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In the year 1891
601 Notable birthdays
Michael Polanyi
Hungarian-british polymath.
Born March 11th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Northampton. [ref]
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.
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