List of Famous people who born in 1951

Earl Stephen Bishop is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist. His biggest hits include "On and On", "It Might Be You" and "Save It for a Rainy Day". He has appeared in and contributed musically to many motion pictures, including National Lampoon's Animal House.

Timothy Lee Walberg is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2011. He previously represented the district from 2007 to 2009.

Thomas Dale Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program.

John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. is an American actor, director, producer, writer, educator, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role of Q in various Star Trek series (1987–2020), beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation. His other television series roles include Eugene Bradford in Days of Our Lives, Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1 (2001–2002), and Donald Margolis in Breaking Bad (2009–2010), and the voice of Discord in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019).

Steven E. "Steve" Koonin is a theoretical physicist and Director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University. He is also a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering.

Donald Earl "Slick" Watts is an American former basketball player. "Slick" Watts attended Xavier University of Louisiana from 1970 to 1973, where he would play under coach Bob Hopkins, and alongside his teammate, and future ABA and NBA star, Bruce Seals. For the 1972 season, Watts and Seals would lead the Gold Rush to its first NAIA District 30 Men's Basketball championship defeating Nicholls State University 85-83, but would go on to lose to Westmont in the 1972 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament semi-finals 71-59. During his final season, Watts lead the Gold Rush to their second consecutive NAIA District 30 Championship, defeating Dillard University 101-80. In the 1973 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament Watts and his teammates would upset Sam Houston State University, 67-60, in the second round. At the time, the Bearkats were ranked first in the country in all college division polls and had gone 34 games, over a two-year period, without a loss. The Xavier Gold Rush would eventually lose in the semi-finals to Maryland-Eastern Shore 87-80.