Born in 1891

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• 1891–1942Edith SteinGerman nun and philosopherOctober 12
• 1891–1938Genrikh YagodaSoviet secret police officialNovember 7
• 1891–1941Frederick BantingCanadian medical scientist and doctorNovember 14
• 1891–1995Edward BernaysAmerican public relations pioneerNovember 22
• 1891–1973Frank CostelloItalian-American mobsterJanuary 26
• 1891–1974James ChadwickBritish physicistOctober 20
• 1891–1974Earl WarrenChief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969March 19
• 1891–1945Fumimaro KonoePrime Minister of Japan (1937–1939; 1940–1941)October 12
• 1891–1969Otto DixGerman painter and printmakerDecember 2
• 1891–1958Ronald ColmanBritish and American actorFebruary 9
• 1891–1942Grant WoodAmerican painterFebruary 13
• 1891–1942Fritz TodtGerman engineer and senior Nazi figureSeptember 4
• 1891–1959Jose P. LaurelPresident of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945March 9
• 1891–1958Ole Kirk ChristiansenFounder of The Lego GroupApril 7
• 1891–1945Tadamichi KuribayashiImperial Japanese Army generalJuly 7
• 1891–1969Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisBritish field marshal; Governor General of CanadaDecember 10
• 1891–1951Fanny BriceAmerican actress, singer, and comedianOctober 29
• 1891–1986W. Averell HarrimanAmerican businessman, politician and diplomatNovember 15
• 1891–1970Rudolf CarnapGerman-American philosopherMay 18
• 1891–1970Nelly SachsJewish German-Swedish writer, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureateDecember 10
• 1891–1984Sam JaffeAmerican actorMarch 10
• 1891–1979Charles CoughlinCanadian-American Catholic priestOctober 25
• 1891–1974Pär LagerkvistSwedish writerMay 23
• 1891–1970William Slim, 1st Viscount SlimBritish Army field marshal, Governor-General of Australia, and authorAugust 6
• 1891–1971David SarnoffAmerican businessmanFebruary 27
• 1891–1957Walther BotheGerman physicistJanuary 8
• 1891–1921Virginia RappeSilent film actress and modelJuly 7
• 1891–1964Nella LarsenAmerican novelistApril 13
• 1891–1968John HeartfieldGerman visual artistJune 19
• 1891–1953Hans ReichenbachGerman philosopherSeptember 26
• 1891–1974Carl SpaatzUnited States Air Force generalJune 28
• 1891–1965George AdamskiPolish-American UFO contacteeApril 17
• 1891–1916Oswald BoelckeGerman World War I flying aceMay 19
• 1891–1976Wilder PenfieldCanadian neurosurgeonJanuary 26
• 1891–1981Grunya SukharevaSoviet psychiatrist and educatorNovember 11
• 1891–1979Pier Luigi NerviItalian architect and engineerJune 21
• 1891–1980Pietro NenniItalian politicianFebruary 9
• 1891–1959Stanley SpencerEnglish painterJune 30
• 1891–2007Emiliano Mercado del ToroPuerto Rican supercentenarianAugust 21
• 1891–1987John Howard NorthropAmerican biochemistJuly 5
• 1891–1971William F. AlbrightAmerican archaeologist and biblical scholarMay 24
• 1891–1958Johannes R. BecherGerman politician, novelist and poetMay 22
• 1891–1976John A. CostelloTaoiseach (1948–1951, 1954–1957)June 20
• 1891–1945Takijirō ŌnishiImperial Japanese Navy admiralJune 2
• 1891–1972Bronislava NijinskaRussian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographerJanuary 8
• 1891–1964Julius RaabChancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961November 29
• 1891–1968Hans F. K. GüntherGerman writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicistFebruary 16
• 1891–1944Erich MarcksGerman World War II generalJune 6
• 1891–1949Damaskinos of AthensGreek politician and priestMarch 3
• 1891–1979Gio PontiItalian architect and designerNovember 18
• 1891–1973Jacques LipchitzLithuanian-born French cubist sculptorAugust 22
• 1891–1989Harold JeffreysBritish physicist and mathematicianApril 22
• 1891–1975Arthur BlissEnglish composer and conductorAugust 2
• 1891–1965Abraham FraenkelGerman-Israeli mathematician and ZionistFebruary 17
• 1891–1967Reginald DennyEnglish actorNovember 20
• 1891–1993Edward Bernard RaczyńskiPolish politicianDecember 19
• 1891–1980John W. McCormackAmerican politicianDecember 21
• 1891–1912Francisco LázaroPortuguese marathon runnerJanuary 21
• 1891–1920Ray ChapmanAmerican baseball playerJanuary 15
• 1891–1959Kenneth AndersonBritish Army generalDecember 25