List of Famous people who died at 97

Jean Guitton was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian.

Michelle Marie Léglise, also known as Michelle Vian, was a French translator and poet.

Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin was a Soviet ambassador and diplomat.

David Garcia was an American coach, scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in professional baseball. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82). Including three games as acting manager of the 1975 Indians, during his first coaching tenure there, he compiled a career record of 310 wins and 311 defeats (.499).

Judit Reigl was a Hungarian painter who lived in France.

Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA FRSL was an English historian who specialized in the history of Italy from the Risorgimento onwards. He is best known for his biographies of Garibaldi, Cavour and Mussolini, and for his single-volume Modern Italy: A Political History. He was named Grand Official of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1996.