Authors born in 1889
- A. Philip Randolph Politician, 1889
- Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di Author, 1889
- Adolf Hitler Politician, 1889
- Agnes Meyer Driscoll Cryptographer, 1889
- Allan Haines Loughead Engineer, 1889
- Amadeo Bordiga Politician, 1889
- Anita Loos Screenwriter, 1889
- Ann Bridge Author, 1889
- Anna Akhmatova Poet, 1889
- Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Statesman, 1889
- Arnold J. Toynbee Historian, 1889
- Arthur Waley Scholar, 1889
- B. Carroll Reece Politician, 1889
- Ben Ames Williams Novelist, 1889
- Buwei Yang Chao Physician, 1889
- Carl Theodor Dreyer Film Director, 1889
- Carl von Ossietzky Pacifist, 1889
- Charles Bowers Cartoonist, 1889
- Charles Kay Ogden Philosopher, 1889
- Charles Mayes Wigg Artist, 1889
- Charlie Chaplin Actor, 1889
- Christopher Dawson Scholar, 1889
- Claude McKay Writer, 1889
- Claude Rains Actor, 1889
- Collett E. Woolman Businessman, 1889
- Conrad Aiken Writer, 1889
- Don Herold Humorist, 1889
- E. Haldeman-Julius Publisher, 1889
- Edwin Powell Hubble Scientist, 1889
- Efim Bogoljubov Chess Player, 1889
- Emil Brunner Theologian, 1889
- Enid Bagnold Author, 1889
- Erle Stanley Gardner Author, 1889
- Ernst Reuter Politician, 1889
- G. D. H. Cole Economist, 1889
- Gabriel Marcel Playwright, 1889
- Gabriela Mistral Poet, 1889
- Geoffrey Faber Poet, 1889
- George S. Kaufman Playwright, 1889
- H. L. Hunt Businessperson, 1889