List of Famous people who died at 51

Eleonora "Nora" Ricci was an Italian actress.

Norman Hadley was a Canadian rugby union player. "Stormin' Norman" was a massive 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), 21-stone (130 kg) lock. He played professionally first for London Wasps and then Bedford Blues in the 1990s. In Canada he played for James Bay and UBCOB Ravens. He earned an M.B.A. degree from UBC in 1991. He also played for Western Suburbs in Wellington, New Zealand. He earned 15 caps for Canada between 1987 and 1994, and was part of the team that reached the quarter-final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Sir Peter Hugh Morrison was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Yakov Kreizberg was a Russian-born American conductor.

James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington, was a British peer. The son of John Francis Hubbard, he succeeded to the barony on the death of his cousin, who had died without a male heir.