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In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Grigorios Xenopoulos
Greek writer (1867-1951).
Born December 9th, 1867 in Istanbul.
Died January 14th, 1951 at 83 years old in Athens.
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).
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.
Nikola Mushanov
Bulgarian politician (1872-1951).
Born April 12th, 1872 in Dryanovo. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1951 at 79 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Jules Berry
French actor (1883-1951).
Born February 9th, 1883 in Poitiers.
Died April 23rd, 1951 at 68 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
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.
Levon Shant
Armenian poet (1869-1951).
Born April 6th, 1869 in Constantinople.
Died November 29th, 1951 at 82 years old in Beirut.
Adolph Bolm
American dancer (1884–1951).
Born September 25th, 1884 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 16th, 1951 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
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.
Benito Lynch
Argentine writer (1885–1951).
Born July 25th, 1885 in La Plata.
Died December 23rd, 1951 at 66 years old in La Plata.
Te Rangi Hīroa
Māori leader, physician, politician and anthropologist (1877–1951).
Born August 15th, 1880 in Urenui. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1951 at 71 years old in Honolulu.
Sergei Wojciechowski
Czechoslovak general.
Born October 28th, 1883 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1951 at 67 years old in Ozerlag (tuberculosis).
Paul L. Stein
Austrian film director (1892–1951).
Born February 4th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died May 2nd, 1951 at 59 years old in London.
Reggie Walker
South african athlete, olympic medalist (1889–1951).
Born March 16th, 1889 in Durban.
Died November 5th, 1951 at 62 years old in Durban.
Lucien Claude Marie Julien Cuénot
French biologist, geneticist and botanist (1866 - 1951).
Born October 21st, 1866 in Paris.
Died January 7th, 1951 at 84 years old in Nancy.
Michael Visaroff
Russian actor (1892–1951).
Born December 18th, 1892 in Moscow.
Died February 27th, 1951 at 58 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Hans Cloos
German geologist (1885-1951).
Born November 8th, 1885 in Magdeburg.
Died September 26th, 1951 at 65 years old in Bonn.
Serse Coppi
Italian racing cyclist (1923-1951).
Born March 19th, 1923 in Castellania Coppi.
Died June 29th, 1951 at 28 years old in Turin (traffic collision).
Bálint Hóman
Hungarian politician (1885-1951).
Born December 29th, 1885 in Budapest.
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 65 years old in Vác.
Sergey Vavilov
Soviet physicist.
Born March 24th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died January 25th, 1951 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
David Torrence
British actor (1864-1951).
Born January 17th, 1864 in Edinburgh.
Died December 26th, 1951 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 442
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