1997

Marin Pongračić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Croatia national team. Pongračić is principally a central defender but can also play at right-back or as a defensive midfielder.

Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player from the Kumamoto Saishunkan team who specializes in singles play. She was the first Japanese player to hold the number 1 position in the BWF women's singles ranking.

Derrius Guice is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at LSU, where he was the first player in Southeastern Conference (SEC) history with three career games of 250 or more rushing yards, before being drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He appeared in just five games in two years with Washington due to multiple knee injuries and was released after being charged for crimes related to domestic violence in 2020.

Ismaël Bennacer is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan and the Algeria national team.

Duncan William MacNaughton Scott is a British swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. An all-rounder in the pool, Scott has swum internationally in 100 and 200 metres freestyle and butterly, and 200 metres individual medley. He has won two golds at the World Championships in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, a gold in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay, as well as silvers at the World Championships and Olympics in freestyle and medley relay. Individually, Scott was the 100 metre freestyle champion at the 2015 European Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the 200 metre freestyle champion at the same European Games and the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.

Tatjana Schoenmaker is a South African swimmer specialising in breaststroke events. She won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Nicolò Barella is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team.

Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles is an English professional footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion, on loan from Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Mainly playing as a right-back or central midfielder, Maitland-Niles can also be deployed as a left wing-back.

Cheung Ka Long is a Hong Kong fencer.

Tseng Jing-hua is a Taiwanese actor from Yilan. He is best known for playing the character of Birdy in the Taiwanese film Your Name Engraved Herein, the highest-grossing LGBT movie in Taiwan. He also appeared as Wei Chung-ting in the supernatural horror Detention, for which he received a nomination for "Best New Performer" at the 56th Golden Horse Awards.