List of Famous people who died in 1997

Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, was a British Labour politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983.

Norbert Carbonnaux, was a French film director and screenwriter.

Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Young's "Lotta Love", which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and No. 8 on the pop singles chart. It was followed by four more adult contemporary hits, two of which were also minor pop hits.

Karl Berg was an Austrian Roman Catholic cleric and Archbishop of Salzburg from 1973 to 1988.

Bernard Solomon Kotzin, known as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.

Charles Nelson was an American film editor. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1956 for Picnic, and was nominated in 1946 for A Song to Remember, and in 1965 for Cat Ballou.

Anthony Tillmon Williams was an American jazz drummer.

Bill Zuckert was an American actor.

Jean Constantin was French singer, songwriter and composer.