List of Famous people who died in 1991

Richard Thorpe was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Gitta Alpár, was a Hungarian-born opera and operetta soprano.

Ralph Jester was an American costume designer, sculptor, and artist. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He is perhaps best known as one of the costume designers of The Ten Commandments.

Barney Pressman was an American businessman and founder of Barneys New York retail store.

Jack Warner Schaefer was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known works are the 1949 novel Shane, voted the greatest western novel, and the 1964 children's book Stubby Pringle's Christmas.

Piero Lulli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli.

Nancy Jane Kulp was an American character actress and comedienne best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.