In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Harold Kitson
South african tennis player (1874-1951).
Born June 17th, 1874 in Richmond. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1951 at 77 years old in Umkomaas.
Iakob Nikoladze
Georgian artist.
Born May 28th, 1876 in Kutaisi.
Died March 10th, 1951 at 74 years old in Tbilisi.
Lennart von Post
Swedish scientist (1884-1951).
Died January 11th, 1951 at 66 years old in Engelbrekt church parish.
Bill Mackey
American racing driver.
Born December 15th, 1927 in Dayton.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 23 years old in Winchester.
Georges Achille-Fould
French painter (1868–1951).
Born August 24th, 1866 in Asnières-sur-Seine.
Died August 24th, 1951 at 85 years old in Uccle.
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).
Iosif Langbard
Soviet belarus architect (1882–1951).
Born January 18th, 1882 in Bielsk Podlaski.
Died January 3rd, 1951 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Alfred Lindley
American rower (1904–1951).
Born September 26th, 1904 in Minneapolis.
Died February 22nd, 1951 at 46 years old in Paxton.
Georgios Drossinis
Greek writer (1859-1951).
Born December 9th, 1859 in Athens.
Died January 3rd, 1951 at 91 years old in Athens.
Georgy Fedotov
Russian philosopher (1886–1951).
Born October 13th, 1886 in Saratov.
Died September 1st, 1951 at 64 years old in Beacon.
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]
Gizi Bajor
Hungarian actress (1893–1951).
Born May 19th, 1893 in Budapest.
Died February 12th, 1951 at 57 years old in Budapest.
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]
Yrjö Saarela
Finnish farmer and wrestler (1884-1951).
Born July 13th, 1884 in Oulujoki.
Died June 30th, 1951 at 66 years old in Liminka.
Ivan Grishin
Soviet general (1901–1951).
Born December 16th, 1901 in Roslavlsky Uyezd.
Died June 20th, 1951 at 49 years old in Moscow.
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.
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]
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.
Louis Bréhier
French historian (1868–1951).
Born August 5th, 1868 in Brest.
Died October 13th, 1951 at 83 years old in Reims.
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.
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.
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.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black