Banting, Frederick (November 14)
The Canadian doctor who discovered insulin
Famous People Born in 1891
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Brice, Fanny (October 29)
The vaudeville star who was the basis for the musical Funny Girl -
Ernst, Max (April 2)
The surrealist artist known for collages -
Hurston, Zora Neale (January 7)
Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God -
Lamaze, Fernand
Promoter of painless childbirth -
Miller, Henry (December 26)
Author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn -
Porter, Cole (June 9)
The Broadway master who wrote "Night and Day" -
Prokofiev, Sergei (April 23)
Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf -
Rommel, Erwin (November 15)
"The Desert Fox" of World War II -
Sarnoff, David (February 27)
Radio and TV Pioneer and head of RCA -
Tolkien, J.R.R. (January 3)
The author of The Lord of the Rings -
Warren, Earl (March 19)
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69