Authors born in 1890
- A. P. Herbert Novelist, 1890
- Adolphe Menjou Actor, 1890
- Agatha Christie Writer, 1890
- Agnes Macphail Politician, 1890
- Aimee Semple McPherson Evangelist, 1890
- Alan Patrick Herbert Writer, 1890
- Alfred Jodl Soldier, 1890
- Allan Nevins Historian, 1890
- Angela Thirkell Novelist, 1890
- Benjamin Franklin Fairless Executive Director, 1890
- Benjamin H. Freedman Businessman, 1890
- Bohuslav Martinu Composer, 1890
- Boris Pasternak Poet, 1890
- Carl W. Ackerman Journalist, 1890
- Casey Stengel Baseball Player, 1890
- Catharine Cox Miles Psychologist, 1890
- Charles A. Lockwood Military Personnel, 1890
- Charles de Gaulle Soldier, 1890
- Charles Edison Businessman, 1890
- Charles Erwin Wilson Engineer, 1890
- Christopher Morley Journalist, 1890
- Colonel Sanders Businessman, 1890
- Dennis Holme Robertson Economist, 1890
- Duke Kahanamoku Swimmer, 1890
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Military General , 1890
- E. M. Delafield Author, 1890
- Eddie Rickenbacker Aviator, 1890
- Edgar Magnin Rabbi, 1890
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien Writer, 1890
- Edwin Armstrong Inventor, 1890
- Edwin Howard Armstrong Inventor, 1890
- Egon Schiele Artist, 1890
- El Lissitzky Painter, 1890
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Leader, 1890
- Elmer Davis Journalist, 1890
- Elsa Schiaparelli Designer, 1890
- Ernest Llewellyn Woodward Historian, 1890
- Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe Composer, 1890
- Frank Morgan Character Actor, 1890
- Frank Murphy Politician, 1890