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In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Nora Cecil
American actress (1878-1951).
Born September 26th, 1878 in London.
Died May 1st, 1951 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Şerif Paşa
Ottoman diplomat (1865-1951).
Born January 13th, 1865 in Üsküdar.
Died December 22nd, 1951 at 86 years old in Catanzaro.
Lawson Robertson
American athlete and coach (1883–1951).
Born September 24th, 1883 in Aberdeen.
Died January 22nd, 1951 at 67 years old in Philadelphia.
Jean-Jacques Waltz
French cartoonist (1873-1951).
Born February 23rd, 1873 in Colmar.
Died June 10th, 1951 at 78 years old in Colmar.
Al Christie
Film director, producer, and screenwriter (1886-1951).
Born November 24th, 1881 in London.
Died April 14th, 1951 at 69 years old in Hollywood.
Jamil al-Elshi
Syrian politician (1883–1951).
Born January 17th, 1883 in Damascus.
Died March 25th, 1951 at 68 years old in Damascus.
Karl Jarres
German politician (1874–1951).
Born September 21st, 1874 in Remscheid.
Died October 20th, 1951 at 77 years old in Duisburg.
Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschmann
Banker, general secretary of fifa (1877-1951).
Born February 16th, 1877 in Medan.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 74 years old in Amsterdam.
Frank McGlynn Sr.
American actor (1866–1951).
Born October 26th, 1866 in San Francisco.
Died May 18th, 1951 at 84 years old in Newburgh.
Charles Dillon Perrine
American astronomer (1867-1951).
Born July 28th, 1867 in Steubenville.
Died June 21st, 1951 at 83 years old in Córdoba.
Prince Maximilian of Saxony
Saxon prince (1870–1951).
Born November 17th, 1870 in Dresden.
Died January 12th, 1951 at 80 years old in Fribourg.
Joe King
American actor (1883–1951).
Born February 9th, 1883 in Austin.
Died April 11th, 1951 at 68 years old in Woodland Hills.
Sammy Brooks
Actor (1891-1951).
Born July 10th, 1891 in New York City.
Died May 16th, 1951 at 59 years old in Los Angeles.
Marcel Tournier
French harpist, composer, and pedagogue (1879–1951).
Died May 8th, 1951 at 71 years old in Paris.
Ferike Boros
Stage and movie actress.
Born August 2nd, 1880 in Oradea. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1951 at 70 years old in Hollywood.
Olive Fremstad
Swedish-american operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano singer.
Born March 14th, 1871 in Stockholm.
Died April 21st, 1951 at 80 years old in Irvington.
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.
Kim Dong-in
Korean writer (1900–1951).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Pyongyang.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 50 years old in Seoul.
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).
Celadet Ali Bedirhan
Turkish writer of kurdish ancestry (1893–1951).
Born April 26th, 1893 in Istanbul.
Died July 15th, 1951 at 58 years old in Damascus.
Tom Kiely
Irish athlete (1869–1951).
Born August 25th, 1869 in Carrick-on-Suir.
Died November 6th, 1951 at 82 years old in Dublin.
Ata al-Ayyubi
Ottoman civil servant (1877-1951).
Born March 25th, 1877 in Damascus.
Died December 21st, 1951 at 74 years old in Damascus.
Robert Grant Aitken
American astronomer (1864–1951).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Jackson.
Died October 29th, 1951 at 86 years old in Berkeley.
Robert William Seton-Watson
British political activist and historian (1879–1951).
Born August 20th, 1879 in London. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1951 at 71 years old in Isle of Skye (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Deaths 226 to 250 of 442
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir