Authors born in 1891
- Genrikh Yagoda Officer, 1891
- George Boas Psychologist, 1891
- Georgia Harkness Theologian, 1891
- Harry Cohn Film Producer, 1891
- Henry Miller Writer, 1891
- Hu Shih Philosopher, 1891
- Ilya Ehrenburg Journalist, 1891
- Jacques Lipchitz Sculptor, 1891
- John William McCormack Politician, 1891
- Karl Donitz Admiral, 1891
- Karl King Composer, 1891
- Katherine Stinson Aviator, 1891
- Leo Burnett Founder, 1891
- Louis A. Johnson Politician, 1891
- M. R. DeHaan Pastor, 1891
- Margaret Young Singer, 1891
- Mary Browne Tennis Player, 1891
- Max Ernst Painter, 1891
- Michael Polanyi Polymath, 1891
- Mikhail Bulgakov Writer, 1891
- Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Educator, 1891
- Nella Larsen Novelist, 1891
- Nelly Sachs Poet, 1891
- Otto Dix Painter, 1891
- Rabbit Maranville Baseball Player, 1891
- Stanley Spencer Artist, 1891
- Storm Jameson Journalist, 1891
- Ted Shawn Choreographer, 1891
- Tooey Officer, 1891
- W. Averell Harriman Diplomat, 1891
- W. M. Kiplinger Founder, 1891
- Walter A. Shewhart Physicist, 1891
- Walter Model Marshal, 1891
- Walther Bothe Physicist, 1891
- Wilder Penfield Neurosurgeon, 1891
- William Bolitho Journalist, 1891
- William F. Albright Archaeologist, 1891
- William Slim Governor, 1891
- William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Military General , 1891
- William Thomas Walsh Historian, 1891