| 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 |
| Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
| Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
| Jules Berry |
Actor |
9-Feb-1883 |
23-Apr-1951 |
Le Jour se lève |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Edwin G. Booz |
Business |
2-Sep-1887 |
1-Oct-1951 |
Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 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 |
| J. Edward Bromberg |
Actor |
25-Dec-1903 |
6-Dec-1951 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| 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 |
| Fritz Busch |
Conductor |
13-Mar-1890 |
14-Sep-1951 |
Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51 |
| António Óscar Carmona |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1869 |
18-Apr-1951 |
President of Portugal, 1926-51 |
| Élie Cartan |
Mathematician |
9-Apr-1869 |
6-May-1951 |
Spinor groups |
| Big Sid Catlett |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1910 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Jazz/swing drummer |
| 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 |
| Leo Diegel |
Golf |
27-Apr-1899 |
8-May-1951 |
Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships |
| Eddy Duchin |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1909 |
9-Feb-1951 |
The Magic Fingers of Radio |
| Stephen T. Early |
Government |
27-Aug-1889 |
11-Aug-1951 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary |
| Robert J. Flaherty |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1884 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Nanook of the North |
| Ralph Forbes |
Actor |
30-Sep-1896 |
31-Mar-1951 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| André Gide |
Author |
22-Nov-1869 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Le Voyage d'Urien |
| Morley Griswold |
Politician |
10-Oct-1890 |
3-Oct-1951 |
Governor of Nevada, 1934-35 |
| 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 |
| August Horch |
Engineer |
12-Oct-1868 |
3-Feb-1951 |
Founder of Audi |
| 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 |
| Serge Koussevitzky |
Conductor |
26-Jul-1874 |
4-Jun-1951 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49 |
| Henrietta Lacks |
Oddity |
1-Aug-1920 |
4-Oct-1951 |
Immortal human cells |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| 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 |
| Walter J. Maddock |
Politician |
13-Sep-1880 |
25-Jan-1951 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1928-29 |
| 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 |
| Willem Mengelberg |
Conductor |
28-Mar-1871 |
21-Mar-1951 |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945 |
| 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 |
| Ivor Novello |
Composer |
15-Jan-1893 |
6-Mar-1951 |
Keep the Home Fires Burning |
| 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 |
| Ferdinand Porsche |
Engineer |
3-Sep-1875 |
30-Jan-1951 |
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle |
| Stanley Ridges |
Actor |
17-Jul-1890 |
22-Apr-1951 |
Black Friday |
| Charles R. Robertson |
Politician |
5-Sep-1889 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1940s |
| Sigmund Romberg |
Composer |
29-Jul-1887 |
9-Nov-1951 |
The New Moon |
| Phil Rosen |
Film Director |
8-May-1888 |
22-Oct-1951 |
Spooks Run Wild |
| 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 |
| Egbert Van Alstyne |
Songwriter |
4-Mar-1882 |
9-Jul-1951 |
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree |
| 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 |
