List of Famous people who died at 91

Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot

Willemijn Hendrika van der Goot
First Name Willemijn
Born on May 2, 1897
Died on January 16, 1989 (aged 91)

Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot was a Dutch economist, feminist and radio broadcaster. As the first woman to attain a doctorate in economics in The Netherlands, her work focused on the impact of working women on the economy. Recognizing that there were few sources, she joined with other feminists to create the International Archives for the Women's Movement in 1935. Writing reports on women's work, she refuted government claims that women working outside the home was of no benefit. First proposed in 1939, the Household Council, which she saw as an organization to foster training and organize domestic laborers was instituted in 1950. She founded the International Association of Women in Radio, as an organization for professional development and networking in 1949. As a peace activist, she was involved in the promotion of pacifism and believing women had unique qualities for solving world problems, she established the International Scientific Institute for Feminine Interpretation. In 1982, in recognition of her significant contributions to the Dutch Women's Movement, Posthumus-van der Goot was appointed as an officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. In 2008, she, her husband and sister, were honored as Righteous Among the Nations by the government of Israel, for their fostering children during the Dutch occupation by the Nazis.

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Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

First Name Princess
Last Name Sicilies
Born on June 14, 1914
Died on August 8, 2005 (aged 91)

Princess María de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera María Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the youngest daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Maria Esperanza's husband Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House. Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Isser Harel

First Name Isser
Born on January 1, 1912
Died on February 18, 2003 (aged 91)
Spy

Isser Harel was spymaster of the intelligence and the security services of Israel and the Director of the Mossad (1952–1963). In his capacity as Mossad director he oversaw the capture and covert transportation to Israel of Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann.

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Guido Ceronetti

First Name Guido
Last Name Ceronetti
Born on August 24, 1927
Died on September 13, 2018 (aged 91)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Guido Ceronetti was an Italian poet, philosopher, novelist, translator, journalist and playwright. He was born in Turin, Italy.

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Jacques Mazoin

Jacques Roger Lionel Mazoin
First Name Jacques
Last Name Mazoin
Born on February 6, 1929
Died on July 9, 2020 (aged 91)

Jacques Mazoin was a French rugby union player and coach.

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Alice Recoque

Alice Maria Arnaud
First Name Alice
Last Name Recoque
Born on August 29, 1929
Died on January 28, 2021 (aged 91)

Alice Recoque was a French computer scientist, computer engineer and computer architecture specialist. She worked on the designs of mini-computers in the 1970s and led research focused on artificial intelligence.

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George Klein

First Name George
Last Name Klein
Born on July 28, 1925
Died on December 10, 2016 (aged 91)
Born in Hungary

George Klein was a Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual. Specializing in cancer research, he was professor of tumour biology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm from 1957–1992, a chair created for him, and as professor emeritus continued to work as research group leader in the microbiology and tumor biology center. According to Nature, the department Klein founded was "international and influential". In the 1960s he and his wife, Eva Klein, "laid the foundation for modern tumour immunology".

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Manuel Medel

First Name Manuel
Last Name Medel
Born on January 5, 1906
Died on March 14, 1997 (aged 91)
Born in Mexico, Nuevo León

Manuel Medel was a Mexican film actor. A comedian, during the late 1930s he teamed up with the rising star Cantinflas for three films.

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Claude Simon

Claude Eugène Henri Simon
First Name Claude
Last Name Simon
Born on October 10, 1913
Died on July 6, 2005 (aged 91)
Born in Analamanga

Claude Simon was a French novelist, and the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature.

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Hans Walz

First Name Hans
Last Name Walz
Born on March 21, 1883
Died on April 23, 1974 (aged 91)

Hans Walz was a German merchant, and from 1926 to 1963 he was the managing director of Robert Bosch GmbH.

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