List of Famous people who died at 97

Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remained independent from any particular art movement. She was married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper for 65 years and lived in Italy, primarily in Todi, since the 1950s. Her work Harmonious Triad, on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is currently on display as part of Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin.

Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp was the eldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was also a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the 1959 musical play and 1965 film The Sound of Music. She was portrayed as the character "Liesl".

Léon Aimé was a French politician.

Princess Margaret of Denmark was a Danish princess by birth and a princess of Bourbon-Parma as the wife of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. She was the youngest grandchild of Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Louise.

William A. Gabor was an American professional basketball player.

Emil Karewicz was a Polish actor.

Howard Rumsey was an American jazz double-bassist known for his leadership of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the 1950s.

Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo was a statesman of the Republic of China. He was one of Republic of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

Friedrich Wilhelm Konrad Siegfried Engel was a German SS officer who was convicted in absentia of 246 murder charges by an Italian military court in 1999 for his role in the 1944 execution of Italian captives in retaliation for a partisan attack against German soldiers, which as a result earned him the nickname "Butcher of Genoa".

Qian Weichang or Chien Wei-zang was a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as President of Shanghai University.