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In the year 1891
635 Notable birthdays
Clarrie Grimmett
Australian cricketer (1891-1980).
Born December 25th, 1891 in Dunedin.
Died May 2nd, 1980 at 88 years old in Adelaide.
Yevhen Konovalets
Military commander of the unr army and political leader of the ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938).
Born June 14th, 1891 in Zhovkva.
Died May 23rd, 1938 at 46 years old in Rotterdam.
Al Dubin
Swiss-american lyricist (1891-1945).
Born June 10th, 1891 in Zürich. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in New York City. [ref]
Minoru Ōta
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy.
Born April 7th, 1891 in Nagara.
Died June 13th, 1945 at 54 years old in Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters.
Edmund Goulding
British director and screenwriter (1891–1959).
Born March 20th, 1891 in Feltham.
Died December 24th, 1959 at 68 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (surgical complications).
Juan Yagüe Blanco
Spanish legion general (1891-1952).
Born November 9th, 1891 in San Leonardo de Yagüe.
Died October 29th, 1952 at 60 years old in Burgos (lung cancer). [ref]
Irene Rich
American actress (1891-1988).
Born October 13th, 1891 in Buffalo.
Died April 22nd, 1988 at 96 years old in Hope Ranch (heart failure).
Otto Schmidt
Russian and soviet geophysicist and polar explorer (1891-1956).
Born September 30th, 1891 in Mogilev.
Died September 7th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Alfred Sturtevant
American biologist (1891–1970).
Born November 21st, 1891 in Jacksonville.
Died April 5th, 1970 at 78 years old in Pasadena.
Francis McDonald
Actor (1891-1968).
Born August 22nd, 1891 in Bowling Green.
Died September 18th, 1968 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Laura Vicuña
Chilean child who was beatified by the catholic church (1891–1904).
Born April 5th, 1891 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 1904 at 12 years old in Junín de los Andes (tuberculosis).
Robert P. Patterson
American federal judge, undersecretary of war, later secretary of war (1891-1952).
Born February 12th, 1891 in Glens Falls.
Died January 22nd, 1952 at 60 years old in Newark.
Abraham Fraenkel
Israeli mathematician (1891-1965).
Born February 17th, 1891 in Munich.
Died October 15th, 1965 at 74 years old in Jerusalem.
Agnes Ayres
American actress (1892–1940).
Born April 4th, 1891 in Carbondale.
Died December 25th, 1940 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage).
Harold Jeffreys
British geophysicist and statistician (1891–1989).
Born April 22nd, 1891 in England, Fatfield.
Died March 18th, 1989 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Grunya Sukhareva
Ukrainian-russian psychiatrist and university teacher (1891-1981).
Born November 11th, 1891 in Kyiv.
Died April 26th, 1981 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Princess Nobuko Asaka
Japanese princess.
Born August 7th, 1891 in Tokyo.
Died November 3rd, 1933 at 42 years old in Tokyo.
Antoine Pinay
French politician (1891-1994).
Born December 30th, 1891 in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise.
Died December 13th, 1994 at 102 years old in Saint-Chamond.
José Castellanos Contreras
Salvadoran diplomat and righteous among the nations (1893-1977).
Born January 1st, 1891 in San Vicente.
Died June 18th, 1977 at 86 years old in San Salvador.
Vittorio Jano
Hungarian automobile designer (1891-1965).
Born April 22nd, 1891 in San Giorgio Canavese.
Died March 13th, 1965 at 73 years old in Turin (gunshot wound).
Romola de Pulszky
Hungarian noble; wife and biographer of dancer-choreographer vaslav nijinsky.
Born February 20th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1978 at 87 years old in Paris.
Diana Budisavljević
Austrian humanitarian (1891–1978).
Born January 15th, 1891 in Innsbruck.
Died August 20th, 1978 at 87 years old in Innsbruck.
Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Titular duke of schleswig-holstein.
Born August 23rd, 1891 in Gut Grünholz.
Died February 10th, 1965 at 73 years old in Coburg.
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Russian general.
Born July 15th, 1891 in Tomsk.
Died January 14th, 1938 at 46 years old in Novosibirsk (ballistic trauma).
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