Famous People Who Died In 1951

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1951. This list includes people like William Randolph Hearst, Henrietta Lacks, Philippe Pétain, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ludwig Wittgenstein and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, composers, novelists and playwrights who died in 1951. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Austria & France and many more countries.

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Shoeless Joe Jackson

(American Professional Baseball Player Who Plays as an Outfielder)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: July 16, 1887

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Pickens County, South Carolina, United States

Died: December 5

William Randolph Hearst

(Newspaper Baron)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: April 29, 1863

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: August 14

Ludwig Wittgenstein

(One of the Greatest Philosophers of the 20th Century)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: April 26, 1889

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: April 29

Ferdinand Porsche

(Automotive Engineer and Founder of the ‘Porsche AG’)

Listed In: Engineers

Birthdate: September 3, 1875

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: ratislavice nad Nisou, Liberec, Czechia

Died: January 30

Arnold Schoenberg

(One of the Most Influential Composers of the 20th Century)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: September 13, 1874

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria

Died: July 13

Fanny Brice

(Model, Singer, Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: October 29, 1891

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Died: May 29

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Will Keith Kellogg

(Founder of the Kellogg Company)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: April 7, 1860

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Battle Creek

Died: October 6

Sinclair Lewis

(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: February 7, 1885

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Sauk Centre

Died: January 10

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

(6th President of Finland (1944 - 1946))

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: June 4, 1867

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Askainen, Finland

Died: January 27

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Robert Walker

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: October 13, 1918

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Died: August 28

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Abdullah I of Jordan

(King of Jordan (1946 - 1951))

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: February 2, 1882

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Died: July 20

Pauline Pfeiffer

(Journalist & Second Wife of Ernest Hemingway)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: July 22, 1895

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Parkersburg, Iowa, U.S.

Died: October 1

Liaquat Ali Khan

(First Prime Minister of Pakistan)

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Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: October 1, 1895

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Karnal

Died: October 17

Charles G. Dawes

(Vice President of the United States)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: August 27, 1865

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio

Died: April 23

Leonard M. Kravitz

(Posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 8, 1931

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: New York City, United States

Died: March 7

Andre Gide

(French Author and Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: November 22, 1869

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: February 19

Oscar Micheaux

(Author)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: January 2, 1884

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, United States

Died: March 25

Henrietta Lacks

(Source of HeLa Cell Line)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 1, 1920

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Roanoke

Died: October 4

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Jesse E. James

(Lawyer, Actor)

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birthdate: August 31, 1875

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Nashville

Died: March 26

Sadegh Hedayat

(Iranian Writer Best Known for His Novel 'The Blind Owl')

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: February 17, 1903

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Tehran, Iran

Died: April 9

Arnold Sommerfeld

(Physicist)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: December 5, 1868

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Königsberg

Died: April 26

Ivor Novello

(Actor, Playwright, Composer, Writer, Screenwriter, Songwriter)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: January 15, 1893

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Cardiff

Died: March 6

Maria Montez

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: June 6, 1912

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Barahona, Dominican Republic

Died: September 7

Ernest Bevin

(British statesman)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: March 9, 1881

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Winsford, Somerset

Died: April 14

J. C. Leyendecker

(Illustrator, Painter, Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: March 23, 1874

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Montabaur

Died: July 26

Zaifeng, Prince Chun

(Prince regent of the Qing Dynasty)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 12, 1883

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Beijing

Died: February 3

Albert C. Barnes

(Chemist)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: January 2, 1872

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: July 24

Algernon Henry Blackwood

(Broadcaster)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: March 14, 1869

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Shooter's Hill, Kent, England

Died: December 10

Nellie McClung

(Writer, Human rights activist, Politician)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: October 20, 1873

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada

Died: September 1

Louis Jouvet

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: December 24, 1887

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Crozon, France

Died: August 16

Amy Carmichael

(Writer)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: December 16, 1867

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Millisle, County Down, Ireland

Died: January 18

Robert Flaherty

(Filmmaker)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 16, 1884

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Iron Mountain, Michigan

Died: July 23

Mary White Ovington

(American Journalist and Co-founder of the 'National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)')

Listed In: Activists

Birthdate: April 11, 1865

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: July 15

Agrippina Vaganova

(Russian Ballet Teacher Known for Developing the 'Vaganova Method' )

Listed In: Dancers

Birthdate: June 26, 1879

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: November 5

Harald Bohr

(Danish Mathematician and Footballer Known for Founding the Field of 'Almost Periodic Functions')

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: April 22, 1887

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: January 22

Riad al-Sulh

(Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946 - 1951))

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: 1894 AD

Birthplace: Sidon, Lebanon

Died: July 17

Dorothy Dix

(Journalist)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: November 18, 1861

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States

Died: December 16

Hermann Broch

(Former writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945))