In the year 1951
442 Notable deaths
Jack Holt
American actor (1888-1951).
Born May 31st, 1888 in New York City.
Died January 18th, 1951 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Du Yuesheng
Chinese mob boss (1888-1951).
Born August 22nd, 1888 in Gaoqiao.
Died August 16th, 1951 at 62 years old in British Hong Kong.
Riad Al Solh
Lebonese politician (1894–1951).
Born August 17th, 1894 in Sidon.
Died July 17th, 1951 at 56 years old in Amman (gunshot wound).
Evan Roberts
Welsh minister and revivalist (1878–1951).
Born June 8th, 1878 in Loughor.
Died September 29th, 1951 at 73 years old in Cardiff.
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 and convicted war criminal (1882-1951).
Born May 25th, 1882 in Stuttgart.
Died August 4th, 1951 at 69 years old in Lindau (stroke).
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).
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).
Serge Koussevitzky
Russian and american conductor, composer, and double-bassist (1874–1951).
Born July 26th, 1874 in Vyshny Volochyok.
Died June 4th, 1951 at 76 years old in Boston.
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).
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]
Sigmund Romberg
Hungarian-born american composer (1887–1951).
Born July 29th, 1887 in Nagykanizsa.
Died November 9th, 1951 at 64 years old in New York City.
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
German surgeon (1875-1951).
Born July 3rd, 1875 in Barmen. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1951 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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]
Jane Barnell
American bearded lady (1871–1951).
Born July 21st, 1945 in Wilmington.
Died October 26th, 1951 at 6 years old in Los Angeles.
Serge Voronoff
Russian, french ans swiss tissue transplant specialist (1866-1951).
Born July 10th, 1866 in Voronezh.
Died September 3rd, 1951 at 85 years old in Lausanne.
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.
Óscar Carmona
11th portuguese president (1926-1951).
Born November 24th, 1869 in Lisbon.
Died April 18th, 1951 at 81 years old in Lisbon.
Simon Kimbangu
Congolese religious leader (1887–1951).
Born September 12th, 1887 in Nkamba.
Died October 12th, 1951 at 64 years old in Lubumbashi.
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]
Adam Stefan Sapieha
Catholic cardinal (1867–1951).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Krasiczyn.
Died July 23rd, 1951 at 84 years old in Kraków. [ref]
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.
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.
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.
Jakow Trachtenberg
Russian mathematician (1888–1951).
Born June 17th, 1888 in Odesa.
Died October 26th, 1951 at 63 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 442
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon