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In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
Eugen Meindl
German general.
Born July 16th, 1892 in Donaueschingen.
Died January 24th, 1951 at 58 years old in Munich.
Edith New
British suffraget.
Born March 17th, 1877 in Swindon. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1951 at 73 years old in Liskeard.
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
Iranian poet, writer, historian, scholar and politician.
Born November 7th, 1886 in Mashhad. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1951 at 64 years old in Tehran (tuberculosis). [ref]
Cường Để
Vietnamese revolutionary (1882–1951).
Born January 11th, 1882 in Huế.
Died April 5th, 1951 at 69 years old in Tokyo.
Louis Adamic
Slovene-american author and translator (1899-1951).
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Praproče pri Grosupljem.
Died September 4th, 1951 at 53 years old in Milford.
Peter Cheyney
British writer (1896–1951).
Born February 22nd, 1896 in London.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 55 years old in London.
James Watson Gerard
American judge and diplomat (1867-1951).
Born August 25th, 1867 in New York. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1951 at 84 years old in Southampton. [ref]
Géza Maróczy
Hungarian chess player (1870–1951).
Born March 3rd, 1870 in Szeged.
Died May 29th, 1951 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Klymentiy Sheptytsky
Ukrainian catholic monk and political prisoner (1869–1951).
Born November 17th, 1869 in Prylbychi.
Died May 1st, 1951 at 81 years old in Vladimir Central Prison.
Ernst Moro
Austrian physician (1874–1951).
Born December 8th, 1874 in Ljubljana.
Died April 17th, 1951 at 76 years old in Heidelberg.
Artemide Zatti
Salesiano coadjutor (religioso), enfermero (1880-1951).
Born October 12th, 1880 in Boretto.
Died March 15th, 1951 at 70 years old in Viedma (liver cancer).
Te Rangi Hīroa
Māori leader, physician, politician and anthropologist (1877–1951).
Born August 15th, 1880 in Urenui. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1951 at 71 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Umberto Cassuto
Italian rabbi and scholar (1883-1951).
Born September 16th, 1883 in Florence.
Died December 18th, 1951 at 68 years old in Jerusalem.
István Friedrich
Prime minister of hungary, factory owner, politician (1883-1951).
Born July 1st, 1883 in Malacky.
Died November 25th, 1951 at 68 years old in Vác.
Pedro Salinas
Spanish poet (1891-1951).
Born November 27th, 1891 in Madrid.
Died December 4th, 1951 at 60 years old in Boston.
Charles Pearce Coleman
Australian american film and television actor (1885-1951).
Born December 22nd, 1885 in Sydney.
Died March 8th, 1951 at 65 years old in Woodland Hills.
Sid Catlett
American musician (1910–1951).
Born January 17th, 1910 in Evansville.
Died March 25th, 1951 at 41 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Vasiliy Ulrikh
Soviet jurist (1889-1951).
Died May 7th, 1951 at 61 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
British army general and author (1868–1951).
Born October 21st, 1868 in Bengaluru.
Died January 15th, 1951 at 82 years old in Oxford.
Gibson Gowland
British film actor (1877-1951).
Born January 4th, 1877 in County Durham.
Died September 9th, 1951 at 74 years old in London.
Dennis Joseph Dougherty
Catholic cardinal (1865-1951).
Born August 16th, 1865 in Ashland.
Died May 31st, 1951 at 85 years old in Philadelphia (stroke).
Edgar Rubin
Danish psychologist.
Born September 6th, 1886 in Copenhagen.
Died May 3rd, 1951 at 64 years old in Holte (myocardial infarction).
Nashimoto Morimasa
Japanese prince (1874–1951).
Born March 9th, 1874 in Kyoto.
Died January 2nd, 1951 at 76 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Harry Bluett Liversedge
United states marine general (1894–1951).
Born September 21st, 1894 in Amador County.
Died November 25th, 1951 at 57 years old in Bethesda.
Louis Lavelle
French academic.
Born July 15th, 1883 in Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1951 at 68 years old in Parranquet. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 404
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