In the year 1951

401 Notable deaths

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.

Born March 23rd, 1898 in Praproče pri Grosupljem.

Died September 4th, 1951 at 53 years old in Milford. [ref]

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]

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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin