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In the year 1891
689 Notable birthdays
Arthur Bliss
English composer and conductor (1891–1975).
Born August 2nd, 1891 in London.
Died March 28th, 1975 at 83 years old in London.
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
German general (1891–1963).
Born September 4th, 1891 in Waldshut-Tiengen.
Died January 9th, 1963 at 71 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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).
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.
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]
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.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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).
C. E. M. Joad
British philosopher.
Born August 12th, 1891 in Durham.
Died April 9th, 1953 at 61 years old in East Heath Road.
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).
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.
Francis McDonald
Actor (1891-1968).
Born August 22nd, 1891 in Bowling Green.
Died September 18th, 1968 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Alfred Sturtevant
American biologist (1891–1970).
Born November 21st, 1891 in Jacksonville.
Died April 5th, 1970 at 78 years old in Pasadena.
Francisco Lázaro
Portuguese distance runner (1891–1912).
Born January 8th, 1891 in Benfica. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1912 at 21 years old in Stockholm.
Abraham Fraenkel
Israeli mathematician (1891-1965).
Born February 17th, 1891 in Munich.
Died October 15th, 1965 at 74 years old in Jerusalem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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