List of Famous people who born in 1951

Josyane Savigneau is a journalist and writer for Le Monde, born on 14 July 1951 in Châtellerault, France.

Dhahi Khalfan Tamim is a Lieutenant General and the current Deputy Chief of Police and General Security. He was chief of the Dubai Police Force until the end of the 2013, which is when Khamis Al-Mazeina took over. He came to international attention while overseeing the investigation of the group suspected of the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Victor Zvunka is a French former football defender and football manager most recently in charge of Sporting Club Toulon.

Alberto Blanco is considered one of Mexico's most important poets. Born in Mexico City on February 18, 1951, he spent his childhood and adolescence in that city, and he studied chemistry at the Universidad Iberoamericana and philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. For two years, he pursued a master's degree in Asian Studies, specializing in China, at El Colegio de México.¹ Blanco was first published in a journal in 1970. He was co-editor and designer of the poetry journal El Zaguan (1975–1977), and a grant recipient of the Centro Mexicano de Escritores, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, and the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. In 1991 he received a grant from the Fulbright Program as a poet-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine; and, in 1992, he was awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He was admitted into the Sistema Nacional de Creadores in 1994, for which he has also been a juror. In 2001 he received the Octavio Paz Grant for Poetry, and in 2008, he was awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. He remains a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores.

Dulce María Sauri Riancho is a Mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of Yucatán, from 1991 through 1994. Currently serving as congresswoman of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, she is also the President of the Chamber of Deputies. During her tenure as governor, reforms which restructured the Henequen industry in Yucatán were implemented. The toll road between Mérida and Cancún was also built and became operational during her administration.

Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 10 June 1951 in Almansa, Albacete, Spain is a Spanish writer particularly known for her series of detective novels protagonized by Petra Delicado.

Masudayama Yasuhito is a former sumo wrestler from Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1974, and reached the top division in November 1976. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in July 1989 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Chiganoura. He was the oldest man in any of the professional sumo divisions at the time of his retirement. He set up Chiganoura stable in 2004 at the age of 53, after he was passed over for the head coach position at Kasugano stable the previous year. He retired upon reaching 65 years of age in April 2016, but was re-employed by his stable as a consultant, which expired upon his 70th birthday in April 2021. He continued to live at the old Chiganoura stable premises after it relocated earlier in 2021.

Alexander Nikolaevich Shokhin is a Russian state, political and public figure. Member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the party United Russia. Minister of Labour of the RSFSR. On 20 January 1994 to 6 November 1994 - Minister of the Russian economy. 23 March 1994 to 6 November 1994 — Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government.

Şükran Güldal Mumcu is a Turkish female politician.

Ricardo Luis Alfonsín is an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father, Raúl Alfonsín, was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989.