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![]() Richard von Weizsäcker appoints Helmut Kohl as Federal Chancellor on January 17th . |
In 1991 the Second Gulf War , the wars in the former Yugoslavia and the final dissolution of the Soviet Union determined world affairs. After the August coup in Moscow, numerous Union republics declared their independence (list here ). Since then there have been numerous post-Soviet states ; the largest of them is Russia .
1991 in other calendars | |
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From urbe condita | 2744 |
Armenian calendar | 1439-1440 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1983-1984 |
Badi calendar | 147-148 |
Bengali calendar | 1397-1398 |
Berber calendar | 2941 |
Buddhist calendar | 2535 |
Burmese calendar | 1353 |
Byzantine calendar | 7499-7500 |
Chinese calendar | |
- era | 4687-4688 or 4627-4628 |
- 60 year cycle |
Metal horse (庚午, 7) - |
French revolution calendar |
- CXCIX CC 199-200 |
Hindu calendar | |
- Vikram Sambat | 2047-2048 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1913-1914 |
Iranian calendar | 1369-1370 |
Islamic calendar | 1411-1412 |
Japanese calendar | |
- Nengō (era): | Heisei 3 |
- Kōki | 2651 |
Jewish calendar | 5751-5752 |
Coptic Calendar | 1707-1708 |
Korean calendar | |
- Dangun era | 4324 |
- Juche era | 80 |
Minguo calendar | 80 |
Modern Olympics | XXIV |
Seleucid calendar | 2302-2303 |
Thai solar calendar | 2534 |
Annual dedications
- The partridge (Perdix perdix) is bird of the year ( NABU / Germany)
- The summer linden (Tilia platyphyllos) is tree of the year (Kuratorium Baum des Jahres / Germany)
- The orchid (Orchis morio) is Orchid of the Year (Arbeitsgruppe Heimische Orchideen / Germany)
events
Politics and world events
January
- January 1: Flavio Cotti becomes President of Switzerland .
- January 1: The accession area adopts West German tax law.
- January 1st: The Electricity Feed Act for Renewable Energies (StrEG) comes into force and decisively promotes the generation of electricity through regenerative energies in Germany.
- January 2: Israel reopened a consulate in Moscow after a long break .
- January 12: President Arnold Rüütel ( Estonia ) and President Boris Jelzin ( Russia ) sign a basic treaty between the two countries in Moscow .
- January 13: The storm of the Lithuanian television tower in Vilnius kills 14 unarmed and peaceful Lithuanians and injures over 1,000 ( January events in Lithuania 1991 ).
- January 13: In the presidential elections in Portugal is Mário Soares re-elected.
- January 13: As a result of the so-called dream ship affair , the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Lothar Späth ( CDU ) resigns . His successor is Erwin Teufel (also CDU).
- January 16: Air strikes on Iraq begin
- January 17th: The military liberation of Kuwait begins
- January 17: Helmut Kohl is re-elected as Federal Chancellor by the first all-German Bundestag .
- January 17th: King Harald V becomes head of state in Norway .
- January 20th: First free and democratic elections in São Tomé and Príncipe
- January 20: Five people died when Soviet special forces attacked the building of the Interior Ministry in Riga , which was defended by Latvian militias, but withdrew after four hours.
February
- February 1: In the Second Gulf War , Iraqi troops are forced to withdraw from Saudi territory following the victory of Saudi Arabia's armed forces after the Battle of Khafji .
- February 3: The Italian Communist Party changes its name to Partito Democratico della Sinistra (PDS) . On December 12th, loyal communists split off from her as Partito della Rifondazione Comunista .
- February 6: Iraq breaks diplomatic relations with the USA , Great Britain , France , Italy , Egypt and Saudi Arabia because of "unjust military aggression".
- February 9: The Timor Gap Treaty , negotiated between Indonesia and Australia on December 11, 1989 , comes into effect. There are large deposits of oil and natural gas in the Timor Trench . Years later, East Timor will insist on compliance with the treaty.
- February 15: Visegrád Agreement for closer cooperation between Poland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia . In doing so, they establish the East Central European counterpart to the Benelux
- February 23: In Thailand, a group of officers led by Generals Sunthorn Kongsompong and Suchinda Kraprayoon overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan in a bloodless coup.
- February 28: Armistice with Iraq after the Second Gulf War
March
- March 3: Almost 78% of Estonian citizens are in favor of restoring independence
- March 3: Latvia . Referendum on independence from the Soviet Union
- March 3: Miguel Trovoada becomes President of São Tomé and Príncipes after winning the election
- March 5: Kurdish Peshmerga liberate the city of Ranya from Iraqi troops
- March 7: Kurdish Peshmerga liberate the city of Sulaimaniyya as the first major Kurdish city of Iraqi troops
- March 14: The Emir of Kuwait , Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah , who fled from Iraqi invasion troops , returns to his country from his exile in Saudi Arabia after the Second Gulf War .
- March 15: Ratification of the two-plus-four treaty for the reunification of Germany with the approval of the victorious powers of the Second World War
- March 22nd: The Essen regional court sentenced the two hostage-takers from Gladbeck to life imprisonment for the murder of a 15-year-old Italian and an 18-year-old woman from Bremen in August 1988
- March 25: Beginning of the first international meeting of South and Central American Indian women in Lima
- March 26th: Gabon adopts a new constitution. Focus: majority democracy
- March 26: A military coup ended the 22-year rule of President Moussa Traoré in Mali . The Lieutenant Colonel Amadou Toumani Touré then acts as interim president until democratic elections.
- March 31: The first free elections take place in Albania .
- March 31: dissolution of the Warsaw Pact (military structures)
April

- April 1: The chairman of the trust agency Detlev Karsten Rohwedder is murdered in his apartment, the RAF confesses to the act
- April 3: Armistice resolution. Contains the obligation to dispose of all weapons of mass destruction and missiles over 150 km range in Iraq
- April 9: Georgia . Second declaration of independence
- April 22nd: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 renders the port of Puerto Limón in Costa Rica impassable for shipping, damage to the entire Atlantic coast, from Bocas del Toro ( Panama ) to the Turrialba volcano , 47 dead
- April 29: First constitutional law in Albania
May
- May 3: Declaration of Windhoek : UNESCO declaration on freedom of the press .
- May 12: First democratic parliamentary elections in Nepal .
- May 21: Ethiopia . Mengistu flees to Zimbabwe .
- May 24th: Eritrea . [Eritrean independence].
- May 26: Georgia. Swiad Gamsachurdia becomes President.
- May 31: Angola's civil war parties agree to a ceasefire, the creation of joint armed forces and the holding of free elections under international observation in Bicesse ( Portugal ).
- May 31: The " House of Young Talents ", an important venue for concerts, galleries and dance evenings in the GDR in Berlin-Mitte, closes.
June
- June 2: Start of scheduled high-speed traffic in Germany with the Intercity-Express
- June 10: The volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo forces the evacuation of Clark Air Base , one of the largest military bases in history , on the Philippines island of Luzon .
- June 12: In Russia, a president is directly elected by the people for the first time. Boris Yeltsin wins the election with 57.3% of the vote
- June 17th: “Agreement on good neighbors and friendly cooperation” between Germany and Poland
- June 19: Russian troops withdraw from Hungary
- June 20: The Bundestag decides to move from Bonn to Berlin
- June 25: Yugoslavia : independence from Croatia and Slovenia
July
- July 1: Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact
- July 1st: Sweden applies for membership in the EU
- July 7th: Brioni Agreement - Temporary suspension of Croatian and Slovenian independence for three months.
- July 12th: Mauritania gets a new constitution
- July 17th: Bulgaria : The new constitution comes into force
- July 31: Signing of the START contract
August
- August 1st: 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation
- August 6: 12th constitutional amendment in Bangladesh
- August 8: The Warsaw Radio mast collapses
- August 8: The bodies of Shapur Bakhtiar and his secretary are found. The former Prime Minister was murdered on August 6th together with his loyal friends in exile in France by employees of the VEVAK secret service of the Islamic Republic of Iran .
- August 14: Laos : First Republican Constitution
- August 19: Soviet Union: attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev
- August 20: Estonia . Independence from russia
- August 21: Latvia . The 1922 constitution is reinstated. Latvia becomes independent again
- August 24: Ukraine becomes independent
- August 27: Germany recognizes the Baltic states
- August 27: Moldova becomes independent
- August 28: Germany establishes diplomatic relations with Estonia and Latvia
- August 29: Kazakhstan . Closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site
- August 30: Azerbaijan . Mutalibow becomes president
- August 31: Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan gain independence
September
- September 1: Liechtenstein becomes a full member of the EFTA
- September 2: Latvia. Hagen was the first ambassador to present his credentials to Graf Lambsdorff
- September 2nd: USA recognizes the Baltic States
- September 2: The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic declares its independence
- September 6th: The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of Latvia
- September 8th: Macedonia becomes independent
- September 9: Tajikistan becomes independent
- September 10: Estonia. Admission to the CSCE
- September 11: Official visit by Germany's Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher to Tallinn , Estonia
- September 17: The Marshall Islands , Micronesia , Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) kick the United Nations in
- September 21: Armenia gains independence
October
- October 1: New constitution in Sierra Leone
- October 1st: The cut off of the telephone, electricity and water supply marks the start of the battle for Dubrovnik between the Yugoslav People's Army and Croatian defenders of the city in the Croatian War .
- October 1: The Agreement for the Conservation of Seals in the Wadden Sea comes into force
- October 6: General elections in Portugal . The Social Democrats of Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva defend its absolute majority.
- October 7: Zagreb , Croatia, is bombed by Serbia
- October 7th: Lithuania becomes a member of UNESCO
- October 9: Bulgaria . Conclusion of the "German-Bulgarian contract" (regulates the cooperation)
- October 12th: Police murder in Holzminden . Two police officers are shot dead near Boffzen.
- October 13: First parliamentary elections in Bulgaria under the new constitution
- October 14: Estonia becomes a member of UNESCO
- October 14: Latvia becomes a member of UNESCO
- October 15: The final act of the CSCE is signed by Estonia's President Arnold Rüütel
- October 16: Levon Ter-Petrosian was elected President of Armenia
- October 18: Azerbaijan declares independence
- October 21: Tuvalu becomes a member of UNESCO
- October 23: Signing of the Paris Peace Accords by Cambodia
- October 26th: The search of the ship Palmah II in the port of Hamburg started the tank affair .
- October 27: First democratic elections in Poland
- October 27: Declaration of Independence from Turkmenistan
- October 31: First multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia since 1968. Kenneth Kaunda , who has ruled since 1964, is voted out of office.
November
- November 6th: Poland joins the Council of Europe
- November 6: 47 women in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) drive through the city in a car convoy. First women's campaign in Saudi history
- November 6th: The Communist Party is banned in the Russian Federation .
- November 6th: The Soviet secret service KGB is disbanded because of its involvement in the August coup in Moscow . Its tasks will be transferred to the new authorities FSB and Slushba vneschnei raswedki .
- November 12th: Over 270 people die in the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor, many disappear without a trace
- November 17th: New constitution in Macedonia
- November 21: Joint declaration by the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
- November 26: The United States surrenders its Clark Air Base military base on the island of Luzon to the Philippines . The Philippine Senate had previously rejected an extension of the agreement with the United States.
December
- December 1: In Frankfurt am Main , the municipal foreigners' representation (KAV) is elected for the first time .
- December 1: In a referendum , voters in Ukraine confirm with a large majority that the state has already declared independence from the Soviet Union .
- December 3: The General Assembly of the United Nations elects the Egyptian Boutros Boutros-Ghali as the new Secretary General as the first representative of an African nation . He takes office on January 1, 1992, succeeding the Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar .
- December 4th: Introduction of the multiparty system in the Seychelles
- December 8th: Russia, Ukraine and Belarus , the last remaining states in the Soviet Union, decide to dissolve them and to found the Commonwealth of Independent States
- December 9th: European Council reaches agreement in Maastricht on draft treaty on EU
- December 10: Referendum on independence from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh
- December 12: The Russian SFSR leaves the Soviet Union
- December 14th: Berlin. The first Mayday event takes place
- December 16: Kazakhstan becomes independent
- December 16: Hungary signs the Association Agreement with the EU
- December 16: The controversial resolution 3379 of the UN General Assembly of November 10, 1975, which among other things classifies Zionism as a form of racism , is withdrawn after another vote.
- December 21: The following countries join the CIS : Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
- December 21: In Taiwan, Republic of China, the ruling Kuomintang wins the National Assembly election with a three-quarters majority.
- December 22: Kyrgyzstan joins the CIS
- December 23: Guinea adopts a new constitution
- December 23: Germany recognizes Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia
- December 23: New, democratic constitution in Slovenia
- December 24th: Burkina Faso . Blaise Compaoré is elected President
- December 24: Russia gets a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council
- December 25: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union
- December 25th: Georgia becomes independent as a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- December 26: The Supreme Soviet meets and resolves to dissolve the Soviet Union, whose legal successor is the Russian Federation
- December 31: The Soviet Union officially ceases to exist
- December 31: Last day of broadcasting of German television , the former GDR television
- December 31: Germany recognizes Kazakhstan
- The Switzerland becomes the first country in the world a nationwide system for the recycling of electronic waste a
business
- March 11: British news channel BBC World Service Television begins broadcasting.
- July 5: Bank of Credit and Commerce International closes following a financial fraud uncovered by US and UK authorities .
- October 10: The Neue Berliner Illustrierte , a magazine that was previously sought after in the GDR, appears for the last time.
- October 30: The by the namesake Elizabeth II. Opened Queen Elizabeth II Bridge complements the traffic Ensemble Dartford Crossing as part of the ring road around London.
- Establishment of Sachsen LB , Germany's youngest Landesbank
- The VIAG AG acquires majority stake in the packaging company Schmalbach-Lubeca
science and technology
- January 15th: Annular solar eclipse in Australia and New Zealand
- April 5: Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-37 mission puts the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory science satellite into orbit. One of the tasks of this space telescope for gamma astronomy is a survey of the universe .
- July 11th: Total solar eclipse in Central and South America
- August 6th: The British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee from the Swiss nuclear research center CERN publishes the first website and thus starts the World Wide Web .
- September 17th: Version 0.01 of the Linux kernel is published by Linus Torvalds .
- September 19: Ötzi is found in the South Tyrolean Alps .
- September 26: The Biosphere 2 project of a self-sustaining ecosystem in an enclosed glass house in Arizona begins
- October 25: The long-haul Airbus A340 takes off on its maiden flight .
- December 3: A supernova is discovered in the galaxy Messier 84 in the constellation Virgo .
- The Goseck district moat is rediscovered
- First award of the Walter Arndt Prize for young scientists
society
- March 18: The French right-wing populist Jean-Marie Le Pen is by a court in Versailles to pay a fine of 1.2 million francs convicted of gas chambers as a detail in the history of World War II has referred.
- June 14th: Women's strike
- Sept. 21: Founding of the German Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Heidelberg
- October 6th: The film actress Elizabeth Taylor marries the construction worker Larry Fortensky , whom she met during withdrawal therapy . She will separate from this seventh husband five years later.
- October 16: In Texas Killeen a shoot gunman 23 people in a coffee shop and injured 20 before he kills himself.
- October 19: Foundation of the Sorbian People's Foundation
Culture
See also: #Music
- January 1st: The Mozart Year 1991 is opened in the Festspielhaus in Salzburg by the Mozarteum Orchestra .
- March 19: World premiere of the opera The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams in Brussels .
- April 9: The Kunst Haus Wien opens. The museum shows works by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser as a permanent exhibition.
- June: Opening of the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt am Main.
- June 5th: Cultural agreement between Germany and Namibia . In force since January 28, 1994
- Opening of the Ludwig Forum for International Art
- Opening of the New Museum Weserburg Bremen
- South Bohemian University of Budweis is established
- Establishment of the Art Loss Register
- First award of the Ig Nobel Prize
- Creation of the Museum of Roma Culture
- Due to the Gulf War , the carnival in Germany is canceled.
Sports
For entries of athletics world records, see the respective discipline under athletics .
- January 19: In training for the Lauberhorn descent , the Austrian Gernot Reinstadler loses control in the Ziel-S and falls. He later succumbs to his injuries in the hospital.
- February 2: The German Judo Association of the FRG and the German Judo Association of the former GDR unite in Passau while retaining the name Deutscher Judo-Bund .
- March 10 to November 3: The 42nd Formula 1 World Championship is held
- March 17th: In a doping test , Diego Maradona , a soccer player under contract with the SSC Napoli , found the use of cocaine . As a result, the contract will end and the player will be banned for 15 months.
- March 24th to September 29th: The 43rd FIM Motorcycle Road World Championship is held
- April 19: Evander Holyfield wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against George Foreman at the Convention Center , Atlantic City , by winning on points.
- MAY 29: Red Star Belgrade wins against Olympique Marseille the 1990-91 European Cup with 5: 3 on penalties.
- June 2: With a 1-0 win over Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl , Hansa Rostock wins the NOFV Cup for the last time in Berlin (in GDR times: FDGB Cup ).
- June 15: With a 6-2 win over 1. FC Köln, 1. FC Kaiserslautern become German football champions for the third time.
- June 23: Mazda wins with the 787B , the 24-hour race at Le Mans . It is the only rotary engine car that has ever won this race.
- June 25: Foundation of the ULEB in Rome .
- June 29th: South Africa returns as a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
- October 20: Ayrton Senna becomes Formula 1 world champion for the third and last time .
- November 2: Australia wins the Rugby Union World Cup final in London 12-6 against England .
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
- March 21: Al Mishab , Saudi Arabia . A Lockheed C-130 of the Saudi Air Force had an accident on landing ; 98 out of 101 people die on board.
- April 29th: Patuakhali , Bangladesh . A cyclone drawn from the Indian Ocean ( Bangladesh cyclone from 1991 ) triggers a huge tidal wave that destroys the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Around 200,000 people die and at least 500,000 become homeless.
- May 26th: In a Boeing 767 near Bangkok, the thrust reverser switches on the left engine due to a system error when climbing . This causes Lauda Air flight 004 to crash ; all 223 people on board die.
- June 1st: eruption of the Pinatubo , Philippines . Around 1,000 dead and 400,000 homeless.
- July 11th: Jeddah , Saudi Arabia . A chartered Douglas DC-8 of the Canadian Nationair with Islamic Mecca pilgrims on the way back to Nigeria crashes because tires caught fire when it took off. All 261 people on board die.
- October 5th: Jakarta , Indonesia . A Lockheed C-130 of the Indonesian Air Force crashes due to an engine fire . Only one of the 135 inmates survived, two people died on the ground.
- October 19: 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck India , killing around 2,000.
- December 16: The Egyptian ferry “ Salem Express ” hits a reef off Safaga and sinks. Over 700 people die and around 200 are saved.
Born
January
- Abdoulaye Ba , Senegalese soccer player January 1st:
- Christoph Foth , German handball player January 1st:
- Davide Santon , Italian soccer player January 2nd:
- Ben Hardy , British actor January 2nd:
- Marcel Schliedermann , German handball player January 2nd:
- Andrew Agozzino , Canadian ice hockey player January 3:
- Darius Morris , American basketball player January 3:
- Nina Schiffer , German swimmer January 3rd:
- Pascal Bodmer , German ski jumper January 4th:
- Odile Ahouanwanou , Beninese athlete January 5th:
- Michelangelo Albertazzi , Italian football player January 7th:
- Danny Blum , German soccer player January 7th:
- Eden Hazard , Belgian football player January 7th:
- Roberto Pereyra , Argentine soccer player January 7th:
- David Hansen , German handball player January 8:
- Taylor Worth , Australian archer January 8th:
- Lucas Albrecht , German soccer player January 9:
- Josh Hill , British racing car driver January 9th:
- Ernest Robertowitsch Jachin , Russian Nordic combined athlete January 9th:
- Thilo Leugers , German soccer player January 9th:
- Ken Noel , Austrian soccer player January 9:
- Alvaro Soler , German-Spanish singer January 9th:
- January 11th: Stephan Auer , Austrian soccer player
- January 11: Bekim Balaj , Albanian football player
- January 11th: Andrea Bertolacci , Italian soccer player
- January 12: Erinn Westbrook , American actress
- January 12: Yusuf Onur Arıkan , Turkish soccer player
- January 12th: Robin Lässer , German motorcycle racer
- January 12th: Pixie Lott , British pop / soul singer, songwriter and actress
- January 12th: Benjamin Meschke , German handball player
- January 13: Gu Hara , South Korean pop singer († 2019)
- January 15th: Marc Bartra , Spanish soccer player
- January 15: Isabelle Linden , German soccer player
- January 15: Mitch Garver , American baseball player
- January 17: Willa Fitzgerald , American actress
- January 17th: Stevick Patris , Palau weightlifter
- January 17th: Daniel Rodic , German actor
- January 18: Katharina Bunk , German memory athlete
- January 18: Lasse Sobiech , German soccer player
- January 19: Erin Sanders , American actress
- January 20th: Jolyon Palmer , British racing car driver
- January 20th: Jacqueline Seifriedsberger , Austrian ski jumper
- January 21: Ana Gros , Slovenian handball player
- January 21: Xavier Quevedo , Venezuelan cyclist
- January 22nd: Yann Cunha , Brazilian racing car driver
- January 22nd: Stefan Kolb , German soccer player
- January 22nd: Alex MacDowall , British racing car driver
- January 22nd: Elizabeth Simmonds , British back swimmer
- January 22nd: Matwei Subow , Russian track and road cyclist
- January 22nd: Felice Vecchione , Italian football player
- January 23: Adam Hagenbuch , American actor
- January 24th: Turid Knaak , German soccer player
- January 25th: Svenja Huth , German soccer player
- January 25th: Nigel Melker , Dutch racing car driver
- January 26: Alex Sandro , Brazilian soccer player
- January 26th: Lucia Anger , German cross-country skier
- January 26th: Grégoire Demoustier , French racing car driver
- January 26th: Pål Varhaug , Norwegian racing car driver
- January 27: Aleksandar Ignjovski , Serbian football player
- January 27th: Markus Pommer , German racing car driver
- January 27th: Amber Yobech , Palauian swimmer
- January 28th: Jacco Arends , Dutch badminton player
- January 28: Calum Worthy , Canadian actor
- January 28: Tim Schreder , German television presenter, reporter, journalist and magician
- January 31: Courtney Williams , Vincentian athlete
February
- Andrei Lebedseu , Belarusian football player February 1:
- Nick Weber , German handball player February 1:
- Grégory Mertens , Belgian football player († 2015) February 2:
- Elena Curtoni , Italian ski racer February 3:
- Stefan Hierländer , Austrian soccer player February 3rd:
- Nikola Hofmanova , Austrian tennis player February 3rd:
- Viktor Noring , Swedish football player February 3:
- Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , British racing car driver February 3rd:
- Mathew Allan Leckie , Australian soccer player February 4:
- Franka Anić , Slovene Taekwondoin February 5th:
- Henriette Confurius , German-Dutch actress February 5th:
- Terrence Ross , American basketball player February 5:
- Bruno Andrade , Brazilian racing car driver February 6:
- Ida Njåtun , Norwegian speed skater February 6th:
- Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova , Russian curler February 6:
- Max Stahr , German racing cyclist February 6th:
- Marco Stiepermann , German soccer player February 9:
- February 10: Emma Roberts , American actress
- February 10: Florian Schabereiter , Austrian ski jumper
- February 12: Casey Abrams , American singer
- February 12: Patrick Herrmann , German soccer player
- February 13: Alyaksey Abromchyk , Belarusian biathlete
- February 14th: Torben Brinkmann , German actor
- February 14th: Andrius Gudžius , Lithuanian discus thrower
- February 15: Patrick Bevin , New Zealand cyclist
- February 15: Mickaël Facchinetti , Swiss football player
- February 15: Alexander Langlitz , German soccer player
- February 15: Sebastian Hahn , author
- February 16: Sebastian Bender , German actor
- February 16: Sami Niemi , Finnish ski jumper
- February 17th: Ed Sheeran , British singer
- February 17th: Bonnie Wright , British actress
- February 18: Waverly S. Austin , American-German basketball player
- February 18: Malese Jow , American actress and singer
- February 18: Henry Surtees , British racing driver († 2009)
- February 19th: Martijn Kleermaker , Dutch dart player
- February 19: Christoph Kramer , German soccer player
- February 20: Hidilyn Diaz , Filipino weightlifter
- February 20: Hanna Yttereng , Norwegian handball player
- February 21: Tatiana Ariza Díaz , Colombian soccer player
- February 21: Lilith Häßle , German actress and speaker
- February 21: Manfred Starke , Namibian soccer player
- February 23: Dominik Büchele , German singer
- February 24th: Tom Gladdis , British racing car driver
- February 25: Arnor Angeli , Belgian football player
- February 25: Markus Frohnmaier , German politician
- February 25: Gerran Howell , British actor
- February 25: Tony Oller , American actor
- February 25: Adrien Tambay , French racing car driver
- February 25: Gustavo Yacamán , Colombian racing car driver
- February 26: Volha Dabryyan , Belarusian billiards player
- February 26th: Daniel Döringer , German soccer player
- February 26: Rhyan Bert Grant , Australian soccer player
- February 26: Kevin Plawecki , American baseball player
- February 27: Landon Liboiron , Canadian actor
- February 28: Marcel Avdić , German-Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- February 28: Sarah Bolger , Irish actress
- February 28: Jack Hawksworth , British racing car driver
March
- Mathias Autret , French soccer player March 1st:
- Kofi Danning , Australian soccer player March 2nd:
- Marc Hornschuh , German soccer player March 2nd:
- Deyanira Angulo , Mexican badminton player March 3rd:
- Jan Bühn , German motorcycle racer March 3rd:
- Andreas Wolff , German handball player March 3rd:
- Michael Hayböck , Austrian ski jumper March 5th:
- Maxim Matlakov , Russian chess player March 5th:
- Jonathan Beck , German actor March 6:
- Fakhri Ismail , Bruneian athlete and soccer player March 6th:
- John Jenkins , American basketball player March 6:
- Ekaterina Ilyina , Russian handball player March 7th:
- Devon Werkheiser , American actor and singer March 8:
- Stefanie Klaunig , German handball player March 8th:
- Krzysztof Miętus , Polish ski jumper March 8th:
- Jonathan Dümcke , German actor († 2013) March 9:
- March 10: Artak Aleksanyan , Armenian football player
- March 10th: Charl Pietersen , South African darts player
- March 11th: Alessandro Florenzi , Italian football player
- March 11th: Søs Søby , Danish handball player
- March 12: Muhammet Yürükuslu , Turkish football player († 2018)
- March 12: Felix Kroos , German soccer player
- March 12: Fabian Schomburg , German handball player
- March 12: ERRdeKa , German rapper
- March 13: François Affolter , Swiss football player
- March 13: Wellington Arias , American professional boxer
- March 13: Menasheh Idafar , British racing car driver
- March 13: Lê Quang Liêm , Vietnamese chess player
- March 13: Tristan Thompson , Canadian basketball player
- March 14th: Jimmy Eriksson , Swedish racing car driver
- March 14th: Johannes Wasel , German Nordic combined athlete
- March 15: Emrecan Afacanoğlu , Turkish football player
- March 15: Vincent Krüger , German actor
- March 15: Kevin Müller , German soccer player
- March 15: Xavier Henry , Belgian basketball player
- March 16: Reggie Bullock , American basketball player
- March 17: Thomas Robinson , American basketball player
- March 19: Alexander Alexandrovich Kokorin , Russian football player
- March 19: Garrett Clayton , American actor and singer
- March 19: Maciej Gajos , Polish football player
- March 20: Jeon So-nee , South Korean actress
- March 20: Oliver Webb , British racing car driver
- March 21: Farzad Ataee , Afghan soccer player
- March 21: Antoine Griezmann , French soccer player
- March 22: Brandon Maxwell , American ice hockey player
- March 22nd: Roberto Merhi , Spanish racing car driver
- March 22nd: Roland Putsche , Austrian soccer player
- March 23: Thordis Arnold , German cross-country summer biathlete, medium and long-distance runner
- March 24th: Tarık Çamdal , German football player
- March 25th: Wilco Kelderman , Dutch cyclist
- March 25th: Jurswailly Luciano , Dutch handball player
- March 26: Victoria Bieneck , German volleyball player
- March 26: Ryan Cullen , Irish Cypriot racing driver
- March 26th: Thomas Meißner , German soccer player
- March 26: Andrei Sergeev , Russian ice hockey player
- March 26th: Marcel Sökler , German soccer player
- March 27: Matej Konôpka , Slovak car racing driver
- March 28: Julián Cuesta , Spanish football goalkeeper
- March 28th: Lisa-Maria Moser , Austrian tennis player
- March 28: Ryu Hye-young , South Korean actress
- March 28th: Taulant Xhaka , Albanian soccer player
- March 29: Hayley McFarland , American actress and singer
- March 30th: AronChupa , Swedish DJ and music producer
- March 30th: Patrick Schranner , German automobile racing driver
- March 30th: Athoumane Soilihi , Comorian swimmer
- March 31: Fernando Arismendi , Uruguayan soccer player
April
- Carter Ashton , Canadian ice hockey player April 1:
- Quavo , American rapper April 2:
- Saša Živec , Slovenian football player April 2nd:
- Jamie Lynn Spears , American actress and singer April 4:
- Marlon Stöckinger , Filipino racing car driver April 4th:
- Bono , Moroccan-Canadian football goalkeeper April 5:
- Lotte Grigel , Danish handball player April 5th:
- Nora Mørk , Norwegian handball player April 5th:
- Thea Mørk , Norwegian handball player April 5th:
- Kim Naidzinavicius , German handball player April 6th:
- Alexandra Popp , German soccer player April 6:
- Anne-Marie , British singer April 7th:
- Rahel Kapsaski , German-English actress, film producer and model April 7th:
- Sinah Amann , German soccer player April 8:
- Coralie Frasse Sombet , French ski racer April 8th:
- Dej Loaf , American singer April 8:
- 3Plusss , German rapper April 9:
- Gai Assulin , Israeli soccer player April 9:
- Axel Pons , Spanish motorcycle racer April 9th:
- Ayami Ōishi , Japanese rower April 9th:
- Alexander Ring , Finnish soccer player April 9:
- April 10: Moufoutaou Adou , Beninese soccer player
- April 10: Yves Lampaert , Belgian cyclist
- April 10: Amanda Michalka , American singer and actress
- April 10: Royce White , American basketball player
- April 11th: Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento , Spanish football player
- April 11th: James Magnussen , Australian swimmer
- April 12th: Daniel Littau , German actor
- April 13: Akeem Adams , football player († 2013)
- April 13: David Oluwaseun Segun Amoo , English soccer player
- April 13: Peter Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
- April 13: Daniel Ginczek , German soccer player
- April 13: Dylan Penn , American model and actress
- April 15: Marco Terrazzino , German soccer player
- April 17th: Oğuz Yılmaz , German-Turkish artist manager, author, comedian and digital consultant
- April 19: Kelly Olynyk , Canadian basketball player
- April 20: Ondřej Kraják , Czech football player
- April 20: Francesco Monterosso , Australian soccer player
- April 21: Max Chilton , British racing car driver
- April 21: Christian Klem , Austrian soccer player
- April 21: Maximilian Kolditz , German handball player
- April 22nd: Sofía Arreola Navarro , Mexican cyclist
- April 22nd: André Auras , Senegalese-French soccer player
- April 23: Melda Akbaş , German-Turkish author
- April 23: Ben Barker , British racing car driver
- April 24th: Carter Cruise , American porn actress
- April 25: Léo Arnaud , American musician
- April 25th: Olivier Lombard , French racing car driver
- April 27th: Ardian Bujupi , German singer
- April 27: Lara Gut-Behrami , Swiss ski racer
- April 28: Jennifer Braun , German singer
- April 30: Richard Annang , Ghanaian soccer player
May
- Levina , German singer, songwriter and presenter May 1st:
- Sebastian Hertner , German soccer player May 2nd:
- Wael Jallouz , Tunisian handball player May 3:
- Chris Tall , German stand-up and film comedian May 4th:
- Andrea Klikovac , Montenegrin handball player May 5th:
- Daniel Juncadella , Spanish racing car driver May 7th:
- Élise Pellegrin , French-Maltese ski racer May 7th:
- Laurens Vanthoor , Belgian racing car driver May 8th:
- Ivan Lukashevich , Russian automobile racing driver May 9:
- May 10: Ægir Steinarsson , Icelandic basketball player
- May 10: Jordan Taylor , American racing car driver
- May 10: Tim Wellens , Belgian cyclist
- May 10th: Inka Wesely , German soccer player
- May 12: Joseph Dombrowski , American cyclist
- May 13th: Anders Fannemel , Norwegian ski jumper
- May 13th: Omar Khir Alanam , author and poetry slammer of Syrian origin who lives in Austria
- May 14: Muhammed Ildiz , Austrian football player of Turkish descent
- May 15: Jennifer Hof , German mannequin and photo model
- May 16: Joey Graceffa , American actor, writer and YouTuber
- May 19: Tamás Pál Kiss , Hungarian racing car driver
- May 20th: Bastian Baker , Swiss singer
- May 22nd: Kentin Mahé , French handball player
- May 22: Jared Cunningham , American basketball player
- May 23: Jan Artmann , German handball player
- May 23: Agustín Arigón Bassine , Uruguayan football player
- May 23: Daniel Hemetsberger , Austrian ski racer
- May 23: Côme Ledogar , French racing car driver
- May 23: Lena Meyer-Landrut , German singer
- May 25: Derrick Williams , American basketball player
- May 27: Filip Starzyński , Polish football player
- May 28: Nicklas Svale Andersen , Danish actor
- May 28: Gene Shinozaki , Japanese-American beatboxer, web video producer, singer-songwriter, street performer, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer
- May 29th: Layes Abdullayeva , Azerbaijani middle-distance, long-distance and obstacle runner
- May 29: Arijan Ademi , Croatian football player
- May 29: Sergi Guardiola , Spanish soccer player
- May 29: Steven Matz , American baseball player
- May 31: Alexandre Pasche , Swiss football player
- May 31: Azealia Banks , American rapper
June
- Pia Hildebrand , German handball player June 2nd:
- Ryan Tyack , Australian archer June 2nd:
- Lorenzo Insigne , Italian football player June 4th:
- Emily Ratajkowski , American model and actress June 7:
- Fetty Wap , American rapper June 7:
- Maciej Kot , Polish ski jumper June 9th:
- Leon Pabst , German handball player June 9th:
- June 10: Krisztián Simon , Hungarian football player
- June 10: Pol Espargaró , Spanish motorcycle racer
- June 11th: Dan Howell , British blogger
- June 13th: Stefany Hernández , Venezuelan BMX rider
- June 14th: Jorge Goncalvez , Venezuelan racing car driver
- June 14th: Filip Kurto , Polish football goalkeeper
- June 14: Kostas Manolas , Greek football player
- June 14: Robert Schulze , German handball player
- June 15th: Andrea Barlesi , Belgian racing car driver
- June 15: Pascal Groß , German soccer player
- June 16: Eduard Popp , German wrestler
- June 17th: Grégoire Defrel , French football player
- June 18: Willa Holland , American model and actress
- June 18: Marta Křepelková , Czech ski jumper
- June 20: Alexandre Liess , Swiss swimmer
- June 20: Rasmus Lauge Schmidt , Danish handball player
- June 21: Mario Fernandes , German handball player
- June 22nd: Filmore Beck , German basketball player
- June 22nd: Carlos Huertas , Colombian racing car driver
- June 22nd: Enzo Ide , Belgian racing driver
- June 22nd: Katie Jarvis , British film actress
- June 22nd: Emil Larsen , Danish football player
- June 22nd: Andrea Micheletti , Italian rower
- June 23: Katie Armiger , American country singer
- June 24: Dexter Darden , American actor
- June 25th: Soner Demirtaş , Turkish wrestler
- June 25: Simone Zaza , Italian soccer player
- June 26th: Philipp Blaurock , German Nordic combined athlete
- June 27th: Jordy Clasie , Dutch soccer player
- June 27th: Nicolas Raffort , French ski racer
- June 28: Kevin De Bruyne , Belgian football player
- June 28th: Stephan Rabitsch , Austrian road cyclist
- June 28: Seo Ju-hyeon , South Korean pop singer
- June 28th: Will Stevens , British racing car driver
- June 29th: Joy Lee Juana Abiola-Müller , German actress
- June 29: Addison Timlin , American actress
- June 29: Suk Hyun-jun , South Korean soccer player
- June 29: Kawhi Leonard , American basketball player
July
- Ivan Paurević , Croatian-German soccer player July 1:
- Lucas Vázquez , Spanish soccer player July 1st:
- Hendrik Pekeler , German handball player July 2nd:
- Dries De Bondt , Belgian cyclist 4th July:
- Mike Schulz , German handball player July 5th:
- Jason Dolley , American actor July 5:
- Victoire Thivisol , French actress July 6th:
- Benjamin Antonietti , Swiss ice hockey player July 7th:
- Amadeus Serafini , American actor July 7:
- Febby Angguni , Indonesian badminton player July 8th:
- Kazjaryna Perepechayeva , Belarusian billiards player July 8:
- Roberto La Rocca , Venezuelan racing car driver July 9:
- Mitchel Musso , American actor July 9:
- Riley Reid , American porn actress July 9:
- July 12: James Rodríguez , Colombian soccer player
- July 12: Erik Per Sullivan , American actor
- July 13th: MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes , Canadian ski jumper
- July 15: Sebastian Andersson , Swedish football player
- July 15th: Danilo , Brazilian soccer player
- July 15: Jo Hyo-bi , South Korean handball player
- July 15: Cornelius Maas , German handball player
- July 15: Derrick Favors , American basketball player
- July 16: Alexandra Shipp , American singer and actress
- July 16: Ingela Andersson , Swedish biathlete
- July 17th: Morten Michelsen , German handball player
- July 17th: Abdulsamed Akin , German-Turkish soccer player
- July 18: Florian Wünsche , German actor
- July 19: Stefan Gorski , Austrian actor
- July 19: Nathalie Hagman , Swedish handball player
- July 20: Alec Burks , American basketball player
- July 20: Jonas Erwig-Drüppel , German soccer player
- July 20: Daley Mathison , British motorcycle racer († 2019)
- July 21: Andreas Wiegel , German soccer player
- July 22nd: Omar Assar , Egyptian table tennis player
- July 22nd: Kenny Elissonde , French cyclist
- July 22: Keenan Tracey , Canadian actor
- July 23: Monika Leová , Czech TV presenter and photo model
- July 25th: Toni Duggan , English soccer player
- July 25: Carmen José , Spanish artist
- July 25th: Amanda Kurtović , Norwegian handball player
- July 25th: Jules Lanclume , French cyclist
- July 27th: Klaus Bachler , Austrian automobile racing driver
- July 27: Robin John , German handball player
- July 28th: Isabelle Jongenelen , Dutch handball player
- July 29: Ariel Borysiuk , Polish football player
- July 29: Irakli Logua , Russian football player
- July 29th: Bruno Palli , Venezuelan racing car driver
- July 29th: Ramona Siebenhofer , Austrian ski racer
- July 29: Sung Ji-hyun , South Korean badminton player
- July 30th: Benjamin Posern , German rapper
- July 30th: Diana Vickers , English pop singer and actress
- July 31: William Gholston , American football player
August
- Ariel Turner , American volleyball player August 1:
- Adam Lönn , Swedish handball player August 2nd:
- Benjamin Seidel , German actor August 2nd:
- Philip Petermann , Austrian football goalkeeper August 3rd:
- Guido Andreozzi , Argentine tennis player August 5th:
- Esteban Gutiérrez , Mexican racing car driver August 5:
- Wilmer Flores , Venezuelan baseball player August 6:
- Laura Stahnke , German actress August 6:
- Robin Frijns , Dutch racing car driver August 7th:
- Luis Salom , Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016) August 7th:
- Hannes Gnauck , German politician August 8:
- Joel Matip , German-Cameroonian football player August 8th:
- August 11: Milica Pavlović , Serbian pop-folk singer
- August 12: Mads Mensah Larsen , Danish handball player
- August 14: Richard Freitag , German ski jumper
- August 14: Charlotte Nicdao , Australian actress
- August 16: Anna Gasser , Austrian snowboarder
- August 16: Evanna Lynch , British actress
- August 17th: Richard Bradley , British-Singaporean racing driver
- August 17: Austin Butler , American actor
- August 17th: Roberta D'Agostina , Italian ski jumper
- August 17th: Steven Zuber , Swiss football player
- August 18: Richard Harmon , American actor
- August 19: Kendall Marshall , American basketball player
- August 20: Max Hegewald , German actor and director
- August 21: Christian Navarro , American actor
- August 21: Kalifa Coulibaly , Malian football player
- August 21: Lionel Miny , French cyclist
- August 23: Jennifer Abel , Canadian water diver
- August 23: Namika , German singer and rapper
- August 24th: Stefan Bell , German soccer player
- August 25: Markus Fuchs , German handball player
- August 25: Gershon Koffie , Ghanaian soccer player
- August 26: Dylan O'Brien , American actor
- August 26th: Arnaud Démare , French cyclist
- August 26th: Andreas Schröder , German handball player
- August 27th: Hagen Poetsch , German chess master
- August 28: Jessica Inacio , German handball player
- August 28: Kyle Massey , American actor and rapper
- August 28: Samuel Larsen , American actor and musician
- August 28: Andrej Pejic , Australian model
- August 29th: Anikó Kovacsics , Hungarian handball player
- August 31: António Félix da Costa , Portuguese racing car driver
- August 31: Moreno Hofland , Dutch cyclist
- August 31: Artūrs Kļimovičs , Latvian football player
- August 31: Shi Tingmao , Chinese water diver
September
- Irina Igorewna Antonenko , Russian model September 1:
- Aleksandar Atanasijević , Serbian volleyball player September 4th:
- Örs Siklósi , Hungarian musician († 2021) September 4:
- Anders Zachariassen , Danish handball player September 4th:
- Skandar Keynes , British actor September 5:
- Cristian Rossi , Italian cyclist September 5th:
- Gerrit Klein , German actress September 6:
- Park So-dam , South Korean actress September 8:
- Kelsey Chow , American actress September 9:
- Hunter Hayes , American country singer September 9:
- Jann Mardenborough , British racing car driver September 9:
- René Zia , Austrian soccer player September 9:
- Oscar , Brazilian soccer player September 9:
- September 10: Hannah Hodson , American actress
- September 11th: Tabitha Love , Canadian volleyball player
- September 15: Jonathan Rafael da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- September 19: Alexandre Mabboux , French ski jumper
- September 19: Linda Teodosiu , German singer
- September 19: Janine Völker , German volleyball player
- September 20: Spencer Locke , American actress
- September 22nd: Kamen Khadschiev , Bulgarian football player
- September 22nd: Pascal Martinot-Lagarde , French athlete
- September 23: Mayke Dähn , German-Slovenian actress and voice actress
- September 23: Trevor Morrice , Canadian ski jumper
- September 23: Melanie Oudin , American tennis player
- September 23: Nick van der Lijke , Dutch cyclist
- September 24: Julia Krombach , German actress
- September 25: Stian Hoelgaard , Norwegian cross-country skier
- September 25: Shin Lim , Canadian-American magician and card artist
- September 25th: Stine Bredal Oftedal , Norwegian handball player
- September 25: Alexander Rossi , American racing car driver
- September 26: Regina Baresi , Italian soccer player
- September 26: Greta Koçi , Albanian pop singer
- September 27: Alexander Becker , German handball player
- September 27th: Simona Halep , Romanian tennis player
- September 29: Rufat Dadashov , Azerbaijani football player
- September 29th: Martin Jensen , Danish DJ and music producer
- September 30th: Marcos Álvarez , German football player
October
- Artur Pivchenko , Ukrainian billiards player October 1st:
- Cam Bedrosian , American baseball player October 2:
- Denni Djozic , German handball player October 2:
- Johannes Floehr , German poetry slammer October 2nd:
- Berry Angriawan , Indonesian badminton player October 3:
- Stefan Brennsteiner , Austrian ski racer October 3rd:
- Arthur Pic , French racing car driver October 5th:
- Tornike Schengelia , Georgian basketball player October 5th:
- Christopher Weber , German bobsleigh driver October 5th:
- Simon Cho , American short tracker October 7th:
- Eyal Golasa , Israeli soccer player October 7:
- Stefan Marinovic , New Zealand soccer player October 7th:
- Kevin Mirocha , German racing car driver October 7th:
- Florian Moll , German swimmer October 8:
- Patric Niederhauser , Swiss automobile racing driver October 8:
- David Ostella , Canadian racing car driver October 8:
- Sebastian Owuya , Swedish ice hockey player October 8:
- Jan Wenzel Schmidt , German politician October 8:
- October 10: Michael Carter-Williams , American basketball player
- October 10: Gabriella Cilmi , Australian singer
- October 10: Xherdan Shaqiri , Swiss football player
- October 11: Moorchegani Iman Jamali , Iranian handball player
- October 11: Jakub Śmiechowski , Polish racing car driver
- October 12th: Thiemo Storz , German racing car driver
- October 13: Patrick Konrad , Austrian cyclist
- October 16: John & Edward Grimes ( Jedward ), Irish pop singers
- October 16: Kevin Pannewitz , German soccer player
- October 16: Roko Peribonio , Croatian handball player
- October 17th: Brenda Daniela Asnicar Mendoza , Argentine actress, singer and dancer
- October 17th: Tessa James , Australian actress
- October 17th: Trine Østergaard Jensen , Danish handball player
- October 18: Tyler Posey , American actor
- October 18: Toby Regbo , British actor
- October 19: Morten Dibbert , German handball player
- October 21: Artur Aleksanjan , Armenian wrestler
- October 23: Emil Forsberg , Swedish football player
- October 24th: Fabian Schleusener , German soccer player
- October 25: Manuel Schönhuber , German soccer player
- October 26: Mücahit Atalay , Turkish football goalkeeper
- October 27: Seo Young-woo , South Korean bobsledder
- October 28: Orhan Ademi , Swiss-Macedonian football player
- October 28th: Warren Barguil , French cyclist
- October 28: Victor Campenaerts , Belgian cyclist
- October 29th: Tom Devriendt , Belgian cyclist
- October 29: Oscar Lindberg , Swedish ice hockey player
- October 29: Ramón Piñeiro , Spanish racing car driver
- October 29: Nikita Igorevich Saizew , Russian ice hockey player
- October 29th: Harry Tincknell , British racing car driver
- October 30th: Danell Leyva , American gymnast
- October 30th: Jorge López , Chilean actor
- October 31: Jordan-Claire Green , American actress
- October 31: Katrina Jade , American porn actress
- October 31: Jelena Nikolić , Serbian soccer player
November
- Lisa Magdalena Agerer , Austrian-Italian ski racer November 1st:
- David Müller , German soccer player November 1st:
- Adriana Chechik , American porn actress November 4th:
- Alon Day , Israeli racing car driver November 4th:
- Pierson Fode , American actor November 6:
- Doron Lamb , American basketball player November 6:
- Iris Mareike Steen , German actress November 6th:
- Marie-Cathérine Arnold , German rower November 7th:
- Felix Rosenqvist , Swedish racing car driver November 7th:
- Katharina Wien , German actress November 7th:
- Anastassija Kovalchuk , Ukrainian billiards player November 8th:
- Daniel Andrew Middleton , British YouTuber November 8th:
- Čestmír Kožíšek , Czech ski jumper November 9:
- Franck Matelli , French racing car driver November 9th:
- Giovanni Venturini , Italian racing car driver November 9th:
- November 10: Tony Snell , American basketball player
- November 11: Travis Tope , American actor
- November 12th: Gijs Van Hoecke , Belgian cyclist
- November 13: Matt Bennett , American actor
- November 13: Magnus Gullerud , Norwegian handball player
- November 14th: Mohammed Abu , Ghanaian soccer player
- November 15: Shailene Woodley , American actress
- November 15: Christian Dissinger , German handball player
- November 16: Sandro Zeller , Swiss automobile racing driver
- November 17: Gale Agbossoumonde , Togolese-American soccer player
- November 17th: Alessandra Patelli , Italian rower
- November 18: Nikias Arndt , German track and road cyclist
- November 19: Daniel Axt , German actor
- November 19: Johannes Kühn , German biathlete and cross-country skier
- November 21: Marius Fartum , Norwegian badminton player
- November 22nd: Anthony Saux , French cyclist
- November 23: Ruslan Mingazov , Turkmen soccer player
- November 23: Facu Regalía , Argentine-Spanish racing car driver
- November 24th: Richie Stanaway , New Zealand racing car driver
- November 25th: Niclas Dombrowski , German handball player
- November 28: Tuğçe Albayrak , German-Turkish student († 2014)
- November 28: Önder Akdağ , Turkish football player
- November 28th: Pietro Fantin , Brazilian racing car driver
December
- Adam Bedell , American soccer player December 1:
- Sun Yang , Chinese swimmer December 1st:
- Charlie Puth , American singer and songwriter December 2nd:
- Brandon Knight , American basketball player December 2:
- December 9th: Johannes Rydzek , German Nordic combined athlete
- December 10th: Claudia Bujna , German soccer player
- December 10th: Alexander Hermann , Austrian handball player
- December 10th: Maximilian Hermann , Austrian handball player
- December 10th: Thomas Michael "Tommy" Oar , Australian-Spanish soccer player
- December 10: Dion Waiters , American basketball player
- December 12th: Jaime Lorente , Spanish actor
- December 14th: Nicolò Agostini , Italian grass skier
- December 15: Conor Daly , American racing car driver
- December 17th: Lena Andersch , German hockey player
- December 18: Ricardo Allen , American football player
- December 18: Tijan Njie , German actor
- December 19: Keiynan Lonsdale , Australian actor and dancer
- December 19: Declan Galbraith , British singer
- December 19: Jorge Blanco , Mexican actor
- December 20: Jorginho , Brazilian-Italian football player
- December 20: Jillian Rose Reed , American actress
- December 20: Fabian Schär , Swiss football player
- December 21: Julie Gordon , Canadian beach volleyball player
- December 21: Riccardo Saponara , Italian football player
- December 23: Rebecca Mir , German model and mannequin
- December 23: Sofia Black-D'Elia , American actress
- December 24th: Timo Benitz , German athlete
- December 24th: Isabel Bongard , German actress
- December 24th: Louis Tomlinson , English singer
- December 25th: Gaite Jansen , Dutch actress
- December 26: Eden Sher , American actress
- December 27: Chloe Bridges , American actress
- December 27th: Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht , German actor
- December 30th: Wietse Bosmans , Belgian cyclocross rider
- December 30th: Camila Giorgi , Italian tennis player
Day unknown
- Ozan Aksu , young German-Turkish actor and rapper
- Marius Bistritzky , German actor
- Peter Blum , German actor
- Morgane Ferru , French actress
- Giovanni Funiati , Italian-French actor
- Jonas Götzinger , Swiss actor
- Kevin Krieger , German politician
- Mark Leinhos , German handball player
- Janina Agnes Schröder , German actress
- Philip Stein , German publisher and political activist
Died
This is a list of the most important people who passed away in 1991. For a more detailed list see Nekrolog 1991 .
January
- Inga Gentzel , Swedish athlete and Olympian (* 1908) January 1st:
- Noma Hiroshi , Japanese writer (* 1915) January 2:
- Lucius Benjamin Appling , American baseball player and manager (* 1907) January 3:
- Josef Stroh , German and Austrian football player (* 1913) January 3:
- Leo Wright , American jazz clarinetist (* 1933) January 4th:
- Richard Maibaum , American screenwriter (* 1909) January 4th:

- Heinrich Dathe , German zoologist (* 1910) January 6th:
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun , Turkish composer (* 1907) January 6:
- January 10: Malte Jaeger , German actor (* 1911)
- January 11th: Ladislav Alster , Czechoslovak chess player and chess journalist (* 1927)
- January 11: Carl David Anderson , American physicist (* 1905)
- January 13: Loreta Asanavičiūtė , fatality in demonstrations for the freedom and independence of Lithuania (* 1967)
- January 14: Werner Schubert-Deister , German painter and sculptor (* 1921)
- January 15: Angel D'Agostino , Argentine tango musician (* 1900)
- January 16: Heinz Rein , German writer (* 1906)
- January 17th: Olav V , King of Norway (* 1903)
- January 17th: Giacomo Manzù , Italian sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman (* 1908)
- January 19: Jean Mantelet , entrepreneur (* 1900)
- January 22nd: Kenos Aroi , Nauruan politician and President of the Republic of Nauru (* 1942)
- January 22nd: Robert Choquette , Canadian writer and diplomat (* 1905)
- January 22nd: Karl Hofacker , Swiss civil engineer and university professor (* 1897)
- January 24th: Karl Mark , Austrian politician and member of the National Council (* 1900)
- January 25: Kurahara Korehito , Japanese literary critic (* 1902)
- January 25: Frank Soo , English soccer player, sometimes referred to as the first non-white English national player (* 1914)
- January 27: Hans Bertram , German record producer (* 1915)
- January 28: Red Grange , American football player (born 1903)
- January 28: Kurt Sowinetz , Austrian actor (* 1928)
- January 29: Bruno Marek , Mayor of Vienna (* 1900)
- January 29: Inoue Yasushi , Japanese writer (* 1907)
- January 30: Kurt Bittel , German archaeologist (* 1907)

- January 30: John Bardeen , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1908)
- January 31: Robert J. Havighurst , American educationalist and sociologist (* 1900)
- January 31: Kostas Mountakis , Greek lyre player (* 1926)
February
- Arthur Agstner , Austrian Ambassador (* 1922) February 5:
- Pedro Arrupe , Spanish Order General (* 1907) February 5:
- Salvador Edward Luria , American microbiologist (* 1912) February 6:
- Chucho Rodríguez , Mexican composer, arranger, pianist and orchestra leader (* 1918) February 6:
- Otto Friedrich Bollnow , philosopher, educator, psychologist (* 1903) February 7th:
- Otto Kuss , Catholic theologian (* 1905) February 7th:
- Jean-Paul Mousseau , Canadian painter and sculptor (* 1927) February 7:
- Aaron Siskind , American photographer (* 1903) February 8:
- February 10: William Joseph Foley , Australian Roman Catholic Archbishop (* 1931)
- February 10: Walter Klien , Austrian pianist (* 1928)
- February 11: Alja Rachmanowa , Russian writer (* 1898)
- February 12: Oscar Asboth , Hungarian painter (* 1925)
- February 12: Wilhelm "Willi" Brinkmann , German field handball player (* 1910)
- February 13: Arno Breker , German sculptor (* 1900)
- February 14: José Ádem Chain , Mexican mathematician (* 1921)
- February 15: Alfred Gleisner , German politician (* 1908)
- February 15: Alfred F. Havighurst , American historian (* 1904)
- February 16: Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick , Spanish actor and theater director (* 1908)
- February 16: Max Strecker , German actor (* 1906)
- February 17th: Hans Thimig , Austrian actor and director (* 1900)
- February 18: Renate Kern , German pop singer (* 1945)
- February 20: Isabelle Delorme , Canadian music teacher and composer (* 1900)
- February 21: Margot Fonteyn de Arias , British dancer (* 1919)
- February 21: Avelina Landín , Mexican singer (* 1917)
- February 23: Argeliers León , Cuban musicologist and educator, folklorist and composer (* 1918)
- February 24th: Jean Rogers , actress (* 1916)
- February 24: Webb Pierce , American country singer (born 1921)
- February 24: Héctor Rial Laguía , Argentinian football player (* 1928)
- February 26: Slim Gaillard , American jazz singer (born 1916)
- February 26: Joseph Schoiswohl , Austrian bishop (* 1901)
- February 27: Abelardo Arias , Argentine writer (* 1918)
- February 27: Robert Widlar , pioneer in the development of analog integrated circuits (IC) (* 1937)
- February 28: Reinhard Bendix , American sociologist of German origin (* 1916)
- Hans-Hugo Hartmann , German automobile racing driver (* 1916) February:
March
- Arthur Henry Attwell , British theologian (* 1920) March 2:
- Serge Gainsbourg , French chansonnier (* 1928) March 2:
- Elfriede Aulhorn , German professor (* 1923) March 4:
- Josef Páleníček , Czech pianist and composer (* 1914) March 7th:
- Werner Salevsky , German enduro athlete (* 1940) March 7th:
- Dezider Kardoš , Czech composer (* 1914) March 8:
- Tomojiro Ikenouchi , Japanese composer and music teacher (* 1906) March 9:
- March 10: Elie Siegmeister , American composer (* 1909)
- March 11th: Maria Reining , Austrian opera singer (* 1903)
- March 12: José Maria Antunes Juniór , Portuguese football player and coach (* 1913)
- March 12: Emmi Bonhoeffer , wife of the resistance fighter Klaus Bonhoeffer (* 1905)
- March 12: LeRoy Collins , American politician (* 1909)
- March 12: William Heinesen , most important poet of the Faroe Islands (* 1900)
- March 13: James Douglas McPartland , American white jazz cornetist (born 1907)
- March 14: Howard Ashman , American author and producer (born 1950)
- March 14th: Margery Sharp , English writer (* 1905)
- March 15: Bud Freeman , American tenor saxophonist (* 1906)
- March 16: Trude Herr , German actress (* 1927)
- March 18: Herbert Sandberg , German graphic artist and caricaturist (* 1908)
- March 21: Leo Fender , American musical instrument maker and company founder (* 1909)
- March 24th: Kurt Gottschaldt , representative of Gestalt psychology (* 1902)
- March 24: John Montague , Canadian violinist and music teacher (* 1911)
- March 25: Marcel Lefebvre , Catholic theologian and church politician (* 1905)
- March 25: Gerónimo Pellerano , Dominican singer (* 1927)
- March 26th: Herbert Dörner , German soccer player (* 1930)
- March 26th: Jupp Schmitz , German entertainer, pop singer and Krätzchen singer (* 1901)
- March 29: Harvey Leroy Atwater , American political advisor and strategist (* 1951)
- March 29: Josef Friedrich Remberg , German general (* 1918)
- March : Muhammed Said Abdulla , Tanzanian writer (* 1918)
April

- Martha Graham , American dancer, choreographer and teacher (* 1894) April 1:
- Detlev Karsten Rohwedder , manager and German politician (* 1932) April 1:
- Noel George Butlin , Australian economist and historian (born 1921) April 2:
- Graham Greene , British writer (* 1904) April 3:
- Robert Veyron-Lacroix , French harpsichordist and pianist (* 1922) April 3:
- Max Frisch , Swiss architect and writer (* 1911) April 4:
- Edmund Adamkiewicz , German football player (* 1920) April 4:
- Henry John Heinz III , American Senator (* 1938) April 4:
- Jiří Mucha , Czech cosmopolitan, writer, publicist and screenwriter (* 1915) April 5:
- Friederike Mulert , German politician (* 1896) April 5:
- John Tower , American politician (* 1925) April 5:
- Heinrich Draeger , former member of the German Bundestag (* 1907) April 6:
- Maurice Binder , American filmmaker, designer of the James Bond opening credits (* 1925) April 9:
- April 10: Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , politician of the Mongolian People's Republic (* 1916)
- April 11: Chester Valentine John Anderson , American poet and science fiction writer (born 1932)
- April 11: Syria Poletti , Italian-Argentine writer and journalist (* 1917)
- April 13: Ernst Bokon , Austrian footballer (* 1922)
- April 13: Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto , Danish horn player and professor (* 1909)
- April 16: Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum , German teacher and politician (* 1893)
- April 16: David Lean , British film director (born 1908)
- April 17th: Jean-Jacques Martin , French comic artist (* 1957)
- April 18: Gabriel Celaya , Spanish writer (* 1911)
- April 18: Martin Hannett , music producer (* 1948)
- April 18: Austin Bradford Hill , British scientist and researcher (* 1897)
- April 19: Josef Wallner , German politician (* 1908)
- April 19: Dilarə Ələkbər qızı Əliyeva , Azerbaijani philologist, translator, feminist and politician (* 1929)
- April 20: Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga , Archbishop of Kampala and Cardinal (* 1914)
- April 20: Rudolf Heberle , German sociologist (* 1896)
- April 20: Steve Marriott , British rock musician (born 1947)
- April 20: Don Siegel , American director (* 1912)
- April 21: Willi Boskovsky , Austrian violinist and conductor (* 1909)
- April 23: Rudy Solari , American actor (* 1934)
- April 23: Johnny Thunders , New York punk musician (* 1952)
- April 24th: Werner Neumann , leading Bach researcher of his time (* 1905)
- April 25: Michael Kühnen , leader of the German neo-Nazi movement (* 1955)
- April 26: Carmine Coppola , American musician and composer (* 1910)
- April 27: Fritz Corterier , German politician (* 1906)
- April 28: Ken Curtis , American singer (born 1916)
- April 30th: Ghislaine Dommanget , French actress and Princess of Monaco (* 1900)
- Gustav Georg Gunter Angenheister , German geophysicist (* 1917) April:
- Jacob Asher , British cameraman (* 1916) April:
- Farah Mohamed Jama Awl , Somali writer (* 1937) April:
May
- Rainer Artenfels , Austrian actor and theater director (* 1939) May 1st:
- Richard Thorpe , American film director (* 1896) May 1:
- Mohammed Abdel Wahab , Egyptian singer and composer (* 1907) May 3:
- Hermann Arnhold , Russian poet (* 1921) May 3:
- Jerzy Kosiński , American author (* 1933) May 3:
- Hermann Kopf , German politician (* 1901) May 5:
- Herbert Schäfer , German soccer coach (* 1927) May 6:
- Hans Bender , psychologist and doctor (* 1907) May 7:
- Kurt Zube , German author, publisher, editor (* 1905) May 7:
- Hans Arnold , German soccer player (* 1941) May 8:
- Jean Langlais , French composer and organist (* 1907) May 8:
- Rudolf Serkin , pianist (* 1903) May 8:
- May 12: Hans Peter Schanzlin , Swiss musicologist (* 1916)
- May 13: Victor-Emanuel Preusker , German politician and banker (* 1913)
- May 13: Carl Weinrich , American organist and music teacher (* 1904)
- May 15: Abe Shintarō , Japanese politician and general secretary of the LDP (* 1924)
- May 15: Susano Polanco , Dominican tenor (* 1902)
- May 15: Fritz Riess , German automobile racing driver (* 1922)
- May 17th: Tom Trana , rally driver (* 1937)
- May 18: Gerd Achgelis , German aerobatic pilot (* 1908)
- May 18: Rudolf Nierlich , Austrian ski racer (* 1966)
- May 20: Keith MacMillan , Canadian music producer, publisher and manager (* 1920)

- May 21: Rajiv Gandhi , Indian politician (* 1944)
- May 21: Julián Orbón , Cuban composer (* 1925)
- May 23: Manning Clark , Australian historian (born 1915)
- May 23: Wilhelm Kempff , German pianist and composer (* 1895)
- May 25: Eberhard Werdin , German composer (* 1911)
- May 28: Ernst Anders , Austrian actor (* 1928)
- May 29: Coral Browne , Australian-American theater and film actress (born 1913)
- May 30: Walter Dirks , publicist, writer and journalist (* 1901)
- May 31: Carlos Suffern , Argentine composer (* 1901)
June
- David Ruffin , American gospel and soul singer (* 1941) June 1:
- Wolfgang Stegmüller , German-Austrian philosopher (* 1923) June 1:
- Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet (* 1927) June 2:
- Sergiu Samarian , Romanian chess player, chess writer (* 1923) June 3:
- Katia Krafft , French volcanologist (* 1942) June 3:
- Maurice Krafft , volcanologist (* 1946) June 3:
- Rudolf Vogel , German politician (* 1906) June 4th:
- Oskar Audörsch , German major general (* 1898) June 5:
- Stan Getz , American tenor saxophone (* 1927) June 6:
- Gianni De Luca , Italian comic artist (* 1927) June 6th:
- Rafael Colón , Dominican singer and composer (* 1918) June 7th:
- Lotte Meyer , German actress (* 1909) June 7:

- Heidi Brühl , German actress and singer (* 1942) June 8:
- Claudio Arrau , Chilean pianist (* 1903) June 9:
- June 10: Hans Schwartz , German football player (* 1913)
- June 10: Vercors , writer, caricaturist (* 1902)
- June 11: John Vallier , English pianist, composer, music teacher and musicologist (* 1920)
- June 12: Eleonore Astfalck , German curative and social pedagogue (* 1900)
- June 13: Karl Bielig , German politician and Member of the Bundestag (* 1898)
- June 14th: Peggy Ashcroft , British actress (born 1907)
- June 14: Werner Kraft , German librarian, literary scholar and writer (* 1896)
- June 15: Albert Chandler , American politician (* 1898)
- June 14: Bernard Miles , British actor (born 1907)
- June 15: Helga Brauer , German pop singer (* 1936)
- June 15: William Arthur Lewis , British Nobel Prize winner and economist (* 1915)
- June 16: Manfred Ackermann , Austrian social democratic politician and trade union official (* 1898)
- June 16: Vicki Brown , British singer (* 1940)
- June 16: Karl Krammig , German politician (* 1908)
- June 17th: Pierre Jamet , French harpist and music teacher (* 1893)
- June 19: Jean Arthur , American actress (* 1900)
- June 19: Michael Westphal , German tennis player (* 1965)
- June 20: Carlos Argentino , Argentine singer (* 1929)
- June 20: Max Lüthi , Swiss literary scholar and fairy tale researcher (* 1909)
- June 21: Klaus Schwarzkopf , German actor and voice actor (* 1922)
- June 23: Michael Pflegehar , German director (* 1933)
- June 24th: Franz Hengsbach , Roman Catholic priest, theologian, bishop and cardinal (* 1910)
- June 24th: Rufino Tamayo , Mexican painter (* 1899)
- June 27th: Klaas Bruinsma , Dutch drug dealer (* 1953)
- June 27: Bertram Eugene Warren , American crystallographer (* 1902)
- June 28: Hans Nüsslein , German tennis player (* 1910)
- June 28: Nikolas Vogel , Austrian cameraman (* 1967)
- June 29: André Adam , French sociologist and ethnologist (* 1911)
- June 30: Aadriaan Cornelis van Leeuwen , Dutch composer and conductor (* 1887)
July
- Joachim Kroll , German serial killer (* 1933) July 1:
- Michael Landon , American actor (born 1936) July 1:
- Lee Remick , American actress (born 1935) July 2:
- Tommy Bridger , British racing driver (born 1934) July 3:
- Ernst Witt , German mathematician (* 1911) July 3:
- Rolf Jahresling , German gallery owner and architect (* 1913) July 5:
- Fritz Martini , German Germanist and literary historian (* 1909) July 5:
- Herminio Giménez , Paraguayan composer (* 1905) July 6:
- Geoff Love , British bandleader (* 1917) July 8:
- José Salazar López , Archbishop of Guadalajara and Cardinal (* 1910) July 9:
- July 12th: Willi Schwabe , German actor, singer and presenter (* 1915)
- July 13: Fritz Duda , German painter and graphic artist (* 1904)
- July 14th: Axel Eggebrecht , German journalist and writer (* 1899)
- July 14: Pawel Semjonowitsch Morosenko , Soviet actor (* 1939)
- July 16: Robert Motherwell , American painter (born 1915)
- July 17: Werner Hausmann , Swiss actor, television presenter, author, radio play director and speaker (* 1901)
- July 18: André Cools , Belgian socialist politician (* 1927)
- July 22nd: Fritz Kaßmann , German politician (* 1908)
- July 24th: Isaac Bashevis Singer , writer and Nobel Prize laureate in literature 1978 (* 1902)
- July 25: Lasar Moissejewitsch Kaganowitsch , Soviet politician (* 1893)
- July 26th: Maria Treben , Austrian author, naturopathy, alternative medicine (* 1907)
- July 27: Gino Colaussi , Italian football player (* 1914)
- July 31: João Chedid , Lebanese bishop in Brazil (* 1914)
August
- Wilhelm Adam , German politician and resistance fighter (* 1905) August 1:
- Hans Karl Balduin Auenmüller , German conductor and composer (* 1926) August 3:
- Paul Brown , American football coach (born 1908) August 5:
- Gaston Litaize , French composer, organist and organ teacher (* 1909) August 5th:
- Sōichirō Honda , Japanese entrepreneur (* 1906) August 5:
- Shapur Bakhtiar , Iranian Prime Minister (* 1914) August 6:
- Walter Zeman , Austrian football player (* 1927) August 8:
- Werner Holz , German painter (* 1948) August 8:
- James Irwin , American astronaut and eighth person on the moon (born 1930) August 8:
- Ivan Nikitowitsch Koschedub , Marshal of the Aviators and three-time Hero of the Soviet Union (* 1920) August 8:
- Richard Lee Armstrong , Canadian geologist and geochemist (* 1937) August 9:
- Richard Löwenthal , German political scientist and publicist (* 1908) August 9:
- August 10: Ken Sasaki , Japanese pianist (* 1943)
- August 11th: Alfred Dompert , German athlete (* 1914)
- August 11th: JD McDuffie , American NASCAR racing driver (born 1938)
- August 11: Helmut Walcha , organist and harpsichordist (* 1907)
- August 12: Hans Weigel , Austrian writer and theater critic (* 1908)
- August 13: James Roosevelt , American brigadier general and politician (* 1907)
- August 20: Kurt Locher , Swiss civil servant (* 1917)
- August 21: Wolfgang Hildesheimer , German writer and painter (* 1916)
- August 21: Eugen Jebeleanu , Romanian poet (* 1911)
- August 21: Oswald von Nell-Breuning , Catholic theologian, political economist and social philosopher (* 1890)
- August 22nd: Fritz Hinderer , German astronomer and astrophysicist (* 1912)
- August 23: Wilhelm Hahnemann , Austrian and German soccer player (* 1914)
- August 23: Alexandre Hay , Swiss lawyer (* 1919)
- August 24: Sergei Fjodorowitsch Achromejew , Soviet military and Marshal of the Soviet Union (* 1923)
- August 24: Maurice Sheehy , Irish classical philologist and church historian (* 1928)
- August 25: Shibaki Yoshiko , Japanese writer (* 1914)
- August 26: Nicolai Dirdal , Norwegian pianist and music teacher (* 1896)
- August 30: Adãozinho , Brazilian soccer player (* 1923)
- August 30: Jean Tinguely , Swiss painter, sculptor and experimental artist (* 1925)
September
- Otl Aicher , sculptor, graphic artist, designer (* 1922) September 1:
- Willi Fischer , German politician (* 1920) September 2:
- Alfonso García Robles , Mexican politician; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (* 1911) September 2:
- Frank Capra , American film director (* 1897) September 3:
- Falk Harnack , German director, resistance fighter against National Socialism (* 1913) September 3:
- Rolf Italiaander , German writer and art collector (* 1913) September 3:
- Daniel Prenn , German tennis and table tennis player (* 1904) September 3:
- Charlie Barnet , American jazz saxophonist (* 1913) September 4:
- Henri de Lubac , theologian and Jesuit (* 1896) September 4:
- Dottie West , American country singer (born 1932) September 4:
- Benjamin A. Smith , American politician (* 1916) September 6:
- Joe Bain , American economist (* 1912) September 7:
- September 10: Jack Crawford , Australian tennis player (born 1908)
- September 10: Julius Meinl , Austrian entrepreneur (* 1903)
- September 10: Michel Soutter , film director (* 1932)
- September 13: Erich Kern , Austrian writer and publicist (* 1906)
- September 13: Metin Oktay , Turkish football player (* 1936)
- September 15: Sulchan Zinzadze , Georgian composer (* 1925)
- September 20: Ricardo Arredondo , Mexican boxer (* 1949)
- September 20: Anton Besold , German politician (* 1904)
- September 22: John Kodwo Amissah , Ghanaian Archbishop (* 1922)
- September 24: Theodor Seuss Geisel , American children's book author and cartoonist (* 1904)
- September 25: LeRoy Hagen Anderson , American politician (* 1906)
- September 25: Klaus Barbie , National Socialist, "Butcher of Lyon" (* 1913)
- September 26: Billy Vaughn , American jazz saxophonist and conductor (* 1919)
- September 27: Karl-Heinz Köpcke , chief spokesman for the Tagesschau (* 1922)
- September 27: Stefan Kisielewski , Polish composer and writer (* 1911)
- September 28: Eugène Bozza , French composer (* 1905)

- September 28: Miles Davis , American jazz musician (trumpet) (* 1926)
October
- Roland Gööck , German editor, non-fiction author and lecturer (* 1923) October 2:
- Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf , German writer (* 1920) October 3:
- Heinrich Hellwege , German politician (* 1908) October 4:
- Ernst-Alfred Jauch , journalist (* 1920) October 6:
- Just-Émile Vernet , French automobile racing driver and racing car designer (* 1894) October 6:
- Natalia Ginzburg , author, Italian literature (* 1916) October 7:
- Gustav Aduatz , Austrian architect (* 1908) October 8:
- Roy Black , German pop singer and actor (* 1943) October 9:
- Karl Helbig , German scientist, ethnologist, ship heater (* 1903) October 9:
- October 10: Rudolf Arens , German grassland scientist (* 1926)
- October 11: Pietro Ferraris , Italian football player (* 1912)
- October 12: Aline MacMahon , American actress (* 1899)
- October 12: Taso Mathieson , British racing car driver (* 1908)
- October 14: Walter Elsasser , German-American physicist (* 1904)
- October 14: John Newmark , Canadian pianist (* 1904)
- October 16: Arthur E. Arling , American cameraman (* 1906)
- October 16: Giacomo Mari , Italian football player and coach (* 1924)
- October 16: Boris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor (* 1906)
- October 17: Tennessee Ernie Ford , American country and gospel singer (born 1919)
- October 17: Lotte Knabe , German archivist and historian (* 1907)
- October 19: Aurelius Maria Arkenau , German Dominican priest (* 1900)
- October 19: Henry Holst , Danish violinist and music teacher (* 1899)
- October 20: Ronald M. Schernikau , German writer (* 1960)
- October 21: Frank Barufski , German actor, radio play speaker and presenter (* 1905)
- October 21: Grzegorz Grzeban , Polish chess composer (* 1902)
- October 22: Ilse Schneider , German art teacher and painter (* 1910)

- October 24th: Gene Roddenberry , screenwriter, television and film producer (* 1921)
- October 25: Albert Baldauf , German politician and Member of the Bundestag (* 1917)
- October 25: Bill Graham , American impresario (* 1931)
- October 27: Marc Gignoux , French racing car driver (* 1914)
- October 27: Andrzej Panufnik , Polish composer (* 1914)
- October 27: Ernst Wimmer , politician, communist, theorist and journalist (* 1924)
- October 28: Sebastião Gomes , East Timorese independence activist (* 1973)
- October 30: Erwin Lange , German politician (* 1914)
- October 31: Eugene Avon Anderson , American wrestler (born 1933)
- October 31: Ewald Bucher , German politician (* 1914)
November

- Heinrich Drimmel , Austrian politician and lawyer (* 1912) November 2:
- Hans Linser , Austrian agricultural chemist (* 1907) November 2:
- Mort Shuman , American songwriter and singer (* 1938) November 2:
- Gerald Donald Aurbach , American physiologist and endocrinologist (* 1927) November 4:
- Guy Lapchin , French racing car driver (* 1903) November 5:
- Robert Maxwell , British newspaper magnate (* 1923) November 5:
- Theodor Siers , German chess composer and author (* 1910) November 6th:
- Günter Schmölders , economist (* 1903) November 7th:
- Günther Nollau , German President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (* 1911) November 7th:
- Kurt Brand , German science fiction writer (* 1917) November 8:
- John Jahr senior , German publisher (* 1900) November 8:
- Charlotte Moorman , American musician (* 1933) November 8:
- Yves Montand , French chansonnier and actor (* 1921) November 9:
- November 10: Erwin Levy , German psychologist (* 1907)
- November 11th: Franziska Bilek , German draftsman and caricaturist (* 1906)
- November 12: Kamal Bamadhaj , Malaysian-New Zealand human rights activist (* 1970)
- November 13: Walter Ulbrich , German television and film producer (* 1910)
- November 14th: Tony Richardson , English director (born 1928)
- November 17th: Adrian Quist , Australian tennis player (* 1913)
- November 17th: Maurice Banach , German soccer player (* 1967)
- November 18: Gustáv Husák , Slovak politician and President (* 1913)
- November 20: Helga Hahnemann , German entertainer, cabaret artist and actress (* 1937)
- November 21: Daniel Mann , American director (* 1912)
- November 23: Hans Bausch , German journalist, SDR director v. 1958–1989 (* 1921)

- November 23: Klaus Kinski , German actor (* 1926)
- November 24th: Eric Carr , American musician and drummer (born 1950)
- November 24th: Freddie Mercury , British rock singer (born 1946)
- November 26th: Heinz Marten , German oratorio tenors and lieder singer (* 1908)
- November 27: Vilém Flusser , communication and media philosopher (* 1920)
- November 29: Ralph Bellamy , American actor (born 1904)
- Heinz Bonn , German soccer player (* 1947) November:
December
- Ernst Albrecht , German politician (* 1914) December 1:
- Pat O'Callaghan , Irish hammer thrower and Olympic champion (* 1905) December 1:
- George Stigler , American economist (* 1911) December 1:
- Ernst Achenbach , German politician (* 1909) December 2:
- Elias Shaheen , Lebanese Archbishop in Canada (* 1914) December 5:
- György Aczél , Hungarian cultural politician (* 1917) December 6:
- Richard Stone , Nobel Prize Laureate and Economist (* 1913) December 6:
- Berenice Abbott , American photographer (* 1898) December 9:
- December 10th: Gustav Schäfer , German rower and Olympic champion (* 1906)
- December 13: Jan Hendriks , German stage, film and television actor (* 1928)
- December 15: Reidar Andersen , Norwegian ski jumper (* 1911)
- December 15: Vasily Grigoryevich Saizew , Soviet sniper in World War II (* 1915)
- December 17th: Aida Mitsuo , Japanese poet and calligrapher (* 1924)
- December 18: George Abecassis , British racing driver (* 1913)
- December 18: King Kolax , American jazz trumpeter (* 1912)
- December 18: Joey Smallwood , Canadian politician (* 1900)
- December 22: Raymond Cousse , French writer and actor (* 1942)
- December 22nd: Ernst Krenek , Austrian composer (* 1900)
- December 24th: Alfons Goppel , German politician (* 1905)
- December 25th: Curt Bois , German actor (* 1901)
- December 26th: Gustav Neidlinger , German singer (* 1910)
- December 27th: Louis Descartes , French racing car driver and racing team owner (* 1951)
- December 28th: Cassandra Harris , Australian film actress (born 1948)
- December 28: Hermann Müller , German politician (* 1913)
- December 29: Rüdiger Seitz , Austrian composer and music teacher (* 1927)
- December 31: Pat Patrick , American jazz musician (* 1929)
Day unknown
- Dagobert David Arian , German-Israeli police and state official (* 1903)
- Rubén Elosegui , Argentine sculptor and painter (* 1925)
- Herta Claudia Gabriel , German painter, graphic artist and illustrator (* 1899)
- Emilio Gálvez , Mexican singer and violinist (* 1922)
- Alejandro Muñoz Ciudad Real , Salvadoran conductor and music teacher (* 1902)
- Taranath Rao , Indian percussionist (* 1915)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics : Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
- Chemistry : Richard R. Ernst
- Medicine : Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann
- Literature : Nadine Gordimer
- Nobel Peace Prize : Aung San Suu Kyi
- Economics : Ronald Coase
music
- May 4th: Carola wins the 36th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with the song Fangad av en stormvind in Rome .
- September 28th: AC / DC and Metallica , among others, play a huge concert of the Monsters of Rock Tour in Moscow in front of around 500,000 spectators. Lars Ulrich describes it as the best concert Metallica ever gave.
See also: 1991 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , Hungary , the United States and the United Kingdom .
See also: Category: Music 1991
Band foundings
Album releases
- Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors
- Faith No More - Live at the Brixton Academy
- Die Fantastischen Vier - Now it's off
- Genesis - We Can't Dance
- Guns n 'Roses - Use Your Illusion I + II
- Helmet - Strap It On
- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
- Leatherface - Mush
- Massive Attack - Blue Lines
- Metallica - Metallica ("black album")
- Molotow Soda - The doomed greet you
- Motorhead - 1916
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- The Pogues - Best of ...
- Pure - nothing without a reason
- Queen - Innuendo
- Queen - Greatest Hits II (2.7 million copies were sold in Germany alone)
- REM - Out of Time
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- The Rolling Stones - Flashpoint
- David Lee Roth - A Little Ain't Enough
- Roxette - Joyride
- Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
- Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
- U2 - attention baby
- Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barricades for Freedom. Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung , January 20, 2006, accessed December 18, 2015 .
- ^ "Reform without solidarity" , Die Zeit , October 18, 1991.
- ↑ Ivo Mijnssen: The displaced act of liberation. The Belowesch Agreement gave the Soviet Union the fatal blow a quarter of a century ago. In a hunting seat in the jungle, the three Slavic brother countries agreed on a peaceful separation. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 8, 2016, p. 4.
- ↑ Linux (kernel) # version history .