List of Famous people who died in 1997

Jean Dréville was a French film director. He directed 45 films between 1928 and 1969.

Esin Engin was a Turkish musician, composer, arranger and film actor.

Mitsuo Hashimoto , better known by the stage name Kinpei Azusa , was a Japanese voice actor born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He was employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.

Prince Eugen of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.

Basu Bhattacharya was a Hindi film director, most famous for his 1966 film Teesri Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1967. The most popular and critically acclaimed film which he directed remains Avishkaar, starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, which received five stars in the Bollywood Guide Collections and Rajesh Khanna received Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975.

Endicott "Chub" Peabody was an American politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965. He is probably best known for his opposition to the death penalty, his many electoral failures, and for signing into law the legislation establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston.