Famous People Who Died In 1991
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1991. This list includes people like Freddie Mercury, Rajiv Gandhi, Michael Landon, Dr. Seuss, Miles Davis and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include actresses, composers, political leaders and novelists who died in 1991. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Russia and many more countries.
Freddie Mercury05 September 1946, British
Singer-songwriter
Rajiv Gandhi20 August 1944, Indian
Former Prime Minister of India
Michael Landon31 October 1936, American
Actor
Dr. Seuss02 March 1904, American
Writer, Cartoonist
Miles Davis26 May 1926, American
Jazz Trumpeter
Danny Thomas06 January 1912, American
Richard Speck06 December 1941, American
Murderer
Cassandra Harris15 December 1948, Australian, American
Actor
Gene Roddenberry19 August 1921, American
Steve Clark23 April 1960, British
Musician
Gene Tierney19 November 1920, American
Actress
Klaus Barbie25 October 1913, German
Nazi Leader
Serge Gainsbourg02 April 1928, French
Nancy Kulp28 August 1921, American
Actress
Jean Arthur17 October 1900, American
Actress
Bert Convy23 July 1933, American
Actor
Lee Remick14 December 1935, American
Actress
John McIntire27 June 1907, American
Actor
Frank Capra18 May 1897, Italian, American
Film Director
Ralph Bellamy17 June 1904, American
Actor
Margot Fonteyn18 May 1919, British
Ballerina
Martha Graham11 May 1894, American
Modern dancer and choreographer
Colleen Dewhurst03 June 1924, Canadian
Actress
David Lean25 March 1908, British
Film Director, Producer & Screenwater
Vasily Zaytsev23 March 1915, Russian
Sniper
Aldo Ray25 September 1926, American
Actor
James Roosevelt23 December 1907, American
United States Congressman, US Military Officer,
James Franciscus31 January 1934, American
Actor
John Bardeen23 May 1908, American
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Isaac Bashevis Singer21 November 1902, Polish, American
Writer
Paul Brown07 September 1908, American
American Football Coach
Victor Chang21 November 1936, Australian
Surgeon
Berenice Abbott17 July 1898, American
American photographer
Edwin H. Land07 May 1909, American
Scientist
Robert Motherwell24 January 1915, American
Abstract Painter
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Gustáv Husák10 January 1913, Slovak
Slovak Politician
Salvador Luria13 August 1912, Italian
Microbiologist
Aaron Siskind04 December 1903, American
Photographer
Carl David Anderson03 September 1905, American
Physicist
Edwin McMillan18 September 1907, American
Physicist
Alfonso García Robles20 March 1911, Mexican
Diplomat
Ragnar Granit30 October 1900, Finnish, Swedish
Physiologist
Henry Graham Greene02 October 1904, British
Novelist
Sir Arthur Lewis23 January 1915, Saint Lucian
Economist
Stanley Getz02 February 1927, American
Saxophonist
George Joseph Stigler17 January 1911, American
Economist
Jerzy Kosiński14 June 1933, American
Novelist
Gene Tierney19 November 1920, American
Actress
Sir Richard Stone30 August 1913, British
Economist
Redd Foxx09 December 1922, American
Television actor, Actor
David Ruffin18 January 1941, American
Singer
Fred MacMurray30 August 1908, American
American actor
Kevin Peter Hall09 May 1955, American
Actor
Steve Marriott30 January 1947, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Actor, Record
Eric Carr12 July 1950, American
Drummer, Musician
Olav V of Norway02 July 1903, Norwegian
Former King of Norway
Stan Getz02 February 1927, American
Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Jiang Qing19 March 1914, Chinese
Actress
Tony Richardson05 June 1928, British
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Actor
Robert Maxwell10 June 1923, British
Politician, Entrepreneur, Writer, Publisher,
Tennessee Ernie Ford13 February 1919, American
Singer, Television presenter, Actor, Songwriter
Howard Ashman17 May 1950, American
Composer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Songwriter, Film
Gene Clark17 November 1944, American
Guitarist, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Composer
Yves Montand13 October 1921, French, Italian
Film actor, Actor, Chansonnier, Singer,
Tom of Finland08 May 1920, Finnish
Painter, Illustrator
Dottie West1932 AD
Songwriter, Singer
Leo Durocher27 July 1905, American
writer, Baseball Player
Lazar Kaganovich22 November 1893, Ukrainian, Russian
Politician
Carmine Coppola11 June 1910, American
composer, conductor, film score composer
Peggy Ashcroft22 December 1907, British
Actress
Leo Fender10 August 1909, American
American inventor
Henri Lefebvre16 June 1901, French
Philosopher, Politician, Sociologist, University
James Irwin17 March 1930, American
Officer, Astronaut, Aviator
Joachim Kroll17 April 1933, German
Criminal, Serial killer
Cool Papa Bell17 May 1903
Baseball Player
Mimi Smith24 April 1903, British
Nurse, Housewife, Secretary
Padmarajan23 May 1946, Indian
Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor
Martin Hannett31 May 1948, British
Record producer, Composer
Northrop Frye14 July 1912, Canadian
Writer, Philosopher, Educationist, Cleric, Poet,
Marcel Lefebvre29 November 1905, French
Theologian, Catholic priest
Diana Turbay09 March 1950, Colombian
Journalist
Red Grange13 June 1903
actor, American football player
Arno Breker19 July 1900, German
Architect, Sculptor, Politician, University
Poon Lim08 March 1918, Chinese, American
Sailor
George Stigler17 January 1911, American
Economist
Max Frisch15 May 1911, Swiss
Writer, Architect, Playwright, Novelist, Diarist,
Donald Houston06 November 1923, British
Actor
Alex North04 December 1910, American
Composer
Sylvia Fine29 August 1913, American
Actor, Film producer, Composer, Lyricist,
Vince Taylor14 July 1939, British
Singer, Songwriter
Jack Purcell24 December 1903, Canadian
Stockbroker, Badminton player
Rufino Tamayo26 August 1899, Mexican
Painter
Lino Brocka03 April 1939, Filipino
film director, screenwriter, actor
Ivan Kozhedub08 June 1920
Aviator, Military personnel
Ole Beich1955 AD, Danish
bassist, guitarist
William Wesley Peters12 June 1912, American
Engineer, Architect