Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1951
373 Notable deaths
Robert Broom
South african doctor and paleontologist (1866–1951).
Born November 30th, 1866 in Paisley.
Died April 6th, 1951 at 84 years old in Pretoria.
Jimmy Yancey
African american boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist.
Born February 20th, 1898 in Chicago.
Died September 17th, 1951 at 53 years old in Chicago (stroke, diabetes).
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.
Aggelos Sikelianos
Greek poet and writer.
Born March 15th, 1884 in Lefkada.
Died June 19th, 1951 at 67 years old in Athens. [ref]
John Sloan
American painter (1871–1951).
Born August 2nd, 1871 in Lock Haven. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1951 at 80 years old in Hanover. [ref]
Abraham Cahan
Journalist, novelist, short story writer, memoirist (1860-1951).
Born July 7th, 1860 in Paberžė. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1951 at 91 years old in Beth Israel Medical Center. [ref]
Forrest Sherman
United states navy admiral and chief of naval operations (1896-1951).
Born October 30th, 1896 in Merrimack.
Died July 22nd, 1951 at 54 years old in Naples.
Eugen Meindl
German general.
Born July 16th, 1892 in Donaueschingen.
Died January 24th, 1951 at 58 years old in Munich.
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]
George Udny Yule
British statistician.
Born February 18th, 1871 in Morham.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 373
Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity. Mother Teresa