| GRAPPELLI | Stephane ?, French jazz violinist who died in 1997 |
| STEPHANEGRAPPELLI | French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934 |
| STEPHANE | ____ Grappelli, French jazz violinist born in 1908 (8) |
| COUSTEAU | Jacques, French naval officer and underwater explorer who died in 1997 (8) |
| SOLTI | Georg, British conductor born in Hungary who died in 1997 (5) |
| GEORGSOLTI | British conductor born in Hungary who died in 1997 (5,5) |
| LOCATELLI | Italian composer and violinist who died in 1764 (9) |
| MENUHIN | Yehudi ?, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| COLEMANOLD | Five-term mayor who died in 1997 |
| DIANA | Princess who died in 1997 |
| SPENCER | Maiden name of the Princess of Wales who died in 1997 |
| ARLES | Hometown of Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122 |
| DENGXIAOPING | Chinese politician who died in 1997 (4,8) |
| NYRO | Laura, New York City-born singersongwriter who died in 1997 (4) |
| FELAKUTI | Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997 |
| DJANGOREINHARDT | Romani-French jazz guitarist born in Belgium in 1910 (6,9) |
| YEHUDIMENUHIN | Classical violinist and conductor who also worked with Ravi Shankar and jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli |
| MALLARME | Stephane, French poet and critic born in 1842 (8) |
| AUDRAN | Stephane ?, actress who played the title role in 1987 film drama Babette's Feast (6) |
| PETERHANSEL | Stephane ?, winner of the Dakar Rally cars category in 2016 and 2017 |
