List of Famous people who died in 1997

Toshiya Fujita , also known as Shigeya Fujita , was a Japanese film director, film actor, and screenwriter. He is well-regarded in Japan for his youth films but is best known abroad for Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, films not typical of his usual style.

Alfred Eugster was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Ub Iwerks studio, Walt Disney Productions, and Famous Studios.

Marvin John Schwartz was an American film producer and publicist. He began producing by optioning the novel Blindfold, which became a 1966 film.

Étienne Goyémidé, was a Central African writer and playwright. He is notable as the writer of critically acclaim novels Le silence de la forêt and Dernier Survivant de la caravane.

Yousef Muhammad El Ghoul was a Libyan football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 World Cup in Spain, between the USSR and New Zealand in Malaga. He was, and is still, the only Libyan to referee a match in FIFA World Cup.