List of Famous people who died at 97
Johan Witteveen
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He served as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1 September 1973 until 18 June 1978.
Zoltán Pál Dienes
Zoltán Pál Dienes was a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on education have been popular in some countries. He was a world-famous theorist and tireless practitioner of the "new mathematics": an approach to mathematics learning that uses games, songs, and dance to make it more appealing to children. He is credited with the creation of Base ten blocks, popularly referred to as Dienes blocks.
Joanna Maud Makgill
Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger
John Hay-Drummond-Hay
Sir William Napier Maurice Miles, 6th Bt.
Gertraude Portisch
Diana Frances Crawley
Alicia Charlotte Eustace
Gérard Lamy
Gérard Lamy was a Canadian Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963.