List of Famous people who died in 1997

Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

Adriana Caselotti was an American actress, voice actress, and singer. Caselotti was the voice of the title character of the first Walt Disney animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, for which she was named as a Disney Legend in 1994, making her the first female voice actor so named.

Alfred Day Hershey was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.

Douglas MacArthur II was an American diplomat. During his diplomatic career, he served as United States ambassador to Japan, Belgium, Austria, and Iran, as well as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.

Karl August Folkers was an American biochemist who made major contributions to the isolation and identification of bioactive natural products.

Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich was a Soviet shot putter. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and placed fourth in 1952, losing to her long-term rival Galina Zybina. At the European championships she won a bronze medal in 1954 and a silver in 1958.

Joshua Francis Rowley, M.A., JP, DCL, was a soldier and landowner, and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1978 to 1994.

Pierre-Henri Teitgen was a French lawyer, professor and politician. Teitgen was born in Rennes, Brittany. Made prisoner of war in 1940, he played a major role in the French Resistance.