List of Famous people who died in 1997

Henry Herman ("Heinz") Barschall was a German-American physicist.

Dietrich Lohmann, B.V.K. was a German cinematographer.

Ian Stuart Black was a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Both his 1959 novel In the Wake of a Stranger and his 1962 novel about the Cyprus emergency, The High Bright Sun, were made into films, Black writing the screenplays in each case.

Henryk Bista was a Polish actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1961 and 1997. He starred in the 1977 film Death of a President, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. He was awarded many Polish film and state awards, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1984), the Gold and Silver Crosses of Merit and the Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence (1968).

Roger William Brown was an American professional basketball player. Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 8, 2013.

Richard Henry Marx was an American jazz pianist and arranger. He also composed for film, television, and commercials.

Charles Joel Saunders was an English film director and screenwriter who began in the industry as a film editor, and who also contributed to television. He was the brother of the theatrical producer Sir Peter Saunders.