In the year 1991
671 Notable deaths
Eugène Bozza
French composer (1905–1991).
Died September 28th, 1991 at 86 years old in Valenciennes.
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter (1911-1991).
Born November 12th, 1911 in Parsons. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1991 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Berry Kroeger
American actor (1912-1991).
Born October 16th, 1912 in San Antonio.
Died January 4th, 1991 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
Alfonso García Robles
Mexican diplomat and politician (1911-1991).
Born March 20th, 1911 in Zamora de Hidalgo. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1991 at 80 years old in Mexico City.
Maurice Binder
American film title designer (1925–1991).
Born August 25th, 1925 in New York City.
Died April 9th, 1991 at 65 years old in London (lung cancer).
Yue-Kong Pao
Hong kong businessman (1918-1991).
Born November 10th, 1918 in Zhenhai District.
Died September 23rd, 1991 at 72 years old in Hong Kong.
Ioan P. Culianu
Romanian academic (1950-1991).
Born January 5th, 1950 in Iași.
Died May 21st, 1991 at 41 years old in Chicago.
Jack Schaefer
American writer (1907–1991).
Born November 19th, 1907 in Cleveland.
Died January 24th, 1991 at 83 years old in Santa Fe (heart failure).
Hervé Guibert
French writer, photographer and journalist (1955-1991).
Born December 14th, 1955 in Saint-Cloud.
Died December 27th, 1991 at 36 years old in Clamart (death from AIDS-related complications).
William Penney, Baron Penney
English mathematician and physicist (1909-1991).
Born June 24th, 1909 in Gibraltar.
Died March 3rd, 1991 at 81 years old in East Hendred.
Charles Sutherland Elton
British zoologist and ecologist (1900–1991).
Born March 29th, 1900 in Manchester, Liverpool.
Died May 1st, 1991 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Ed Heinemann
American military aircraft designer (1908–1991).
Born March 14th, 1908 in Saginaw.
Died November 26th, 1991 at 83 years old in Rancho Santa Fe.
Ataur Rahman Khan
Prime minister of bangladesh from 1984 to 1986.
Born March 6th, 1905 in Dhamrai Upazila.
Died December 7th, 1991 at 86 years old in Dhaka.
Eileen Agar
British-argentinian painter, photographer (1899–1991).
Born December 1st, 1899 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 17th, 1991 at 91 years old in London.
Andrzej Panufnik
Polish composer and conductor (1914–1991).
Born September 24th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died October 27th, 1991 at 77 years old in Twickenham.
Sanmao
Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer (1943-1991).
Born March 26th, 1943 in Chongqing.
Died January 4th, 1991 at 47 years old in Taipei.
Mike Naumenko
Soviet rock and blues musician (1955–1991).
Born April 18th, 1955 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 27th, 1991 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Seán Ó Faoláin
Irish writer (1900-1991).
Born February 22nd, 1900 in Cork.
Died April 20th, 1991 at 91 years old in Dublin.
George Sherman
Film director (1908–1991).
Born July 14th, 1908 in New York City.
Died March 15th, 1991 at 82 years old in Los Angeles.
Ray Felix
American basketball player (1930–1991).
Born December 10th, 1930 in New York City.
Died July 28th, 1991 at 60 years old in Queens.
Maria Treben
Austrian author and herbalist (1907-1991).
Born September 27th, 1907 in Žatec.
Died July 26th, 1991 at 83 years old in Grieskirchen.
Song Shilun
Chinese general (1907-1991).
Born September 10th, 1907 in Liling.
Died September 17th, 1991 at 84 years old in Shanghai.
Ghislaine Dommanget
Princess consort of monaco, french actress.
Born October 13th, 1900 in Reims.
Died April 30th, 1991 at 90 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Leo Arnaud
French-american arranger and composer of "bugler's dream" (1904-1991).
Died April 26th, 1991 at 86 years old in North Carolina.
James Schuyler
American poet (1923–1991).
Born November 9th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died April 12th, 1991 at 67 years old in New York City (stroke).
Deaths 226 to 250 of 671
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer