List of Famous people who born in 1951

Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra alias Joe Chan is an Chinese Indonesian businessman and corruption felon. His family founded the Mulia Group of companies. In 2009, he fled to Papua New Guinea one day before he was sentenced to jail for his role in the embezzlement of banking funds. After 11 years on the run, he was arrested in Malaysia in July 2020 and sent to Indonesia, where he now faces charges of bribing police and a public prosecutor.

Yevgeni Vladimirovich Gerasimov is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film director, people's artist of the Russian Federation (1994) and a Moscow City Duma deputy from the United Russia party.

Stephen Ip, GBS, JP is a former politician in Hong Kong, he was Secretary for Economic Development and Labour for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 2002 to 2007.

Tony Fan-Cheong Chan is a Chinese American mathematician born in Hong Kong. He has served as President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology since 1 September 2018. Before that, he was President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2018.

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. She studied chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan.

Peter-Jürgen Boock is a former terrorist of the Red Army Faction.

Viviane Adélaïde Reding is a Luxembourgish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. She is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. She previously served as European Commissioner for Education and Culture from 1999 to 2004, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014.

Johanna Wanka is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister for Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018. From 2000 to 2009, she served as Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg, then from 2010 to 2013 she served as Minister of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony, in the Cabinet McAllister.

Richard Treat Williams is an American actor, writer, and aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television in over 120 credits. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 musical film Hair, and later also starred in the films Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, The Late Shift and 127 Hours. From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series Everwood and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has additionally been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award.

Rodger Bumpass is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his long-running role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He voices several other characters on the show as well, including the Purple Doctor Fish and various anchovies.