List of Famous people who born in 1997
Noah Song
Noah Benjamin Song is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization, and a United States Naval Officer. Song played college baseball for the Navy Midshipmen, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2019. That season, he led NCAA Division I baseball in strikeouts, and in strikeouts-per-nine-innings. His fastball has been measured at 99 miles per hour (159 km/h). Song was drafted by the Red Sox in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. In December 2019, the Navy rejected his appeal to become a reservist, which he requested in order to pursue his baseball career. Song is expected to spend two years in flight school, unless he is granted a waiver or early release.
Aaron Banks
Aaron Banks is an American football offensive guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted by the 49ers in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Yassin Fekir
Yassin Fekir is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Betis.
Blair Kinghorn
Blair Simon Kinghorn is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for Scottish-based Edinburgh Rugby in the Guinness Pro14.
Shweta Sekhon
Shwetajeet Kaur Sekhon, or better known as Shweta Sekhon, is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World Malaysia 2016 and Miss Universe Malaysia 2019. She represented Malaysia at the global Miss Universe 2019 pageant.
Anna Cockrell
Anna Cockrell is an American track and field athlete competing in sprinting and hurdling.
Sam Sloman
Samuel Cole Sloman is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Miami University, and in 2019 he made 86.7% of his field goal attempts. He was picked in the 2020 NFL Draft, and has played for the Los Angeles Rams and Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).
Jin Boyang
Jin Boyang is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and a five-time Chinese national champion. He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles at the World Figure Skating Championships. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion.
Yang Chun-han
Yang Chun-han, born 1 January 1997, is a Taiwanese athlete of Amis descent specialising in sprinting events. He won two medals at the 2017 Asian Championships, gold in the 200 and bronze in the 100 metres. Yang won gold in the 100 metres at the 2017 Summer Universiade. He holds the national records in both the 100 and 200 metres.
Julio Pleguezuelo
Julio José Pleguezuelo Selva is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Twente. Pleguezuelo mainly plays as a centre back but can also feature as both a right back and a defensive midfielder.