| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| R. H. Barlow |
Author |
18-May-1918 |
2-Jan-1951 |
Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft |
| Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Tadeusz Borowski |
Author |
12-Nov-1922 |
1-Jul-1951 |
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen |
| Fanny Brice |
Singer |
29-Oct-1891 |
29-May-1951 |
The Baby Snooks Show |
| Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
| Gelett Burgess |
Cartoonist |
30-Jan-1866 |
17-Sep-1951 |
Has never seen a purple cow |
| António Óscar Carmona |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1869 |
18-Apr-1951 |
President of Portugal, 1926-51 |
| Ben Chifley |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1885 |
13-Jun-1951 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945-49 |
| Eddie Collins |
Baseball |
2-May-1887 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Second baseman, 1914 MVP |
| Charles G. Dawes |
Politician |
27-Aug-1865 |
23-Apr-1951 |
US Vice President, 1925-29 |
| Stephen T. Early |
Government |
27-Aug-1889 |
11-Aug-1951 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary |
| André Gide |
Author |
22-Nov-1869 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Le Voyage d'Urien |
| William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Jack Holt |
Actor |
31-May-1888 |
18-Jan-1951 |
They Were Expendable |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson |
Baseball |
16-Jul-1889 |
5-Dec-1951 |
Say it ain't so, Joe |
| Louis Jouvet |
Actor |
24-Dec-1887 |
16-Aug-1951 |
The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux |
| Will Keith Kellogg |
Business |
7-Apr-1860 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Corn flakes and Rice Krispies |
| Sinclair Lewis |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1885 |
10-Jan-1951 |
Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry |
| Maxim Litvinov |
Government |
17-Jul-1876 |
31-Dec-1951 |
Soviet foreign minister ousted in nod to Hitler |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim |
Politician |
4-Jun-1867 |
28-Jan-1951 |
President of Finland, 1944-46 |
| Edwin L. Marin |
Film Director |
21-Feb-1899 |
2-May-1951 |
Tall in the Saddle |
| Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
| Oscar Micheaux |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jan-1884 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Within Our Gates |
| Maria Montez |
Actor |
6-Jun-1912 |
7-Sep-1951 |
The Exile |
| Vladimir Peniakoff |
Military |
30-Mar-1897 |
May-1951 |
Head of Popski's Private Army |
| Philippe Pétain |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1856 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Leader of Vichy France |
| Stanley Ridges |
Actor |
17-Jul-1890 |
22-Apr-1951 |
Black Friday |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Pedro Salinas |
Poet |
27-Nov-1891 |
4-Dec-1951 |
Generation of '27 |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Composer |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
Emancipated dissonance |
| Arnold Sommerfeld |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1868 |
26-Apr-1951 |
Fine-structure constant |
| Arthur Vandenberg |
Politician |
22-Mar-1884 |
18-Apr-1951 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1928-51 |
| William A. Vinson |
Judge |
22-Dec-1874 |
26-Oct-1951 |
Vinson & Elkins |
| Robert Walker |
Actor |
13-Oct-1918 |
28-Aug-1951 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
