In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
Arthur Vandenberg
American politician (1884–1951).
Born March 22nd, 1884 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 18th, 1951 at 67 years old in Grand Rapids (lung cancer).
Mikhail Borodin
Comintern agent (1884-1951).
Born July 9th, 1884 in Janavičy.
Died May 29th, 1951 at 66 years old in Siberia.
François Georges-Picot
French diplomat (1870-1951).
Born December 21st, 1870 in Paris.
Died June 20th, 1951 at 80 years old in Paris.
Werner Braune
Ss officer (1909–1951).
Born April 11th, 1909 in Mehrstedt.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Frank Weston Benson
American painter (1862–1951).
Born March 24th, 1862 in Salem. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1951 at 89 years old in Salem.
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Spanish general (1875-1951).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Tordesillas.
Died March 9th, 1951 at 76 years old in Camas.
Jens Jensen
Danish-american landscape designer (1860–1951).
Born September 13th, 1860 in Dybbøl.
Died October 1st, 1951 at 91 years old in Ellison Bay.
Ralph Forbes
English actor (1904-1951).
Born September 30th, 1904 in London.
Died March 31st, 1951 at 46 years old in The Bronx (disease).
Constant Lambert
British composer and conductor.
Born August 23rd, 1905 in London. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1951 at 45 years old in London (pneumonia, diabetes). [ref]
J. Edward Bromberg
American actor (1903-1951).
Born December 25th, 1903 in Timișoara.
Died December 6th, 1951 at 47 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
James Norman Hall
American author (1887–1951).
Born April 22nd, 1887 in Colfax.
Died July 6th, 1951 at 64 years old in Tahiti.
Gordon Hodgson
Footballer, football manager (1904-1951).
Born April 16th, 1904 in Johannesburg.
Died June 14th, 1951 at 47 years old in Stoke-on-Trent (cancer).
Harald Bohr
Danish mathematician and footballer (1887–1951).
Born April 22nd, 1887 in Copenhagen.
Died January 22nd, 1951 at 63 years old in Hellerup.
Mady Christians
Austrian actress (1896–1951).
Born January 19th, 1900 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1951 at 51 years old in Norwalk (cerebral hemorrhage).
Pramathesh Barua
Indian actor (1903–1951).
Born October 24th, 1903 in Assam.
Died November 29th, 1951 at 48 years old in Kolkata.
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951).
Born June 26th, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 5th, 1951 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Ukrainian writer, playwright, artist, political activist, revolutionary, politician, and statesman (1880-1951).
Born July 26th, 1880 in Kropyvnytskyi. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1951 at 70 years old in Mougins.
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
British writer.
Born April 9th, 1863 in Dún Laoghaire.
Died April 12th, 1951 at 88 years old in Shanklin.
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
Austrian archduke (1888-1951).
Born December 18th, 1888 in Pula.
Died March 17th, 1951 at 62 years old in Stockholm.
Lloyd C. Douglas
Novelist.
Born August 27th, 1877 in Whitley County. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1951 at 73 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Lincoln Ellsworth
American explorer.
Born May 12th, 1880 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Bernhard Weiß
German police chief (1880-1951).
Born July 30th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 70 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Robert Ritter
German psychologist.
Born May 14th, 1901 in Aachen.
Died April 15th, 1951 at 49 years old in Oberursel (Taunus).
Yoshio Nishina
Japanese physicist (1890–1951).
Born December 6th, 1890 in Satosho.
Died January 10th, 1951 at 60 years old (liver cancer).
Takuma Nishimura
Japanese general.
Born September 1st, 1899 in Fukuoka.
Died June 11th, 1951 at 51 years old in Manus Island (hanging).
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder