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In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
Mary White Ovington
American activist, naacp founder (1865–1951).
Born April 11th, 1865 in Brooklyn.
Died July 15th, 1951 at 86 years old in Newton Highlands.
Ernst von Weizsäcker
German diplomat in the nazi regime (1882-1951).
Born May 25th, 1882 in Stuttgart.
Died August 4th, 1951 at 69 years old in Lindau (stroke). [ref]
Kijūrō Shidehara
Japanese politician (1872-1951).
Born September 13th, 1872 in Kadoma. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1951 at 78 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Kim Chaek
North korean general and politician (1903-1951).
Born August 14th, 1903 in Kimchaek.
Died January 31st, 1951 at 47 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction).
Serge Koussevitzky
Russian-born american conductor, composer and musician (1874–1951).
Born July 26th, 1874 in Vyshny Volochyok. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1951 at 76 years old in Boston. [ref]
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
German surgeon (1875-1951).
Born July 3rd, 1875 in Barmen. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1951 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Jane Barnell
American bearded lady (1871–1951).
Born January 3rd, 1871 in Wilmington.
Died October 26th, 1951 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Sigmund Romberg
Hungarian-born american operetta composer.
Born July 29th, 1887 in Nagykanizsa. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1951 at 64 years old in New York City. [ref]
Louis Jouvet
French actor (1887-1951).
Born December 24th, 1887 in Crozon.
Died August 17th, 1951 at 63 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Serge Voronoff
Tissue transplant specialist (1866-1951).
Born July 10th, 1866 in Voronezh. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1951 at 85 years old in Lausanne.
Hermann Broch
Austrian writer (1886-1951).
Born November 1st, 1886 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1951 at 64 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
British field marshal 1865–1951 (1865–1951).
Born September 13th, 1865 in Khadki.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 85 years old in Hampton Court Palace.
Tadeusz Borowski
Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951).
Born November 12th, 1922 in Zhytomyr.
Died July 3rd, 1951 at 28 years old in Warsaw (asphyxia). [ref]
Óscar Carmona
11th portuguese president (1926-1951).
Born November 24th, 1869 in Lisbon.
Died April 18th, 1951 at 81 years old in Lisbon.
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
South african politician (1881-1951).
Born October 1st, 1881 in Inanda.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 69 years old in Johannesburg.
Takashi Nagai
Japanese physician, writer, diarist, roman catholic convert and servant of god (1908–1951).
Born February 3rd, 1908 in Matsue.
Died May 1st, 1951 at 43 years old in Nagasaki, Nagasaki University Hospital (acute myeloid leukemia).
Simon Kimbangu
Congolese religious leader (1887–1951).
Born September 12th, 1887 in Nkamba.
Died October 12th, 1951 at 64 years old in Lubumbashi.
Anton Philips
Dutch jewish industrialist and art collector (1874–1951).
Born March 14th, 1874 in Zaltbommel.
Died October 7th, 1951 at 77 years old in Eindhoven.
Karl Koller
German wehrmacht general officer in the wehrmacht’s luftwaffe branch.
Born February 22nd, 1898 in Glonn.
Died December 22nd, 1951 at 53 years old in Glonn.
Katarzyna Kobro
Polish sculptor (1898-1951).
Born January 26th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died February 26th, 1951 at 53 years old in Łódź.
Adam Stefan Sapieha
Catholic cardinal (1867-1951).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Krasiczyn.
Died July 23rd, 1951 at 84 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Erich Neumann
German nazi politician (1892-1951).
Born May 31st, 1892 in Forst (Lausitz).
Died March 23rd, 1951 at 58 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. [ref]
Abala Bose
Indian educationalist (1864–1951).
Born April 8th, 1864 in Barishal.
Died August 26th, 1951 at 87 years old in Kolkata.
John Erskine
American educator and novelist (1879–1951).
Born October 5th, 1879 in New York City.
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City.
Ali Sami Yen
Turkish footballer-manager (1886-1951).
Born May 20th, 1886 in Istanbul.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 65 years old in Istanbul.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 404
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