In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Augusto de Vasconcelos
Portuguese politician (1867-1951).
Born September 24th, 1867 in Lisbon.
Died September 27th, 1951 at 84 years old in Lisbon.
Margaret Mayo
American playwright, actress and early screenwriter (1882–1951).
Born November 19th, 1882 in Brownsville.
Died February 25th, 1951 at 68 years old in Ossining.
James F. Hinkle
American politician (1864-1951).
Born October 20th, 1862 in Franklin County.
Died March 26th, 1951 at 88 years old in Roswell. [ref]
Sergei Wojciechowski
Czechoslovak general.
Born October 28th, 1883 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1951 at 67 years old in Ozerlag (tuberculosis).
Beatrice Hill-Lowe
Irish archer.
Born January 26th, 1868 in Ardee.
Died July 2nd, 1951 at 83 years old in Tenby.
Winifred Edgerton Merrill
American mathematician (1862–1951).
Born September 24th, 1862 in Ripon. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1951 at 88 years old in Fairfield.
Dario Ambrosini
Italian motorcycle racer (1918–1951).
Born March 7th, 1918 in Cesena.
Died July 14th, 1951 at 33 years old in Albi.
Nirupama Devi
Bengali writer.
Born May 7th, 1883 in Berhampore.
Died January 7th, 1951 at 67 years old
Billie Bennett
American actress (1874–1951).
Born October 23rd, 1874 in Evansville.
Died May 19th, 1951 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Alfred A. Cohn
American screenwriter (1880–1951).
Born March 26th, 1880 in Freeport.
Died February 3rd, 1951 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.
Joaquín Chapaprieta
Member of the congress of deputies and member of the spanish senate (1871-1951).
Born October 25th, 1871 in Torrevieja. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1951 at 79 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Carl Otto Lampland
American astronomer (1873–1951).
Born December 29th, 1873 in Hayfield.
Died December 14th, 1951 at 77 years old in Flagstaff.
Iván Skerlecz
Croatian politician (1873-1951).
Born July 20th, 1873 in Oroszló.
Died January 12th, 1951 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Cecil Green
American racing driver.
Born September 30th, 1919 in Dallas.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 31 years old in Winchester.
Resurrección María de Azkue
Basque priest, writer and musician.
Born August 5th, 1864 in Lekeitio.
Died November 9th, 1951 at 87 years old in Bilbao.
Kim Myung-sun
Korean writer, poet, novelists (1896–1951).
Born January 20th, 1896 in Pyongyang.
Died June 22nd, 1951 at 55 years old in Tokyo (disease).
Roland Jacobi
Hungarian table tennis player (1893–1951).
Born March 9th, 1893 in Banská Bystrica, Bistrița.
Died May 22nd, 1951 at 58 years old in Budapest.
Henri Carton de Wiart
Belgian former prime minister (1869-1951).
Born January 31st, 1869 in Brussels.
Died May 6th, 1951 at 82 years old in Uccle.
Frederick Chapman
Footballer (1883-1951).
Born May 10th, 1883 in Nottingham.
Died September 7th, 1951 at 68 years old in Newstead Abbey, Linby.
Alfrēds Kalniņš
Latvian musician (1879-1951).
Born August 23rd, 1879 in Cēsis.
Died December 23rd, 1951 at 72 years old in Riga.
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven
Former prime minister of cuba.
Born April 13th, 1865 in Havana.
Died August 24th, 1951 at 86 years old in Havana.
Edith Hannam
English tennis player (1878-1951).
Born November 28th, 1878 in Bristol.
Died January 16th, 1951 at 72 years old in Kensington.
Anton Durcovici
Romanian roman catholic bishop and blessed (1888-1951).
Born May 17th, 1888 in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.
Died December 10th, 1951 at 63 years old in Sighetu Marmației.
Hans von Greiffenberg
German general and knight's cross recipients (1893–1951).
Born October 12th, 1893. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1951 at 57 years old in Königstein im Taunus.
Rafael Altamira y Crevea
Spanish historian and jurist (1866-1951).
Born February 10th, 1866 in Alicante.
Died June 1st, 1951 at 85 years old in Mexico City.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold