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Born in 1891

839 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Enea Zuffi
association football player
1891–1968 · aged 76
December 27 · 1891
No external source identified
Per Skou
association football player
1891–1962 · aged 70
May 20 · 1891
Source: historical register of persons
René Barbier
fencer
1891–1966 · aged 74
March 4 · 1891
Source: birth certificate
Erik Bergqvist
water polo player, association football player
1891–1954 · aged 62
June 20 · 1891
No external source identified
Henri Van Lerberghe
sport cyclist
1891–1966 · aged 75
January 29 · 1891
Source: BnF authorities
Henri Gaussen
botanist, meteorologist
1891–1981 · aged 90
July 14 · 1891
Source: La France savante
Otto Lasanen
amateur wrestler
1891–1958 · aged 67
April 14 · 1891
No external source identified
Henry Wells
coxswain, judge
1891–1967 · aged 76
January 12 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Vilhelm Andersson
water polo player, swimmer
1891–1933 · aged 42
March 11 · 1891
Source: Swedish Publicist's Association Photo Directory 1936
Herbert Westermark
sailor, physician
1891–1981 · aged 90
August 30 · 1891
No external source identified
Renato Anselmi
fencer
1891–1973 · aged 81
October 26 · 1891
No external source identified
Anton Collin
cross-country skier, sport cyclist
1891–1973 · aged 81
October 12 · 1891
No external source identified
Helene Holzman
writer, teacher
1891–1968 · aged 76
August 30 · 1891
Source: FemBio database
Frane Katalinić
rower
1891–1976 · aged 84
October 4 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Francesco Loi
artistic gymnast
1891–1977 · aged 86
February 21 · 1891
No external source identified
Isak Abrahamsen
artistic gymnast
1891–1972 · aged 81
April 28 · 1891
Source: historical register of persons
Ernest Glover
athletics competitor
1891–1954 · aged 63
February 19 · 1891
No external source identified
August Fager
athletics competitor
1891–1967 · aged 75
December 25 · 1891
No external source identified
Henning Svensson
association football player, association football coach
1891–1979 · aged 87
October 19 · 1891
No external source identified
Hialmar Rendahl
zoologist, painter
1891–1969 · aged 77
December 26 · 1891
Source: Integrated Authority File
Axel Ståhle
equestrian
1891–1987 · aged 96
February 1 · 1891
No external source identified
Theo Willems
archer
1891–1960 · aged 69
February 22 · 1891
No external source identified
Charles Lelong
athletics competitor
1891–1970 · aged 79
March 18 · 1891
Source: birth certificate
Tullio Bozza
fencer
1891–1922 · aged 31
February 3 · 1891
No external source identified
Arthur Wiggins*
rower
Date disputed
December 4 · 1891
Source: Olympics.com athletes database
Harold Franks
boxer
1891–1973
October 2 · 1891
Source: olympedia.org
Erling Jensen
artistic gymnast
1891–1973 · aged 82
July 3 · 1891
No external source identified
Axel Andersen
artistic gymnast
1891–1931 · aged 39
December 20 · 1891
No external source identified
John Walker
coxswain
1891–1952 · aged 61
January 4 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Elisa Soriano Fisher
physician, teacher
1891–1964 · aged 73
October 22 · 1891
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Jaroslav Jirkovský
ice hockey player, association football player
1891–1966 · aged 75
February 4 · 1891
Source: katalog.ahmp.cz
Giuseppe Azzini
sport cyclist
1891–1925 · aged 34
March 26 · 1891
No external source identified
Gino Rocca
journalist, playwright
1891–1941 · aged 49
February 22 · 1891
Source: BnF authorities
Kurt Bergström
sailor
1891–1955 · aged 64
July 23 · 1891
No external source identified
Árpád Pédery
artistic gymnast
1891–1914 · aged 23
February 1 · 1891
Source: mek.oszk.hu
Hugo Lahtinen
athletics competitor, pentathlete
1891–1977 · aged 86
November 29 · 1891
No external source identified
Heikki Kähkönen
amateur wrestler
1891–1962 · aged 70
December 26 · 1891
No external source identified
Poul Hansen
amateur wrestler
1891–1948 · aged 57
October 20 · 1891
No external source identified
Max Rudolf
rower
1891–date unavailable
February 12 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Félix Goethals
sport cyclist
1891–1962 · aged 71
January 14 · 1891
Source: birth certificate
William Peacock
water polo player, swimmer
1891–1948 · aged 57
December 6 · 1891
No external source identified
Ninnan Santesson
sculptor, draftsperson
1891–1969 · aged 77
December 14 · 1891
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Helge Bäckander
artistic gymnast
1891–1958 · aged 67
October 13 · 1891
No external source identified
Helene Stähelin
peace activist, mathematician
1891–1970 · aged 79
July 18 · 1891
Source: personenlexikon.bl.ch
Aarne Pelkonen
artistic gymnast
1891–1959 · aged 67
November 24 · 1891
No external source identified
Yuriy Tyutyunnyk
pedagogue, writer
1891–1930 · aged 39
April 20 · 1891
No external source identified
Josef Schneider
rower
1891–1966
March 5 · 1891
Source: olympedia.org
Lorenzo Mangiante
artistic gymnast
1891–1936 · aged 45
March 14 · 1891
No external source identified
Sidney Cross
artistic gymnast
1891–1964 · aged 73
January 5 · 1891
No external source identified
Oreste Moricca
teacher, fencer
1891–1984 · aged 92
August 5 · 1891
No external source identified
Willem van Loon
tug of war competitor
1891–1975 · aged 84
August 15 · 1891
No external source identified
Otto Liebing
rower
1891–1967 · aged 76
March 31 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Kazimierz Szosland
equestrian, military officer
1891–1944 · aged 53
February 21 · 1891
No external source identified
Herman Dahlbäck
rower
1891–1968 · aged 77
March 7 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Henry Larsen
rower
1891–1969 · aged 77
August 16 · 1891
Source: historical register of persons
Curt Hartzell
artistic gymnast
1891–1975 · aged 83
September 3 · 1891
No external source identified
Christian Hansen
artistic gymnast
1891–1961 · aged 69
September 24 · 1891
No external source identified
László Széchy
athlete, fencer
1891–1963 · aged 72
November 18 · 1891
No external source identified
Einar Berntsen
speed skater, skipper
1891–1965 · aged 73
November 20 · 1891
Source: slektogdata.no
Thor Ørvig
sailor
1891–1965 · aged 73
December 14 · 1891
No external source identified
Ture Rosvall
rower
1891–1977 · aged 86
July 6 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Henning Holst
field hockey player
1891–1975 · aged 83
October 25 · 1891
No external source identified
Watse Cuperus
poet, teacher
1891–1966 · aged 75
April 30 · 1891
No external source identified
Garibaldi Spighi
event rider
1891–1978 · aged 87
June 12 · 1891
No external source identified
Bjarne Pettersen
artistic gymnast
1891–1983 · aged 92
June 8 · 1891
Source: historical register of persons
Aksel Sørensen
artistic gymnast
1891–1955 · aged 63
October 5 · 1891
No external source identified
Klas Särner
artistic gymnast
1891–1980 · aged 88
December 25 · 1891
No external source identified
Alphonse Van Mele
artistic gymnast
1891–1972 · aged 80
December 29 · 1891
No external source identified
Liubov Kemularia-Nathadze
botanist, botanical collector
1891–1985 · aged 93
March 28 · 1891
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Ernest Gevers
fencer
1891–1965
August 28 · 1891
No external source identified
Robert Sjursen
artistic gymnast
1891–1965 · aged 74
March 8 · 1891
No external source identified
Søren Alfred Jensen
artistic gymnast
1891–1978 · aged 86
May 22 · 1891
No external source identified
Carl Klose
rower
1891–1988 · aged 96
December 5 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Joseph De Craecker
fencer
1891–1975 · aged 84
January 19 · 1891
Source: Roglo
Alvin Moore
dressage rider, military officer
1891–1972 · aged 80
November 19 · 1891
Source: images.findagrave.com
Conrad Olsen
rower
1891–1970 · aged 79
July 6 · 1891
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Frans Persson
artistic gymnast
1891–1976 · aged 84
December 6 · 1891
Source: Find a Grave
Walden Martin
sport cyclist
1891–1966 · aged 75
September 28 · 1891
No external source identified
Gunnar Gabrielsson
sport shooter
1891–1981 · aged 89
June 17 · 1891
No external source identified
Ferenc Szűts
artistic gymnast, athlete
1891–1966 · aged 74
December 16 · 1891
No external source identified
George Falcke
artistic gymnast
1891–1979 · aged 87
March 2 · 1891
No external source identified
Enrico Sala
sport cyclist
1891–1979 · aged 88
July 18 · 1891
No external source identified
Carl-Erik Svensson
artistic gymnast
1891–1978 · aged 87
February 20 · 1891
No external source identified
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1891–1971 · aged 79
August 16 · 1891
Source: The Peerage
Lionel Bony de Castellane*
fencer
Date disputed
September 29 · 1891
Source: birth certificate
Romualdo Ghiglione
artistic gymnast
1891–1940 · aged 49
February 25 · 1891
No external source identified
V. V. Bunak*
anthropologist, university teacher
Date disputed
September 22 · 1891
No external source identified
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
actor
1891–1955 · aged 63
July 28 · 1891
Source: Find a Grave
Alexander Gegello
architect
1891–1965 · aged 74
July 22 · 1891
No external source identified

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