Celebrity Deaths in 1951

62 notable figures died in 1951. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Abdullah I of Jordan

  1882 – 1951 · Royalty Jan 1
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  Blanche “Bonnie” Earle

  1882 – 1951 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Dr Ferdinand Porsche

  1875 – 1951 · Business Magnates Jan 1
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  Maxwell Wilbur Becton

  1868 – 1951 · Business Magnates Jan 1
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  May Foster

  1873 – 1951 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Soh Jaipil

  1866 – 1951 · Politicians Jan 5
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  Sinclair Lewis

  1885 – 1951 · Authors and Writers Jan 10
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  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

  1867 – 1951 · Authors and Writers, Politicians Jan 27
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  Ferdinand Porsche

  1875 – 1951 · Business Magnates, Scientists and Inventors Jan 30
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  Gizi Bajor

  1893 – 1951 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Martina Von Trapp Dupire

  1921 – 1951 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Eddy Duchin

  1909 – 1951 · Band Leader, Musicians and Composers Feb 9
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  Charles Pearce Coleman

  1885 – 1951 · Actors Mar 3
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  Charles Peyton Glocker

  1869 – 1951 · Actors Mar 3
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  Dorothy Olson

  1917 – 1951 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Tex Cooper

  1876 – 1951 · Actors Mar 3
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  Val Lewton

  1904 – 1951 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Mar 14
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  Charles Keck

  1875 – 1951 · Business Magnates Apr 4
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  Jules Berry

  1883 – 1951 · Actors Apr 4
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  Charles G. Dawes

  1865 – 1951 · Celebrities, Politicians, US Presidents and Vice Presidents Apr 23
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  George Lovington “Sassafrass” Winter

  1878 – 1951 · Native Americans May 5
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  Hermann Broch

  1886 – 1951 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  John Kee

  1874 – 1951 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5
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  Warner Baxter

  1889 – 1951 · Actors May 5
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  Fanny Brice

  1891 – 1951 · Actresses, Singer May 29
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  Alain

  1868 – 1951 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Herman Hupfeld

  1894 – 1951 · Musicians and Composers Jun 8
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  Mayo Methot

  1904 – 1951 · Actresses Jun 9
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  Peter Cheyney

  1896 – 1951 · Actors, Authors and Writers Jun 26
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  Ethel Shannon

  1898 – 1951 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Francisco Boix

  1920 – 1951 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Marion Aye

  1903 – 1951 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Robert Drysdale

  1951 · Actors Jul 7
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  Tadeusz Borowski

  1922 – 1951 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Arnold Schoenberg

  1874 – 1951 · Musicians and Composers Jul 13
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  Samuel Lester Agnew

  1887 – 1951 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jul 19
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  Philippe Pétain

  1856 – 1951 · Politicians Jul 23
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  Abraham Cahan

  1860 – 1951 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Arthur Ball

  1894 – 1951 · Entertainers Aug 8
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  John Paris “J.P.” Bickell

  1884 – 1951 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  William Randolph Hearst Sr

  1863 – 1951 · American journalist Aug 8
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  Maria Montez

  1912 – 1951 · Actresses Sep 7
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  Clarence Leo Best

  1878 – 1951 · Business Magnates Sep 9
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  Gibson Gowland

  1877 – 1951 · Actors Sep 9
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  Louis Alojz Adamic

  1898 – 1951 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Sir Hugh Andrew Montague Allan

  1860 – 1951 · Business Magnates Sep 9
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  Clifton Young

  1917 – 1951 · Actors Sep 10
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  Namihei Odaira

  1874 – 1951 · Business Magnates Oct 5
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  Leon Errol

  1881 – 1951 · Actors Oct 10
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  Will Keith Kellogg

  1860 – 1951 Oct 10
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  Liaquat Ali Khan

  1895 – 1951 · Politicians Oct 16
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  Mady Christians

  1892 – 1951 · Actresses Oct 28
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  Frank Weston Benson

  1862 – 1951 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Robert Elliott

  1879 – 1951 · Actors Nov 11
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  Shoeless Joe Jackson

  1887 – 1951 · Baseball Dec 5
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  J. Edward Bromberg

  1903 – 1951 · Actors Dec 12
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  Johnny Arthur

  1883 – 1951 · Actors Dec 12
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  Mildred Bailey

  1907 – 1951 · Entertainers Dec 12
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  Samuel Lindsay “Sam” Browne

  1869 – 1951 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12
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  Hiram Bithorn

  1916 – 1951 · Baseball, Victims of crime and disaster Dec 29
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  Frederick D. Schnell

  1870 – 1951 · Business Magnates
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  Joseph C. Carroll

  1886 – 1951 · Authors and Writers