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In the year 1951
401 Notable deaths
Ivan Grishin
Soviet general (1901–1951).
Born December 16th, 1901 in Roslavlsky Uyezd.
Died June 20th, 1951 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Emilio Sagi-Barba
Association football player (1900–1951).
Born March 15th, 1900 in San Carlos de Bolívar.
Died May 25th, 1951 at 51 years old in Barcelona.
Timrava
Czechoslovak playwright and prosaic (1867–1951).
Born October 2nd, 1867 in Polichno.
Died November 27th, 1951 at 84 years old in Lučenec.
Walt Brown
American racing driver (1911-1951).
Born December 30th, 1911 in Springfield.
Died July 29th, 1951 at 39 years old in Williams Grove Speedway.
Leopold Andrian
Austrian writer and diplomat (1875-1951).
Born May 9th, 1875 in Berlin. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1951 at 76 years old in Fribourg. [ref]
George Jeske
American screenwriter, film director (1891-1951).
Born February 22nd, 1891 in Salt Lake City.
Died October 28th, 1951 at 60 years old in Los Angeles.
Gustave Sandras
Gymnast (1872-1951).
Born February 24th, 1872 in Croix. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1951 at 79 years old in Flers-lez-Lille. [ref]
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
Finland politician (1885-1951).
Born December 9th, 1885 in Helsinki.
Died June 8th, 1951 at 65 years old in Helsinki.
Camillo Karl Schneider
German botanist and landscape architect (1876-1951).
Born April 7th, 1876 in Wermsdorf.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Louis Bréhier
French historian.
Born August 5th, 1868 in Brest. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1951 at 83 years old in Reims. [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 401
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon