Authors born in 1889
- Hallie Flanagan Producer, 1889
- Hannah Hoch Artist, 1889
- Harold W. Dodds Educator, 1889
- Igor Sikorsky Aerospace Engineer, 1889
- J. C. Macaulay Writer, 1889
- James Welch Soldier, 1889
- Jawaharlal Nehru Political Activist, 1889
- Joseph Force Crater Judge, 1889
- Joseph Lewis Activist, 1889
- Lila Acheson Wallace Philanthropist, 1889
- Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosopher, 1889
- Martin Heidegger Philosopher, 1889
- Maxwell Maltz Surgeon, 1889
- Newton B. Drury Director, 1889
- Nilakanta Sri Ram Theosophist, 1889
- Olaus Murie Naturalist, 1889
- Otto Frank Merchant, 1889
- Patrick MacGill Journalist, 1889
- Pearl White Actress, 1889
- Philip Guedalla Historian, 1889
- Ralph Thomas Walker Architect, 1889
- Ralph W. Sockman Leader, 1889
- Sadhu Sundar Singh Missionary, 1889
- Sarah Louise Delany Educator, 1889
- Stan Coveleski Athlete, 1889
- Vash Young Author, 1889
- Waldo David Frank Activist, 1889
- Waldo Frank Writer, 1889
- Walter J. Turner Writer, 1889
- Walter Knott Farmer, 1889
- Walter Lippmann Journalist, 1889
- Wesley Ruggles Film Director, 1889
- Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion Author, 1889
- Willi Munzenberg Political Activist, 1889
- William Feather Publisher, 1889