List of Famous people who died at 91

Zhou Meiyu (1910-2001) was a Chinese nurse, "among the most influential Chinese nurses of the early twentieth century". She was the first woman in the Republic of China to attain the rank of General.

Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 January 1977.

Arthur William Hummel Sr. was an American Christian missionary to China, head of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, noted Sinologist, and editor of Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, a biographical dictionary. He was the first president of the Association for Asian Studies, in 1948.

Ren Zhongyi was a Chinese politician.

Adam Henein was an Egyptian sculptor.

Ekrem Akurgal was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna.