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In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
Ethel Shannon
Actress (1898-1951).
Born May 22nd, 1898 in Denver.
Died July 10th, 1951 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (intoxication).
Lippo Hertzka
Hungarian association football player and manager (1904-1951).
Born November 19th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died March 14th, 1951 at 46 years old in Montemor-o-Novo.
Prince Maximilian of Saxony
Saxon prince (1870–1951).
Born November 17th, 1870 in Dresden.
Died January 12th, 1951 at 80 years old in Fribourg.
Kim Dong-in
Korean writer (1900–1951).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Pyongyang.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 50 years old in Seoul.
Tom Kiely
Irish athlete.
Born August 25th, 1869 in Carrick-on-Suir.
Died November 6th, 1951 at 82 years old in Dublin.
Alain
French philosopher (1868–1951).
Born March 13th, 1866 in Mortagne-au-Perche.
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 85 years old in Le Vésinet.
Robert Grant Aitken
American astronomer (1864–1951).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Jackson.
Died October 29th, 1951 at 86 years old in Berkeley.
Yuriko Miyamoto
Japanese novelist, critic, member of the japanese communist party.
Born February 13th, 1899 in Koishikawa-ku.
Died January 21st, 1951 at 51 years old in Tokyo (sepsis).
Ata al-Ayyubi
Ottoman civil servant (1877-1951).
Born March 25th, 1877 in Damascus.
Died December 21st, 1951 at 74 years old in Damascus.
Grigorios Xenopoulos
Greek writer (1867-1951).
Born December 9th, 1867 in Istanbul.
Died January 14th, 1951 at 83 years old in Athens.
Robert William Seton-Watson
British political activist and historian.
Born August 20th, 1879 in London. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1951 at 71 years old in Isle of Skye (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
André Gobert
French tennis player (1890-1951).
Born September 30th, 1890 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 6th, 1951 at 61 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1871–1951).
Born October 1st, 1871 in Rome.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 79 years old in Rome (thrombosis).
Olive Tell
American actress (1894-1951).
Born September 27th, 1894 in New York City.
Died June 8th, 1951 at 56 years old in Bellevue Hospital Center (heart failure, skull fracture).
Celadet Bedir Khan
Syrian writer (1893-1951).
Born April 26th, 1893 in Istanbul.
Died July 15th, 1951 at 58 years old in Damascus.
Jules Berry
French actor (1883-1951).
Born February 9th, 1883 in Poitiers.
Died April 23rd, 1951 at 68 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Nikola Mushanov
Bulgarian politician (1872-1951).
Born April 12th, 1872 in Dryanovo. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1951 at 79 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Levon Shant
Armenian poet (1869-1951).
Born April 6th, 1869 in Constantinople.
Died November 29th, 1951 at 82 years old in Beirut.
Bernhard Kellermann
German author (1879-1951).
Born March 4th, 1879 in Fürth. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1951 at 72 years old in Klein Glienicke. [ref]
Władysław Wróblewski
Prime minister of poland (1875-1951).
Born March 21st, 1875 in Kraków.
Died August 19th, 1951 at 76 years old in Łódź.
Adolph Bolm
American dancer (1884–1951).
Born September 25th, 1884 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 16th, 1951 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
Benito Lynch
Argentine writer.
Born July 25th, 1885 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 23rd, 1951 at 66 years old in La Plata.
Sabiha Kasimati
Albanian biologist, dissident, and victim of the communist regime.
Born September 15th, 1912 in Edirne.
Died February 26th, 1951 at 38 years old in Tirana (gunshot wound).
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
President of ecuador (1912) / (1916 - 1920) / (1931 - 1932).
Born September 28th, 1859 in Guayaquil.
Died March 20th, 1951 at 91 years old in New York City.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 404
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