In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Yrjö Saarela
Finnish farmer and wrestler (1884-1951).
Born July 13th, 1884 in Oulujoki.
Died June 30th, 1951 at 66 years old in Liminka.
Bill Mackey
American racing driver.
Born December 15th, 1927 in Dayton.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 23 years old in Winchester.
Maxence Van Der Meersch
French writer (1907-1951).
Born May 4th, 1907 in Roubaix.
Died January 14th, 1951 at 43 years old in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (tuberculosis).
Georgy Fedotov
Russian philosopher (1886–1951).
Born October 13th, 1886 in Saratov.
Died September 1st, 1951 at 64 years old in Beacon.
Gizi Bajor
Hungarian actress (1893–1951).
Born May 19th, 1893 in Budapest.
Died February 12th, 1951 at 57 years old in Budapest.
Georgios Drossinis
Greek writer (1859-1951).
Born December 9th, 1859 in Athens.
Died January 3rd, 1951 at 91 years old in Athens.
Ivan Grishin
Soviet general (1901–1951).
Born December 16th, 1901 in Roslavlsky Uyezd.
Died June 20th, 1951 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Emilio Sagi-Barba
Association football player (1900–1951).
Born March 15th, 1900 in San Carlos de Bolívar.
Died May 25th, 1951 at 51 years old in Barcelona.
Ioannis S. Paraskevopoulos
Greek/south african astronomer (1889–1951).
Born June 20th, 1889 in Piraeus.
Died March 15th, 1951 at 61 years old in South Africa. [ref]
Timrava
Czechoslovak playwright and prosaic (1867–1951).
Born October 2nd, 1867 in Polichno.
Died November 27th, 1951 at 84 years old in Lučenec.
Walt Brown
American racing driver (1911-1951).
Born December 30th, 1911 in Springfield.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 39 years old in Williams Grove Speedway.
Leopold Andrian
Austrian writer and diplomat (1875-1951).
Died November 19th, 1951 at 76 years old in Fribourg.
George Jeske
American screenwriter, film director (1891-1951).
Born February 22nd, 1891 in Salt Lake City.
Died October 28th, 1951 at 60 years old in Los Angeles.
Nikolai Vekshin
Estonian sailor (1887-1951).
Born May 10th, 1887 in Haapsalu.
Died January 15th, 1951 at 63 years old in Norilsk.
Gustave Sandras
Gymnast (1872-1951).
Born February 24th, 1872 in Croix. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1951 at 79 years old in Flers-lez-Lille. [ref]
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
Finland politician (1885-1951).
Born December 9th, 1885 in Helsinki.
Died June 8th, 1951 at 65 years old in Helsinki.
Gyula Bíró
Hungarian association football player (1890-1951).
Born May 10th, 1890 in Budapest.
Died June 14th, 1951 at 61 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Camillo Karl Schneider
German botanist and landscape architect (1876-1951).
Born April 7th, 1876 in Wermsdorf.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Louis Bréhier
French historian (1868–1951).
Born August 5th, 1868 in Brest.
Died October 13th, 1951 at 83 years old in Reims.
Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev
Soviet sinologist (1881-1951).
Born January 14th, 1881 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 12th, 1951 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Margaret Clay Ferguson
American botanist and botanical collector (1863-1951).
Born August 20th, 1863 in Orleans. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1951 at 88 years old in San Diego.
Carl Albert Andersen
Gymnast and pole vaulter (1876-1951).
Born August 15th, 1876 in Christiania.
Died September 28th, 1951 at 75 years old in Oslo.
Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
Czech poet, literature reviewer, art collector, writer and art reviewer (1871–1951).
Born January 24th, 1871 in Smíchov.
Died March 5th, 1951 at 80 years old in Prague.
Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias
President of peru (1874-1951).
Born September 12th, 1874 in Pisco.
Died March 20th, 1951 at 76 years old in Lima.
Maila Talvio
Finnish writer.
Born October 17th, 1871 in Hartola.
Died January 6th, 1951 at 79 years old in Helsinki.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde