| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| William Foxwell Albright |
Archaeologist |
24-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1971 |
Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins |
| Stanley Andrews |
Actor |
28-Aug-1891 |
23-Jun-1969 |
Death Valley Days |
| Thurman Arnold |
Attorney |
2-Jun-1891 |
7-Nov-1969 |
Trust-busting attorney |
| J. Hugo Aronson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1891 |
25-Feb-1978 |
Governor of Montana, 1953-61 |
| Fay Bainter |
Actor |
7-Dec-1891 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Jezebel |
| Frederick G. Banting |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1891 |
21-Feb-1941 |
Discovered insulin |
| Daniel W. Bell |
Government |
23-Jul-1891 |
? |
Undersecretary of the Treasury |
| Edward Bernays |
Business |
22-Nov-1891 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Propaganda |
| Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
| Charles Bickford |
Actor |
1-Jan-1891 |
9-Nov-1967 |
The Song of Bernadette |
| Arthur Bliss |
Composer |
2-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
Morning Heroes |
| Walther Bothe |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1891 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Coincidence method |
| Fanny Brice |
Singer |
29-Oct-1891 |
29-May-1951 |
The Baby Snooks Show |
| Helen Broderick |
Actor |
11-Aug-1891 |
25-Sep-1959 |
Top Hat |
| C. Norman Brunsdale |
Politician |
9-Jul-1891 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1951-57 |
| Jack Buchanan |
Actor |
2-Apr-1891 |
20-Oct-1957 |
The Band Wagon |
| Mikhail Bulgakov |
Author |
3-May-1891 |
10-Mar-1940 |
The Master and Margarita |
| William C. Bullitt |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1891 |
15-Feb-1967 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
| Leo Burnett |
Business |
21-Oct-1891 |
7-Jun-1971 |
American advertising pioneer |
| Mae Busch |
Actor |
18-Jun-1891 |
19-Apr-1946 |
The Ever-Popular Mae Busch |
| Rudolf Carnap |
Philosopher |
18-May-1891 |
14-Sep-1970 |
The Logical Syntax of Language |
| James Chadwick |
Physicist |
20-Oct-1891 |
24-Jul-1974 |
Discovered the neutron |
| Ray Chapman |
Baseball |
15-Jan-1891 |
17-Aug-1920 |
Fatally hit by pitch |
| Edward F. Cline |
Film Director |
4-Nov-1891 |
22-May-1961 |
The Bank Dick |
| Ronald Colman |
Actor |
9-Feb-1891 |
19-May-1958 |
A Double Life |
| Con Conrad |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1891 |
28-Sep-1938 |
The Continental |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| Reginald Denny |
Actor |
20-Nov-1891 |
16-Jun-1967 |
English actor and RC airplane popularizer |
| Otto Dix |
Painter |
2-Dec-1891 |
25-Jul-1969 |
Expressionist vividly depicted WWI |
| Karl Doenitz |
Military |
16-Sep-1891 |
2-Dec-1980 |
U-Boat admiral |
| Phil M. Donnelly |
Politician |
16-Mar-1891 |
12-Sep-1961 |
Twice Governor of Missouri |
| Al Dubin |
Songwriter |
10-Jun-1891 |
11-Feb-1945 |
Lullaby of Broadway |
| E. A. Dupont |
Film Director |
25-Dec-1891 |
12-Dec-1956 |
Piccadilly |
| Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
| Max Ernst |
Painter |
2-Apr-1891 |
1-Apr-1976 |
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Assar Gabrielsson |
Business |
13-Aug-1891 |
28-May-1962 |
Co-Founder of Volvo |
| Marjorie Gateson |
Actor |
17-Jan-1891 |
17-Apr-1977 |
Goin' to Town |
| E. Urner Goodman |
Administrator |
15-May-1891 |
13-Mar-1980 |
Cofounder, Order of the Arrow |
| Edmund Goulding |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1891 |
24-Dec-1959 |
Grand Hotel |
| Antonio Gramsci |
Activist |
23-Jan-1891 |
27-Apr-1937 |
Founder of the Italian Communist Party |
| Jonathan Hale |
Actor |
21-Mar-1891 |
28-Feb-1966 |
J. C. Dithers |
| Joyce C. Hall |
Business |
29-Aug-1891 |
29-Oct-1982 |
Founder of Hallmark Cards |
| Erle P. Halliburton |
Business |
22-Sep-1891 |
13-Oct-1957 |
Founder of Halliburton |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Diplomat |
15-Nov-1891 |
26-Jul-1986 |
Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY |
| Sidney Coe Howard |
Playwright |
26-Jun-1891 |
23-Aug-1939 |
They Knew What They Wanted |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Sam Jaffe |
Actor |
10-Mar-1891 |
24-Mar-1984 |
Gunga Din |
| Storm Jameson |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1891 |
1986 |
The Pot Boils |
| Isabel Jeans |
Actor |
16-Sep-1891 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Easy Virtue |
| Louis A. Johnson |
Government |
10-Jan-1891 |
24-Apr-1966 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 |
| Roscoe Karns |
Actor |
7-Sep-1891 |
6-Feb-1970 |
It Happened One Night |
| Madge Kennedy |
Actor |
19-Apr-1891 |
9-Jun-1987 |
The Marrying Kind |
| Victor Kilian |
Actor |
6-Mar-1891 |
11-Mar-1979 |
Raymond Larkin on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
| Willard M. Kiplinger |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1891 |
6-Aug-1967 |
Kiplinger Washington Editors |
| Pär Lagerkvist |
Author |
23-May-1891 |
11-Jul-1974 |
Barabbas |
| Nella Larsen |
Novelist |
13-Apr-1891 |
30-Mar-1964 |
Quicksand |
| José P. Laurel |
Head of State |
9-Mar-1891 |
6-Nov-1959 |
3rd President of the Philippines |
| Rowland V. Lee |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1891 |
21-Dec-1975 |
Son of Frankenstein |
| Rush Hudson Limbaugh |
Politician |
27-Sep-1891 |
8-Apr-1996 |
Rush's grandfather |
| Gene Lockhart |
Actor |
18-Jul-1891 |
31-Mar-1957 |
Algiers |
| Grace Lumpkin |
Novelist |
3-Mar-1891 |
1980 |
To Make My Bread |
| Osip Mandelshtam |
Poet |
1891 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Acmeist Russian poet |
| Percy Marks |
Novelist |
9-Sep-1891 |
27-Dec-1956 |
The Plastic Age |
| George E. Marshall |
Film Director |
29-Dec-1891 |
17-Feb-1975 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Archie Mayo |
Film Director |
29-Jan-1891 |
4-Dec-1968 |
The Adventures of Marco Polo |
| John W. McCormack |
Politician |
21-Dec-1891 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Speaker of the House, 1962-70 |
| Paul V. McNutt |
Politician |
19-Jul-1891 |
24-Mar-1955 |
Governor of Indiana, 1933-37 |
| Henry Miller |
Novelist |
26-Dec-1891 |
7-Jun-1980 |
Tropic of Cancer |
| Walter Monckton |
Politician |
17-Jan-1891 |
9-Jan-1965 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1955-56 |
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
Government |
11-May-1891 |
6-Feb-1967 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45 |
| Charles Münch |
Conductor |
26-Sep-1891 |
6-Nov-1968 |
Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68 |
| Greasy Neale |
Football |
5-Nov-1891 |
2-Nov-1973 |
NFL Hall of Fame Coach |
| Pier Luigi Nervi |
Architect |
21-Jun-1891 |
9-Jan-1979 |
Experimented with reinforced concrete |
| Seth Barnes Nicholson |
Astronomer |
12-Nov-1891 |
2-Jul-1963 |
Four satellites of Jupiter |
| John H. Northrop |
Chemist |
5-Jul-1891 |
27-May-1987 |
Bacteriophages |
| Warder Norton |
Business |
17-Sep-1891 |
7-Nov-1945 |
W. W. Norton & Company |
| Henry O'Neill |
Actor |
10-Aug-1891 |
18-May-1961 |
Anchors Aweigh |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Robert P. Patterson |
Judge |
12-Feb-1891 |
22-Jan-1952 |
US Secretary of War, 1945-47 |
| Irving Pichel |
Film Director |
24-Jun-1891 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Destination Moon |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Composer |
23-Apr-1891 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Peter and the Wolf |
| Julius Raab |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1891 |
8-Jan-1964 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61 |
| Virginia Rappe |
Victim |
7-Jul-1891 |
9-Sep-1921 |
Fatty Arbuckle scandal |
| Wallace Reid |
Actor |
15-Apr-1891 |
18-Jan-1923 |
Silent film actor and director |
| Irene Rich |
Actor |
13-Oct-1891 |
22-Apr-1988 |
The Mortal Storm |
| Sid Richardson |
Business |
25-Apr-1891 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Oilman, Bass family benefactor |
| Erwin Rommel |
Military |
15-Nov-1891 |
14-Oct-1944 |
The Desert Fox |
| Nicola Sacco |
Anarchist |
22-Apr-1891 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Pedro Salinas |
Poet |
27-Nov-1891 |
4-Dec-1951 |
Generation of '27 |
| David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
| David Sholtz |
Politician |
6-Oct-1891 |
21-Mar-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1933-37 |
| Carl A. Spaatz |
Military |
28-Jun-1891 |
14-Jul-1974 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48 |
| Robert G. Sproul |
Educator |
22-May-1891 |
10-Sep-1975 |
President, University of California, 1930-58 |
| Carl Stalling |
Composer |
10-Nov-1891 |
29-Nov-1972 |
Composer for hundreds of Looney Tunes |
| John H. Stelle |
Politician |
10-Aug-1891 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Governor of Illinois, 1940-41 |
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1891 |
11-Dec-1968 |
New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 |
| Fritz Todt |
Government |
4-Sep-1891 |
8-Feb-1942 |
Nazi engineer, finished the Autobahn |
| Rafael Leónidas Trujillo |
Head of State |
24-Oct-1891 |
30-May-1961 |
Dictator of the Dominican Republic |
| Victor Varconi |
Actor |
31-Mar-1891 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Hungarian-American character actor |
| Urban J. Vehr |
Religion |
30-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1973 |
Archbishop of Denver, 1941-67 |
| Monrad C. Wallgren |
Politician |
17-Apr-1891 |
18-Sep-1961 |
Governor of Washington, 1945-49 |
| Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
| Richard A. Whiting |
Composer |
12-Nov-1891 |
10-Feb-1938 |
Ain't We Got Fun? |
| Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
