List of Famous people who died at 97

Lakshmi Sahgal was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Sahgal is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.

Jacques de Bauffremont, 8th Duke of Bauffremont and 10th Prince of Marnay was a French prince.

Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, was a British nobleman and soldier, styled Viscount Bury from 1894 to 1942.

Alexey Ivanovich Sorokin was a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union.

Ghalib bin Ali bin Hilal Alhinai was the last elected Imam (ruler) of the Imamate of Oman.

Viggo Widerøe was a Norwegian aviator and entrepreneur. He founded Widerøe's Flyveselskap, Norway's third largest airline, in 1934. The airline is still in operation today.

Romain de Tirtoff, known by the pseudonym Erté, was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.

Joseph Charles Bonanno, sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968.

Karl Wlaschek was the founder of the Austrian supermarket chain Billa. According to the magazine "Trend", Mr. Wlaschek was one of the 5 richest Austrians. In 1996 he sold Billa for 1.1 billion euros.