In the year 1951

401 Notable deaths

Aram Andonian

Armenian journalist/historian/writer.

Born September 1st, 1879 in Beyoğlu. [ref]

Died December 23rd, 1951 at 72 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

David Torrence

British actor (1864-1951).

Born January 17th, 1864 in Edinburgh.

Died December 26th, 1951 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills.

Augusto de Vasconcelos

Portuguese politician (1867-1951).

Born September 24th, 1867 in Lisbon.

Died September 27th, 1951 at 84 years old in Lisbon.

Margaret Mayo

American playwright, actress and early screenwriter (1882–1951).

Born November 19th, 1882 in Brownsville.

Died February 25th, 1951 at 68 years old in Ossining.

James F. Hinkle

American politician (1864-1951).

Born October 20th, 1862 in Franklin County.

Died March 26th, 1951 at 88 years old in Roswell. [ref]

Sergei Wojciechowski

Czechoslovak general.

Born October 29th, 1883 in Vitebsk. [ref]

Died April 7th, 1951 at 67 years old in Ozerlag (tuberculosis).

Beatrice Hill-Lowe

Irish archer.

Born January 26th, 1868 in Ardee.

Died July 2nd, 1951 at 83 years old in Tenby.

Winifred Edgerton Merrill

American mathematician (1862–1951).

Born September 24th, 1862 in Ripon. [ref]

Died September 6th, 1951 at 88 years old in Fairfield.

Dario Ambrosini

Italian motorcycle racer (1918–1951).

Born March 7th, 1918 in Cesena.

Died July 14th, 1951 at 33 years old in Albi.

Billie Bennett

American actress (1874–1951).

Born October 23rd, 1874 in Evansville.

Died May 19th, 1951 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel