List of Famous people who died in 1997

Tamara Fyodorovna Makarova was a Soviet actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1927 and 1984. She was married to the Soviet film director Sergei Gerasimov.

Antonio Luis Baena Tocón (1915-1998) was a Spanish civil servant and military officer who, in the years after the Spanish Civil War, was part of several military tribunals during Francisco Franco's dictatorship.

Virgilio Barco Vargas was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 27th President of Colombia serving from 7 August 1986 to 7 August 1990.

Guilherme Figueiredo (1915–1997) was a Brazilian dramatist. He is best known for his play The Fox and the Grapes in 1953 about Aesop's life.

Jean-Edern Hallier was a French writer, critic and editor.

Coenraad Lodewijk Dirk "Coen" van Vrijberghe de Coningh was a Dutch actor, musician, composer, record producer and television presenter. He died unexpectedly at the age of forty-seven from cardiac arrest.

Robert Chapatte was a French cyclist and sports journalist, voice of the Tour de France on television and radio and the inventor of Chapatte's Law.

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony.

Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling family of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was Emperor of Annam, which was then a protectorate in French Indochina, covering the central two thirds of the present-day Vietnam. Bảo Đại ascended the throne in 1932.

William Carey Loftin was an American professional stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor in the U.S. film industry. He is considered to be one of the film industry's most accomplished stunt drivers. In a lengthy career spanning 61 years, his body of work included classic films such as Thunder Road, Bullitt, Vanishing Point, Duel, and The French Connection. He was posthumously inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001.