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In the year 1891
689 Notable birthdays
Fritz Todt
German engineer and senior nazi figure (1891-1942).
Born September 4th, 1891 in Pforzheim.
Died February 8th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kętrzyn (aircraft crash).
Nelly Sachs
Jewish german poet and playwright (1891-1970).
Born December 10th, 1891 in Schöneberg. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1970 at 78 years old in Högalid Parish (intestinal cancer). [ref]
Pedro Albizu Campos
Puerto rican politician and independence advocate (1891-1965).
Born September 12th, 1891 in Ponce.
Died April 21st, 1965 at 73 years old in San Juan.
Leo Burnett
American advertising executive.
Born October 21st, 1891 in St. Johns.
Died June 7th, 1971 at 79 years old in Lake Zurich.
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
American politician (1891–1967).
Born May 11th, 1891 in New York City.
Died February 6th, 1967 at 75 years old in New York City.
Menen Asfaw
Ethiopian empress consort (1891-1962).
Born April 3rd, 1891 in Ethiopian Empire.
Died February 15th, 1962 at 70 years old in Addis Ababa.
Earl Browder
American politician (1891–1973).
Born May 20th, 1891 in Wichita.
Died June 27th, 1973 at 82 years old in Princeton.
George Adamski
American ufologist (1891–1965).
Born April 17th, 1891 in Bydgoszcz.
Died April 23rd, 1965 at 74 years old in Silver Spring (myocardial infarction).
Myrtle Gonzalez
American actress (1891–1918).
Born September 28th, 1891 in Los Angeles.
Died October 22nd, 1918 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Rudolf Carnap
German philosopher and logician (1891–1970).
Born May 18th, 1891 in Wuppertal, Ronsdorf.
Died September 16th, 1970 at 79 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Nella Larsen
American novelist, librarian, nurse (1891–1964).
Born April 13th, 1891 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1964 at 72 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Shiso Kanakuri
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born August 20th, 1891 in Tamana.
Died November 13th, 1983 at 92 years old in Tamana.
Osip Mandelstam
Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938).
Born January 14th, 1891 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 47 years old (typhus). [ref]
Michael Polanyi
Hungarian-british polymath (1891–1976).
Born March 11th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Northampton.
Hu Shih
Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891–1962).
Born December 17th, 1891 in Shanghai.
Died February 24th, 1962 at 70 years old in Taipei.
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
Indian writer (1891–1986).
Died June 6th, 1986 at 95 years old in Bengaluru. [ref]
Prince Maurice of Battenberg
Member of the hessian princely battenberg family and the extended british royal family (1891–1914).
Born October 3rd, 1891 in Balmoral Castle.
Died October 27th, 1914 at 23 years old in Zonnebeke.
Alexander Rodchenko
Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (1891—1955).
Born December 5th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 3rd, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Oswald Boelcke
German first world war flying ace (1891–1916).
Born May 19th, 1891 in Giebichenstein.
Died October 28th, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume.
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1967 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Bridget Dowling
Adolf hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to alois hitler, jr..
Born July 3rd, 1891 in Dublin.
Died November 18th, 1969 at 78 years old in Long Island.
Stanley Spencer
English painter (1891-1959).
Born July 30th, 1891 in Cookham. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1959 at 68 years old in Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Michael Chekhov
Russian actor and director (1891-1955).
Born August 29th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 30th, 1955 at 64 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Richard Norris Williams
American tennis player (1891-1968).
Born January 29th, 1891 in Geneva.
Died June 4th, 1968 at 77 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Reginald Denny
British actor, aviator and businessman (1891–1967).
Born November 20th, 1891 in Richmond.
Died June 16th, 1967 at 75 years old in Richmond (stroke).
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