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In the year 1891

689 Notable birthdays

William Christian Bullitt, Jr.

American diplomat (1891–1967).

Born January 25th, 1891 in Philadelphia.

Died February 15th, 1967 at 76 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (leukemia).

Madge Kennedy

American actress (1891-1987).

Born April 19th, 1891 in Chicago.

Died June 9th, 1987 at 96 years old in Woodland Hills (respiratory failure).

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 Zashkiv.

Died May 23rd, 1938 at 46 years old in Rotterdam.

Al Dubin

Swiss-american lyricist (1891–1945).

Born June 10th, 1891 in Zurich.

Died February 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in New York City.

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).

C. E. M. Joad

British philosopher.

Born August 12th, 1891 in Durham.

Died April 9th, 1953 at 61 years old in East Heath Road.

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]

May Warden

British actress (1891–1978).

Born May 9th, 1891 in Leeds.

Died October 5th, 1978 at 87 years old in London.

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 geophysicist and polar explorer of baltic german origin (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.

Francisco Lázaro

Portuguese distance runner (1891–1912).

Born January 8th, 1891 in Benfica. [ref]

Died July 15th, 1912 at 21 years old in Stockholm.

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.

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

French painter and sculptor (1891-1915).

Born October 4th, 1891 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye.

Died June 5th, 1915 at 23 years old in Neuville-Saint-Vaast.

Princess Nobuko Asaka

Japanese princess (1891-1931).

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.

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 2nd, 1891 in Budapest.

Died June 8th, 1978 at 87 years old in Paris.

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