List of Famous people who died at 97

Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman, known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–54).

Bindo Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer and businessman, known as the manager of Maserati and one of the Maserati Brothers.

John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official and intellectual. A leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, his books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective.

Madeleine Castaing was a French antiques dealer and interior designer of international renown. She was the friend and the sponsor of many artists, including Soutine, who made her portrait in 1928. Original, even whimsical, she revolutionized the world of decoration, creating the style Castaing which is now a reference.

Angela du Maurier was an English novelist who also wrote two volumes of autobiography, It's Only the Sister (1951) and Old Maids Remember. She was the sister of Daphne du Maurier.

Ji Xianlin was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, English, German, French, Russian, Pali and Tocharian, and translated many works. He published a memoir, The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, about his persecution during the Cultural Revolution.

Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden was a British academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977.