In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
Joan Vollmer
Common-law wife of william s. burroughs.
Born February 4th, 1923 in New York.
Died September 6th, 1951 at 28 years old in Mexico, Mexico City.
Nora Barnacle
Wife of james joyce (1884–1951).
Born March 21st, 1884 in Galway.
Died April 10th, 1951 at 67 years old in Zurich.
Chuhdary Rahmat Ali
Pakistani politician (1897–1951).
Born November 16th, 1897 in Hoshiarpur District, Balachaur, Punjab. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1951 at 53 years old in United Kingdom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. [ref]
Ernest Bevin
British labour leader, politician, and statesman (1881-1951).
Born March 9th, 1881 in Winsford. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1951 at 70 years old in Westminster.
Paul Blobel
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894–1951).
Born August 13th, 1894 in Potsdam.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 56 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Amy Carmichael
Missionary in india.
Born December 16th, 1867 in County Down.
Died January 18th, 1951 at 83 years old in Tamil Nadu.
Martha Bernays
Wife of austrian psychoanalyst sigmund freud.
Born July 26th, 1861 in Hamburg.
Died November 2nd, 1951 at 90 years old in London. [ref]
László Almásy
Hungarian desert explorer, aviator (1895-1951).
Born August 22nd, 1895 in Bernstein im Burgenland.
Died March 22nd, 1951 at 55 years old in Salzburg (dysentery). [ref]
Arnold Sommerfeld
German physicist (1868-1951).
Born December 5th, 1868 in Königsberg.
Died April 26th, 1951 at 82 years old in Munich (traffic collision).
Oscar Micheaux
American writer and director (1884-1951).
Born January 2nd, 1884 in Metropolis.
Died March 25th, 1951 at 67 years old in Charlotte.
Edward Leedskalnin
American artist of latvian origin (1887–1951).
Born January 12th, 1887 in Stāmeriena Parish.
Died December 7th, 1951 at 64 years old in Miami (kidney failure).
Algernon Blackwood
English short story writer and novelist (1869–1951).
Born March 14th, 1869 in London, Greenwich.
Died December 10th, 1951 at 82 years old in London, Beckenham (cardiovascular disease).
Zaifeng, Prince Chun
Qing dynasty prince (1883-1951).
Born February 12th, 1883 in Beijing.
Died February 3rd, 1951 at 67 years old in Beijing.
Fritz Julius Kuhn
American leader of the german american bund (1896–1951).
Born May 15th, 1896 in Munich.
Died December 14th, 1951 at 55 years old in Munich.
Maria Montez
Dominican actress (1912-1951).
Born June 6th, 1912 in Santa Cruz de Barahona. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1951 at 39 years old in Suresnes (myocardial infarction, drowning). [ref]
Oswald Pohl
German ss functionary, head of the ss main economic and administrative office, convicted war criminal (1892-1951).
Born June 30th, 1892 in Duisburg. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1951 at 58 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging). [ref]
Pamela Colman Smith
British occultist, artist and illustrator (1878–1951).
Born February 16th, 1878 in Pimlico. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1951 at 73 years old in Bude. [ref]
Maxim Litvinov
Soviet diplomat, foreign minister 1930–39, ambassador to usa 1941–43.
Born July 17th, 1876 in Białystok.
Died December 31st, 1951 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Alfred Hugenberg
German politician (1865-1951).
Born June 19th, 1865 in Hanover. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1951 at 85 years old in Kükenbruch. [ref]
Bill Barilko
Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1927–1951).
Born March 25th, 1927 in Timmins.
Died August 26th, 1951 at 24 years old in Ontario.
Ben Chifley
Australian politician, 16th prime minister of australia (1945 to 1949).
Born September 22nd, 1885 in Bathurst.
Died June 13th, 1951 at 65 years old in Canberra (myocardial infarction).
Warner Baxter
American actor (1889–1951).
Born March 29th, 1889 in Columbus. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1951 at 62 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Empress Teimei
Japanese empress consort.
Born June 25th, 1884 in Nishikichō.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 66 years old in Ōmiya Palace.
Nellie McClung
Canadian author, social activist, suffragette & politician (1873-1951).
Born October 20th, 1873 in Chatsworth.
Died September 1st, 1951 at 77 years old in Victoria.
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Swedish prince (1861-1951); third son of oscar ii of sweden and sophia of nassau.
Born February 27th, 1861 in Arvfurstens palats. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1951 at 90 years old in Stockholm.
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