[caption id=“attachment_1648” align=“alignright” width=“372”] Alma-Marceau in Paris 2017[/caption] In the year 1997, the Phoenix lights - a series of UFOs - are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) - and all these fine people were born:

1997-0101 Oliver Helander* athlete (javelin) - Finland 1997-0107 Aleksi Saarela* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 1997-0113 Connor McDavid* hockey player - Richmond Hill, ON Canada 1997-0113 Yakov Trenin* hockey player - Chelyabinsk, Russia 1997-0114 Julius Nättinen* hockey player - Jyväskylä, Finland 1997-0122 Yume Miyamoto* 宮本侑芽 actress/voice actress - Fukuoka, Japan 1997-0123 Sophie Hahn* British Paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - England 1997-0123 Gudaf Tsegay* middle-distance runner/OB - Ethiopia 1997-0124 Noelle Lambert* Paralympic athlete/motivational speaker/Survivor contestant - Londonderry, NH USA 1997-0125 Chelsie Giles* judoka/OB - Coventry, England, UK 1997-0126 Gedion Zelalem* German-American football player/to U.S. at age 9 - Berlin, Germany 1997-0129 Joel Eriksson Ek* hockey player - Karlstad, Sweden 1997-0129 Jack Roslovic* hockey player - Columbus, OH USA 1997-0130 1997-0131 Khadija Shaw* football player - Spanish Town, Jamaica 1997-0201 Rasmus Kainulainen* floorball player – Hollola, Finland 1997-0202 Jaheel Hyde* athlete (hurdles) - Spanish Town, Jamaica 1997-0203 Anastasiia Galashina* sport shooter/OS - Yaroslavl, Russia 1997-0205 Luke Newton* (b Atkinson) actor -  Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England 1997-0206 Collin Morikawa* golfer - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-0208 Audun Heimdal* orienteering & ski orienteering(WG) competitor - Norway (2022/25) 1997-0208 Kathryn Newton* actress/golfer - Orlando, FL USA 1997-0208 Anton Walkes* football player - Lewisham, London, England (2023/25) 1997-0209 1997-0210 Lilly King* swimmer/OB - Evansville, IN USA 1997-0210 Chloë Grace Moretz* actress - Atlanta, GA USA 1997-0211 1997-0212 Francesca Durante* football goalie - Genoa, Italy 1997-0212 Johanna Rytting Kaneryd* football player - Köping, Sweden 1997-0215 1997-0218 Konstanze Klosterhalfen* athlete (runner) - Bonn, Germany 1997-0219 Matthias Casse* judoka/OB - Mortsel, Belgium 1997-0220 Mitchie Brusco* skateboarder - Kirkland, WA USA 1997-0225 Brock Boeser* hockey player - Burnsville, MN USA 1997-0228 1997-0301 1997-0305 Niko Hämäläinen* American-Finnish football player - West Palm Beach, FL USA 1997-0306 1997-0307 Deneisha Blackwood* football player - Kingston, Jamaica 1997-0308 Iréne Ekelund* Swedish sprinter - Pakistan 1997-0309 Jessica Kosonen* volleyball player - Finland 1997-0309 Niamh Wilson* actress - Oakville, ON Canada 1997-0310 Madeleine Arthur* actress - Vancouver, BC Canada 1997-0310 Belinda Bencic* tennis player/OG - Flawil, Switzerland 1997-0311 Veddriq Leonardo* sport climber - Pontianak, Indonesia 1997-0312 Dean Henderson* football goalie - Whitehaven, England 1997-0314 Simone Biles* artistic gymnast/OG - Columbus, OH USA 1997-0315 1997-0316 Haruka Toko* 床 秦留可 hockey player - Hokkaido, Japan 1997-0316 Daniela Öhman* volleyball player - Finland 1997-0317 Katie Ledecky* swimmer/OG - Washington, D.C. USA 1997-0318 Hou Zhihui* weightlifter/OG - Zhangshi Town, Hunan, China 1997-0320 1997-0321 Martina Stoessel* singer Tini /songwriter/actress - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1997-0324 Alexandru Mihaita Novac* athlete (javelin) - Romania - WA 1997-0326 Tynice Martin* basketball player - Atlanta, GA USA - WNBA 1997-0326 Eduard Trippel* judoka/OS - Germany 1997-0327 1997-0328 Sebastian Samuelsson* biathlete - Katrineholm, Sweden 1997-0328 Emil Soravuo* artistic gymnast/WB - Espoo, Finland 1997-0329 Leah Williamson* football player/EC - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England 1997-0331 1997-0401 Asa Butterfield* actor - Islington, London, England 1997-0402 Bjorg Lambrecht* cyclist - Ghent, Belgium (2019/22) 1997-0402 Herman Tømmeraas* actor/ dancer - Solbergelva, Norway 1997-0403 Aliyah Abrams* Guyanese athlete (runner/400m) - New York, NY USA 1997-0403 Zhao Xintong* 赵心童 snooker player/W#1 - Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China 1997-0405 1997-0408 Keira Walsh* football player/EC - Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England 1997-0410 Claire Wineland* activist/entrepreneur/author - Austin, TX USA (2018/21) 1997-0412 Romain Cannone* fencer/OG - Boulogne-Billancourt, France 1997-0415 Maisie Williams* actress - Bristol, England 1997-0416 Eveliina Rouvali* athlete (shot put) - Kuopio, Finland 1997-0418 Matthias Blübaum* chess grandmaster - Lemgo, Germany 1997-0420 Alexander Zverev* tennis player - Hamburg, Germany 1997-0423 Oluwatobiloba “Tobi” Amusan* athlete (hurdles/WR) - Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria 1997-0426 Kirill Kaprizov* hockey player - Novokuznetsk, Russia 1997-0427 Jakub Grigar* canoeist/OS - Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia 1997-0428 Michelle Alozie* American-Nigerian football player - Apple Valley, CA USA 1997-0429 Ekaterina Baturina* artistic gymnast - Russia 1997-0503 Lisa Boattin* football player - Portogruaro, Italy 1997-0503 Tommi Holttinen* athlete (pole vault) - Turku, Finland 1997-0504 Jon Teske* basketball player - Indianapolis, IN USA 1997-0505 Mitchell Marner* hockey player - Markham, ON Canada 1997-0506 Jonas Siegenthaler* hockey player - Zürich, Switzerland 1997-0506 Duncan Scott* swimmer/OS - Glasgow, Scotland/UK 1997-0507 Daria Kasatkina* tennis player - Tolyatti, Russia 1997-0507 Youri Tielemans* football player - Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium 1997-0509 Wolfgang Novogratz* actor - New York City, NY USA 1997-0510 1997-0512 Odeya Rush* Israeli-American actress/to U.S. at age 9 - Haifa, Israel 1997-0514 Manushi Chhillar* Miss World 2017/actress - Jhajjar, Haryana, India 1997-0515 Ousmane Dembélé* football player - Vernon, France 1997-0518 Urho Kujanpää* athlete (pole vault) - Ylöjärvi, Finland 1997-0519 Oliver Kylington* hockey player - Stockholm, Sweden 1997-0520 1997-0521 Miho Nonaka* 野中 生萌 sport climber/OS - Tokyo, Japan 1997-0521 Kevin Quinn* actor - Chigago, IL USA 1997-0522 Saoirse Kennedy Hill* granddaughter of Robert Kennedy (2019/22) 1997-0522 Lauri Markkanen* basketball player - Vantaa, Finland 1997-0522 Kirill Panyukov* hockey player - Akmola, Kazakhstan 1997-0523 Alina Reh* long-distance runner - Laichingen, Germany 1997-0525 1997-0526 Mathew Barzal* hockey player - Coquitlam, BC Canada 1997-0530 Jake Short* actor - Indianapolis, IN USA 1997-0531 1997-0601 1997-0603 Louis Hofmann* actor - Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 1997-0607 Davlat Bobonov* judoka/OB - Uzbekistan 1997-0608 Anthony Beauvillier* hockey player - Sorel-Tracy, QC Canada 1997-0608 Jelena Ostapenko* tennis player - Riga, Latvia 1997-0610 Edgar Cheung Ka-long* fencer/OG - Hong Kong 1997-0611 Charlie Tahan* actor - Glen Rock, NJ USA 1997-0612 Katharina Maisch* athlete (shot put) - Bad Urach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1997-0615 Albert Gudmundsson* football player - Reykjavik, Iceland 1997-0616 Camila Morrone* model/actress - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1997-0616 Jack Perry* wrestler “Jungle Boy”/son of Luke Perry - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-0616 Morgan Stickney* Paralympic swimmer/OG -  USA 1997-0617 KJ Apa* actor - Auckland, New Zealand 1997-0617 Sofia Pozdniakova* fencer/OG - Novosibirsk, Russia 1997-0620 Bálint Kopasz* sprint canoeist/OG - Szeged, Hungary 1997-0625 1997-0626 Lucia Di Guglielmo* football player - Pisa, Italy 1997-0630 Avika Gor* actress - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 1997-0701 Grigoriy Oparin* Russian chess player/Grandmaster - Munich, Germany 1997-0702 Grace Geyoro* French football player - Kolwezi, DR Congo 1997-0703 Aaron Kangas* athlete (hammer) - Finland 1997-0705 1997-0709 Tatjana Schoenmaker* swimmer/OS - Johannesburg, South Africa 1997-0710 1997-0714 Filippa Angeldal* football player - Uppsala, Sweden 1997-0715 Anthony Cirelli* hockey player - Woodbridge, ON Canada 1997-0715 Michaela Polleres* judoka/OS - Austria 1997-0718 Noah Lyles* sprinter - Gainesville, FL USA 1997-0718 Fionn Whitehead* actor - Richmond, London, England 1997-0719 **Oona Kaupp**i* football & floorball player - Tampere, Finland 1997-0719 Veera Kauppi* football & floorball player - Tampere, Finland 1997-0719 Zach Werenski* hockey player - Grosse Point, MI USA 1997-0724 Cailee Spaeny* actress - Springfield, MO USA 1997-0726 Sebastian Aho* hockey player - Rauma, Finland 1997-0726 Ewa Swoboda* athlete/sprinter - Zory, Poland 1997-0727 Rai Benjamin* sprinter/hurdler - Mount Vernon, NY USA 1997-0730 Finneas O’Connell* singer-songwriter/record producer/actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-0801 Kévin Aymoz* figure skater - Echirolles, France 1997-0801 Yomif Kejelcha* long-distance runner - Oromia, Ethiopia 1997-0803 Daniel Crowley* football player - Coventry, England 1997-0804 Bence Halász* athlete (hammer/WB) - Kiskunhalas, Hungary 1997-0804 Natalia Iwona Strzałka* mixed martial artist - Poland 1997-0804 Cinzia Zehnder* football player - Zürich, Switzerland 1997-0805 Olivia Holt* actress/singer - Germantown, TN USA 1997-0806 Hunter Pollack* school safety activist/political advisor - Long Island, NY USA 1997-0807 Kyler Murray* quarterback - Bedford, TX USA 1997-0809 Hifumi Abe* 阿部一二三 judoka/OG - Kobe, Japan 1997-0809 Rikke Madsen* football player - Varde, Denmark 1997-0810 Kylie Jenner* socialite - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-0810 Luca Marini* motorcycle racer - Urbino, Italy 1997-0812 Jordan Brown* acquitted of homicide/computer science student - New Beaver, PA USA 1997-0818 Manuela Giugliano* football player - Castelfranco Veneto, Italy 1997-0822 Jacob Dudman* actor - Ripon, North Yorkshire, England 1997-0825 1997-0828 Emilia McCarthy* actress - London, ON Canada 1997-0829 Ainsley Maitland-Niles* football player - Goodmayes, England 1997-0831 1997-0901 Maria Stavitskaia* Russian figure skater - Melitopol, Ukraine 1997-0904 Gergely Siklósi* fencer/OS - Tapolca, Hungary 1997-0909 Fredrik Jensen* football player - Porvoo, Finland 1997-0910 Troy Terry* hockey player - Denver, CO USA 1997-0912 Maggie Nichols* gymnast/WG - Little Canada, MN USA 1997-0912 Sydney Sweeney* actress - Spokane, WA USA 1997-0913 1997-0916 Sara Fantini* athlete (hammer) - Fidenza, Italy 1997-0916 Amy-Leigh Hickman* actress - Hastings, East Sussex, England 1997-0916 Lea Meyer* athlete (steeple chase) - Germany 1997-0916 Arttu Mäkiaho* Nordic combined skier - Kajaani, Finland 1997-0917 Auston Matthews* hockey player - San Ramon, CA USA 1997-0919 Jiang Fenfen* Paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - China 1997-0920 1997-0925 Mariano García* middle-distance runner/EG - Fuente Álamo de Murcia, Spain 1997-0927 Christopher Schwarzenegger* son of A.S. - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-0928 Yang Yung-wei* Taiwanese judoka/OS - Taiwan/Taipei 1997-0929 1997-0930 Max Verstappen* Dutch racing driver - Hasselt, Belgium 1997-1001 1997-1002 Joseph Baena* son of Arnold Schwarzenegger - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-1006 Kasper Dolberg* football player - Silkeborg, Denmark 1997-1009 Jharrel Jerome* actor - New York City, NY USA 1997-1009 Julius Mattila* hockey player - Tampere,  Finland 1997-0 1997-1010 Kristiina Halonen* athlete (400hurdles) - Finland - WA 1997-1014 Olivia Davies-McDaniel* American-Filipino football goalie - Laguna Beach, CA USA 1997-1015 Jarl Magnus Riiber* Nordic combined skier/WC - Oslo, Norway 1997-1016 Charles Leclerc* racing driver - Monte Carlo, Monaco 1997-1016 Naomi Osaka* 大坂 なおみ tennis player - Osaka, Japan 1997-1016 Mirko Zanni* weightlifter/OB - Pordenone, Italy 1997-1017 Shi Yiting* Paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - Chengzhou, China 1997-1020 Andrey Rublev* tennis player - Moscow, Russia 1997-1021 Anderson Peters* ahtlete/javelin/WG - Grenada 1997-1029 Arttu Ruotsalainen* hockey player - Oulu, Finland 1997-1030 Tage Thompson* hockey player - Phoenix, AZ USA 1997-1031 Sanni Hakala* hockey player - Jyväskylä, Finland 1997-1031 Sydney Park* actress/comedian - Philadelphia, PA USA 1997-1031 Marcus Rashford* football player - Wythenshawe, Manchester, England 1997-1031 Holly Taylor* actress (The Americans) - Middleton, NS Canada 1997-1101 Max Burkholder* actor/voice actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-1103 Diana Silvers* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-1107 Molly Thompson-Smith* sport climber - England 1997-1108 Christina Robinson* actress - USA 1997-1110 1997-1115 Krista Tervo* athlete (hammer) - Kotka, Finland 1997-1116 Alisa Vainio* long-distance runner - Lappeenranta, Finland 1997-1119 Grant Holloway* sprinter/hurdler - USA 1997-1120 1997-1125 Staša Gejo* Serbian sport climber - Niš, FR Yugoslavia 1997-1128 Yuliya Levchenko* athlete (high jump) - Artemivsk, Ukraine 1997-1129 William Byron* racing driver - Charlotte, NC USA 1997-1129 Ronja Savolainen* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 1997-1130 1997-1201 1997-1203 Michael Norman* sprinter/ WG/w Japanese mother - San Diego, CA USA 1997-1203 Hayley Okines* progeria activist - Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England (2015/17) 1997-1206 Nathan Bastian* hockey player - Kitchener, ON Canada 1997-1211 Matthew Tkachuk* hockey player - Scottsdale, AZ USA 1997-1214 Beatrice Nedberge Llano* athlete (hammer)/w Chilean father - Bergen, Norway 1997-1215 Maude Apatow* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1997-1215 Stefania LaVie Owen* New Zealand-American actress - Miami, FL USA 1997-1217 Shoma Uno* 宇野 昌磨 figure skater - Nagoya, Japan 1997-1220 Daniel Cargnin* judoka/OB - Brazil 1997-1221 Charlie McAvoy* hockey player - Long Beach, NY USA 1997-1224 Neeraj Chopra* athlete (javelin/OG) - Khandra, Haryana, India 1997-1227 Xaria Dotson* actress - Portland, OR USA - IMDb 1997-1230 Michael Newberry* football player - 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