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In the year 1891

601 Notable birthdays

Edmund Goulding

British director and screenwriter (1891–1959).

Born March 20th, 1891 in Feltham. [ref]

Died December 24th, 1959 at 68 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (surgical complications). [ref]

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

English 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 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.

Robert P. Patterson

American federal judge, undersecretary of war, later secretary of war (1891-1952).

Born February 12th, 1891 in New York City, Glens Falls.

Died January 22nd, 1952 at 60 years old in Newark.

Abraham Fraenkel

Israeli mathematician (1891-1965).

Born February 17th, 1891 in Munich. [ref]

Died October 15th, 1965 at 74 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]

Harold Jeffreys

Geophysicist and statistician.

Born April 22nd, 1891 in Fatfield. [ref]

Died March 18th, 1989 at 97 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

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