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In the year 1891
635 Notable birthdays
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife
British princess; elder daughter of louise, princess royal, and alexander duff, 1st duke of fife (1891-1959).
Born May 17th, 1891 in London.
Died February 26th, 1959 at 67 years old in London.
Fritz Todt
German engineer and senior nazi figure (1891-1942).
Born September 4th, 1891 in Pforzheim. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kętrzyn (aircraft crash). [ref]
Leo Burnett
American advertising executive.
Born October 21st, 1891 in St. Johns.
Died June 7th, 1971 at 79 years old in Lake Zurich.
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.
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 political activist (1891-1973).
Born May 20th, 1891 in Wichita.
Died June 27th, 1973 at 82 years old in Princeton.
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
American politician (1891-1967).
Born May 11th, 1891 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1967 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
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).
Rudolf Carnap
German philosopher.
Born May 18th, 1891 in Ronsdorf. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1970 at 79 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Shizo Kanakuri
Japanese long-distance runner.
Born August 20th, 1891 in Tamana.
Died November 13th, 1983 at 92 years old in Tamana.
Nella Larsen
American novelist, librarian, nurse (1891–1964).
Born April 14th, 1891 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1964 at 72 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Michael Polanyi
Hungarian-british polymath (1891–1976).
Born March 11th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Northampton.
Osip Mandelstam
Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938).
Born January 15th, 1891 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 47 years old (typhus). [ref]
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.
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.
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.
Oswald Boelcke
German first world war flying ace.
Born May 19th, 1891 in Giebichenstein.
Died October 28th, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume (killed in action).
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]
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967).
Born January 27th, 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.
Michael Chekhov
Russian actor and director (1891-1955).
Born August 29th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1955 at 64 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Wallace Reid
American actor (1891–1923).
Born April 15th, 1891 in St. Louis.
Died January 18th, 1923 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (influenza).
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).
A. P. Carter
American country musician.
Born December 15th, 1891 in Virginia.
Died November 7th, 1960 at 68 years old in Kingsport.
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