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In the year 1951
351 Notable deaths
Tony Gaudio
Italian american cinematographer (1883-1951).
Born November 20th, 1883 in Cosenza. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1951 at 67 years old in Burlingame. [ref]
Marcel Tournier
French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.
Born June 5th, 1879 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1951 at 71 years old in Paris.
Henri Rivière
French artist and designer (1864-1951).
Born May 11th, 1864 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1951 at 87 years old in Sucy-en-Brie. [ref]
Jean-Jacques Waltz
French cartoonist (1873-1951).
Born February 23rd, 1873 in Colmar. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1951 at 78 years old in Colmar. [ref]
Phil Rosen
Film director, cinematographer (1888-1951).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Malbork. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1951 at 63 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dorothea Bate
Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Napier House.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 72 years old in Westcliff-on-Sea (coronary thrombosis).
Robert Kahn
German composer.
Born July 21st, 1865 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1951 at 85 years old in Biddenden. [ref]
Kim Dong-in
Korean writer.
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Pyongyang. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1951 at 50 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Charles Dillon Perrine
American astronomer (1867-1951).
Born July 28th, 1867 in Steubenville.
Died June 21st, 1951 at 83 years old in Córdoba.
Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschmann
Banker, general secretary of fifa (1877-1951).
Born February 16th, 1877 in Medan.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 74 years old in Amsterdam.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 351
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